Formlabs Formlabs Tough 2000 Resin (Form 3) - 5L
Formlabs Tough 2000 Resin offers exceptional strength and stiffness, making it ideal for heavy-duty prototyping and parts that require minimal bending, such as jigs, fixtures, and manufacturing aids. It features a neutral color for a professional appearance and is designed to reduce brittle failures, enhancing durability and resilience in demanding applications.
- Exceptional strength and stiffness, resists bending
- Aesthetic neutral color for professional parts
- Ideal for jigs, fixtures, and rugged prototypes
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Formlabs Tough 2000 Resin
Unyielding Strength for Demanding Prototyping Needs
Formulated for rigorous testing and enduring stress, Formlabs Tough 2000 Resin stands as the apex within the Tough and Durable Resins family, offering unparalleled strength and stiffness. Ideal for prototyping sturdy parts resistant to bending, it excels in applications demanding robustness and resilience. With a tensile modulus represented by the "2000" in its name, this resin is tailored for applications requiring minimal deflection, such as jigs, fixtures, and rugged prototypes. Achieve professional-grade results with this aesthetic, neutral-colored resin, ensuring seamless integration into any environment. Notably, Tough 2000 Resin facilitates confident iteration and minimizes brittle failures, making it indispensable for manufacturing aids, housings, and enclosures.
Key Features of the Formlabs Tough 2000 Resin:
- Exceptional strength and stiffness
- Resistant to bending, ideal for heavy-duty parts
- Aesthetic, neutral color for professional-looking parts
- Facilitates confident iteration with reduced brittle failures
- Ideal for jigs, fixtures, prototypes, and manufacturing aids
Why Choose Tough 2000 Resin?
Tough 2000 Resin is the premier choice for prototyping needs, offering a blend of strength, durability, and aesthetic appeal. Engineered to withstand extensive stress, it produces sturdy parts with minimal deformation, ensuring reliability even under heavy loads, while its neutral color seamlessly integrates prototypes into any environment.
- Stiff and Sturdy: Craft robust parts with minimal deformation, ensuring durability and longevity.
- Resistant: Withstand intermittent or constant loads typical of heavy-duty parts, ensuring reliability under stress.
- Aesthetic, Neutral Color: Create professional-looking parts that seamlessly blend into their environment, enhancing the overall appeal of your prototypes.
Applications of Tough 2000 Resin
Tough 2000 Resin is the go-to material for rugged prototyping and simulating the strength of ABS. Perfect for jigs, fixtures, and prototypes requiring minimal deflection, as well as manufacturing aids and housings, it ensures durability and reliability in a variety of applications.
- Tough 2000 Resin is ideal for rugged prototyping and simulating ABS strength, offering versatility in various applications.
- It's particularly suitable for jigs, fixtures, and prototypes requiring minimal deflection, ensuring precision and durability.
- With its ability to produce strong and stiff parts, Tough 2000 Resin is indispensable for manufacturing aids and enclosures, guaranteeing reliability in demanding environments.
Material Properties of Tough 2000 Resin
Tough 2000 Resin boasts impressive material properties, ensuring high performance in various applications. With an ultimate tensile strength of 46 MPa, a tensile modulus of 2.2 GPa, and an elongation of 48%, it offers exceptional strength and flexibility, while its heat deflection temperature of 63°C ensures stability under heat.
- Tough 2000 Resin exhibits impressive mechanical properties including high ultimate tensile strength and tensile modulus, making it suitable for demanding applications.
- Its notable elongation and flexural modulus provide the necessary flexibility and stiffness required for diverse prototyping needs.
- With a heat deflection temperature of 63°C, Tough 2000 Resin maintains stability even under moderate heat, ensuring reliability in various environments.
Material Properties
Formlabs Tough 2000 Resin
- Ultimate Tensile Strength: 46 MPa
- Tensile Modulus: 2.2 GPa
- Elongation: 48%
- Flexural Modulus: 1.9 GPa
- Notched Izod: 40 J/m
- Heat Deflection Temp @ 0.45 MPa: 63 ºC
Post-Processing Guidelines for Tough 2000 Resin
Efficient post-processing is essential to ensure optimal mechanical properties and functionality of parts printed with Tough 2000 Resin. For washing, adhere to the recommended duration of 10 minutes followed by an additional 10 minutes in IPA, ensuring parts are not left tacky. Subsequently, post-cure the printed parts for 60 minutes at 70°C to enhance their mechanical properties and enable them to function as designed.
- When washing parts printed with Tough 2000 Resin, ensure not to exceed the recommended IPA concentration to prevent tackiness on part surfaces.
- Parts requiring two wash times should undergo two wash cycles, with the second cycle utilizing clean solvent to ensure thorough cleaning.
- Post-curing is crucial for engineering-focused resins like Tough 2000 to optimize mechanical properties, with a recommended duration of 60 minutes at 70°C.
Form Wash Settings
- Duration: 10 minutes + 10 minutes in IPA
- Notes: It's essential to adhere to the recommended duration for washing parts printed with Tough 2000 Resin. If washed in IPA with more than a 5% resin concentration, part surfaces may become tacky. Ensure to use fresh solvent if parts remain tacky after washing. Parts requiring two wash times should undergo two wash cycles, with the second cycle utilizing clean solvent. The first wash cycle removes the bulk of the resin, while the second cycle ensures thorough cleaning of the parts.
Form Cure Settings
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Temperature: 70°C
- Notes: Post-curing is crucial for parts printed with engineering-focused resins like Tough 2000 to optimize mechanical properties and functionality. Ensure to adhere to the recommended post-curing time of 60 minutes at 70°C to achieve the desired results.
