High-Strength Filament with Carbon Fiber
Stiff, strong, resilient filament pairs well with its low-friction, wear-resistant companion material.
New high-strength igumid P190 filament from igus bonds well with iglide (or iglidur in Germany) internally lubricated filament for low-friction wear resistance. (Photo: igus)
A stiff, resilient and high-strength 3D printing filament containing carbon fibers is new from igus. Its igumid P190 is suited to printing lightweight structural parts via the fused deposition modeling (FDM) process. It has a low density of 1.25 g/cc, flexural strength of up to 237 MPa (34,374 psi) and flex modulus of 11.5 GPa (1.668 million psi).
What’s more, igumid P190 is suitable for two-component 3D printing together with igus’ iglide i190 (also called iglidur i190 in Germany), a wear-resistant “tribofilament” containing proprietary solid lubricants. The two filaments together are said to form an excellent material bond. Together, they could produce strong, lightweight structural components with a low-friction surface.
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