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Unit 45 Typical Materials - Coggle Diagram
Unit 45 Typical Materials
Polymers
Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
Properties: High rigidity, good weldability, and insulating properties
Additive Manufacturing Process: MATERIAL
EXTRUSION
Polyactic acid (PLA)
Properties: Tensile Strength,
Additive Manufacturing Process: MATERIAL
EXTRUSION
Polyamides
Properties: High wear resistance, high thermal stability, very good strength and hardness
Additive Manufacturing process: MATERIAL
EXTRUSION
Metals
Silver
Properties: nearly white, lustrous, soft, very ductile, malleable, it is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity
Additive Manufacturing process: Power bed fusion
Steel
Properties: Tensile strength, ductile, good hardness and thermal conductivity
Additive Manufacturing process: Laser cutting
Gold
Properties: one of the densest of all metals, good conductor of heat and electricity and malleable
Additive Manufacturing process: Power bed fusion
Titanium
Properties: strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant and lightweight
Additive Manufacturing Process: Power bed fusion
Aluminium
Properties: Lightweight, low density, is non-toxic, has a high thermal conductivity, has excellent corrosion resistance and can be easily cast, machined and formed
Additive Manufacturing Process: POWDER BED
FUSION
Composites
glass fillers within polymers
Properties: improved mechanical properties of rigidity, strength and may also have improved surface hardness.
Additive Manufacturing Process: PHOTO
POLYMERIZATION
Cermets
Properties: high temperature resistance and hardness
Additive Manufacturing process: Laser cutting
Carbon fibre
Properties: high mechanical strength, high stiffness, lightweight, very low thermal expansion, and superior chemical resistance
Additive Manufacturing Process: POWDER BED
FUSION
Epoxy resins
Properties: Heat resistant, corrosive resistant and high tensile and bend strengths
Additive Manufacturing process: PHOTO
POLYMERIZATION
