3D printer filaments & resins

The diameter must match the extruder and hot end of your printer; the two sizes are not interchangeable. Most current desktop printers take 1.75 mm filament, while some models use 2.85 mm, often sold as "3 mm". Check the printer manual or the label on the original spool before you order. Filament of the wrong diameter will not feed properly and can block the nozzle. Compatible printers are in 3D printers and bioprinters. Unsure which one fits? Ask sales@luminixhealth.com.

PLA prints easily and suits prototypes, holders and racks for light use. PETG is tougher and resists more chemicals, so it fits functional parts that see cleaning agents. ABS handles more heat but needs a heated bed and good ventilation while printing. Whatever the polymer, store open spools dry in a sealed bag or a desiccator; see desiccators and desiccant. Need advice for your set-up? Mail sales@luminixhealth.com.

A filament or a resin is the material a printer polymerises or melts into an object. PLA, ABS, PETG and a photopolymer resin behave differently and need different temperatures or wavelengths. Diameter of the filament, 1.75 mm or 2.85 mm, has to match the extruder. A resin is not a filament.

A laboratory 3D printer builds a solid from a filament or a resin, layer by layer, when a shape is needed and a catalogue part does not exist. Bioprinting uses a bioink that contains, or will contain, living cells. The material decides the chemistry of the object and whether a cell will tolerate it. A filament that is only described as plastic is not a specification. Cell work around bioinks is discussed in the WHO biosafety topic and the papers are on PubMed.

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