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Magigoo HT (high temperature materials)
Magigoo HT was specifically developed for high-temperature 3D printing materials. This includes the semicrystalline thermoplastic family of Polyaryletherketone (PAEK). These materials offer excellent temperature, chemical, and wear resistance compared to other thermoplastics. PEK, PEKK, PEEK and PEKEKK are all members of this family. The addition of carbon or glass fibers can further strengthen these materials. Their excellent properties, mainly their chemical inertness, high temperature resistance and high mechanical strength and stiffness, make these materials highly sought after especially in the automotive, aerospace and medical industries.
In FDM 3D printing, however, filaments of these materials prove very difficult to print because of their higher tendency to warp. They generally require a higher nozzle printing temperature and a heated chamber for the best 3D printing quality.
Magigoo developed Magigoo HT specifically for high-temperature materials such as PEEK, which can withstand build plate temperatures of up to 150°C.
Magigoo Flex
Magigoo Flex was created for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs), a class of polymers that behave like thermoset rubber but can be processed like a thermoplastic. Thermoplastic elastomers exhibit rubber-like properties such as softness, flexibility, and strength but at the same time have better recyclability, require less energy for processing, and are available in uniform standard grades. These advantages make TPEs very desirable in industrial applications.
Being able to directly 3D print TPEs is particularly attractive to industry, but can prove very challenging. Some TPEs show less adhesion to conventional 3D printing surfaces and have a high tendency to warp, while others tend to adhere too well to untreated 3D printing surfaces such as glass and PEI.
"Magigoo Flex is specifically designed to act as an intermediate layer between the printing part and the build surface in order to provide good adhesion and satisfactory release," said Jean Paul Formosa, chemist and developer of Magigoo. "It was not easy to find the perfect balance between the two desirable effects," he continued. The fact that Magigoo Flex works with many different flexible type filaments confirms this even more.
Respecting the environment
More importantly, as Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Thought3D said, "Creating new high-performance engineering filament adhesives was not an easy task. Despite all the challenges, we still managed to create cutting-edge adhesives and managed to keep our adhesive formulations environmentally friendly and water-based."
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