Water Removable Support Material

3D printing materials and technology developer Avante Technology, LLC is releasing a new water soluble support material formulated to work with their advanced industrial-grade composite filament

The new FilaOne Water Removable Support Material is capable of being completely dissolved in water and will produce no hazardous waste of any kind. The new material is a companion filament to their FilaOne GREEN Advanced Composite filaments and was given a yellow coloring to contrast with it.

Avante’s new FilaOne Water Removable Support Material is the first water soluble support filament that was designed specifically to work with high quality engineering grade filaments on standard desktop FDM 3D printers. It was intended to offer sturdy and reliable support for parts and components with highly complex geometries that typically would not print on an average FDM printer. The new material will expand the capabilities of any desktop 3D printer, while greatly reducing prototyping costs.

The FilaOne support material will adhere firmly to FilaOne GREEN when the two materials are printed together, however once it is removed it will leave a smooth surface behind. The part simply needs to be submerged in boiling water to pull the support material away from the composite part, and it will not cause any surface texturing or burrs once separated. According to Avante the material will almost completely dissolve in water, requires no chemical solvents to remove and the waste water and remaining material can be disposed of without any sort of treatment or specialized disposal.

FilaOne Water Removable Support Material was optimized to work with Avante’s FilaOne GREEN so more complex parts can be easily 3D printed without the need for expensive industrial 3D printers. Any objects that have been printed with FilaOne GREEN filament will be mechanically stronger than standard ABS, however it isn’t as fussy or difficult to print with. Not only does it improve the durability and chemical resistance of parts over those printed using ABS, Nylon or PLA, but it also adheres to itself, the support material and the printing bed much better than those other materials.

Source: 3D Print

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