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Filament for 3D printers with excellent dimensional stability and heat resistance
3D printer filament

Overview and Features

What is 3D printer filament?

3D printer filament is a thread-like material for MEX/FDM/FFF 3D printers.
Asahi Kasei has begun trial sales of filaments for 3D printers to meet our customer needs, and will first offer filament products made from XYRON™, a modified polyphenylene ether (PPE) resin product.

There are various types of 3D printers, and the products offered here are resin filaments for the "MEX", "FDM" or "FFF" methods. MEX stands for Material Extrusion, FDM stands for Fused Deposition Modeling, and FFF stands for Fused Filament Fabrication. These words are used synonymously. This method softens resin material at high temperatures and layers the material as it is output from a nozzle to create a three-dimensional object.

Filament for 3D printers based on XYRON™, a modified PPE resin product

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Key features and product lineups of Asahi Kasei's 3D printer filament

Introducing the excellent properties and product lineup of filament products made from Asahi Kasei 's modified PPE resin "XYRON™".

Key Features

Asahi Kasei has developed a filament for 3D printers using XYRON™, a modified PPE resin that is used in a wide range of applications due to its unique properties. Filaments for 3D printers using modified PPE resin XYRON™ have the following features.

Low specific gravity, which contributes to weight saving and reduction of material usage
Excellent dimensional stability
Excellent electrical properties and insulation properties
Excellent heat resistance
Excellent impact resistance

These characteristics are expected to provide performance comparable to super engineering plastic filaments, depending on how they are used.

*XYRON™ is Asahi Kasei's family of modified PPE (modified polyphenylene ether or mPPE) resin products. Modified PPE resins are polymer alloys formed by compounding PPE resins with other types of resin. PPE resins are engineering plastics featuring excellent heat resistance, flame retardance, electrical properties, and dimensional stability, with low water absorption and low specific gravity. Asahi Kasei offers a lineup of various polymer alloy products, including PPE+PS, PA+PPE, PP+PPE, and PPS+PPE.

Features of 3D printing filament based on XYRON™

Product Lineups

Currently, 3 grades are available in the lineup.

JX20Z	Alloying PPE and Polystyrene (PS), excellent balance of heat resistance and impact strength
JX50Z	Alloying PPE and Polystyrene (PS), higher heat resistance compared with JX20Z, excellent balance of heat resistance and impact strength
JXAS1	Alloying PPE and Polyamide (PA), a crystalline resin with excellent heat and oil resistance, to achieve good printability and low warpage

Grades of 3D printing filament based on XYRON™

General information of 3D printing filament based on XYRON™

Recommended printing conditions of 3D printing filament based on XYRON™

Features of products

PPE/PS alloy filament

PPE/PS alloy filament is a filament that uses an engineering plastic that has acquired the UL 94 standard V-0 for flame resistance as the base resin of the filament. Its features are low specific gravity, excellent dimensional stability, excellent insulation, excellent heat resistance, and excellent impact resistance.
Two grades, JX20Z and JX50Z, are available according to the required heat resistance.
These grades have lower specific gravity and a better balance of heat resistance and impact strength than other resin filaments with flame retardance.

Comparative physical properties between PPE/PS alloy and general PC/ABS, PEI filament

PA/PPE alloy filament

PA/PPE alloy filament is filament made by alloying Polyamide (PA), a crystalline resin with excellent heat and oil resistance, and PPE resin, an amorphous resin, to lower water absorption and achieve good printability and low warpage. We have developed a grade called JXAS1, which has excellent low water absorption, low warpage, dimensional stability, heat resistance, impact resistance, and oil resistance.
It has superior impact resistance and heat resistance compared to PA6 non-reinforced products, which is the typical PA used in 3D printer filaments.

Comparative physical properties between PA/PPE alloy and general PA6 non-reinforced filament

Please contact us to ask any questions and request samples.

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Filament for 3D printers with excellent dimensional stability and heat resistance
3D printer filament

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