What should be paid attention to when choosing 3d printer filament?

 Some high-performance and strong 3d printer filaments require high-temperature printing, which means that not all desktop devices can use these 3d printing materials to make parts. However, the equipment selected for printing and the skill of the owner/operator play an important role in determining the finished product, including:

1. Item Strength - There are a number of factors that can help or damage a strong and reliable material and print structure. Too low or too high a temperature, insufficient cooling or standing, can make even filaments like PET, ABS and Ultem brittle, split, warp or twist. In addition to 3d printing materials that can withstand stress, under adverse printing conditions, the 3d printer filaments cannot be tightly bound together and the printing will fail.

2. Surface quality – In addition to temperature, there are also cutting settings, nozzle types, and machine configurations (such as material delivery type and speed), which if not set correctly can result in discoloration, spotting, and rough surfaces.

3. Dimensional Accuracy - All 3d printing materials can print inaccurately, however, such as TPU, Nylon and other flexible materials are more difficult to control. The heated material falls perfectly but the first layer cools during the print and may start to shrink, wrinkle, causing further distortion and inaccurate parts.

Also, it should be noted that almost all 3d printing materials mentioned can be manufactured by multiple manufacturers and have different properties and compositions. For example, a standard ABS cannot be made from 3 monomers in different proportions - so depending on the concentration of each of them, it can be precise and strong or smelly and rotten.

Some extra factors added to the 3d printer filament can improve its performance and because of many factors FDM prints better. There is no one-size-fits-all material, so you need to choose the material filament according to your needs.