3D printing filament that is stronger than steel. This will be a game changer!

[VK3ZYZ]

This filament sounds really good, and can be printed on a "domestic" grade 3D printer as long as it is a fast one, like the Bamboo Lab and similar consumer level machines.

Having the capability to print parts that are stronger than steel opens up a lot of possibilities!
It is RF transparent too so that could be an advantage.
(I will not be printing geckos with it, the cost is pretty high! And I do not have a suitable printer anyway.)

 

[vk3vsm]

damn i'm picturing buildong the gears for a rotator

previously i have thought about doing some lost plastic casting to make some gears up

 

[VK3ZYZ]

Yes. Prototyping the gears in PLA then when the design is finished, print with the "Good Stuff"!
When I win Tatts, I'll get a new fast printer and some rolls of this

 

[VK3YNV]

The RF transparency seems like it should be a candidate for some clever RF applications. The only drawback is the price $275 for 500g is too expensive for a lot of applications.

I guess that the price will come down with volume production. PLA is $26.90 per kg, Tullomer is $550 per kg.

 

[VK3ZYZ]

The only drawback is the price $275 for 500g is too expensive for a lot of applications.

Yes, but just think if you needed some custom gears for instance. They would cost quite a bit to get a machine shop to make them.
There are a few things that would work very well for this, for those of us who cannot fabricate things any other way. But, saying that, it will be quite a long time I expect (if ever) before I would buy any.
I'd reckon this could be a good time for an engineering company to buy a 3D printer and some of this as they would already have a customer base.
How long before jlcpcb adds this to their 3D printing shop?

 

[BillC]

For the club members who need small machine gears I have gear cutters in the following range, module .3 .5 .6 .8 m1 m1.25 m1.5, and could cut gears in those ranges. Only using aluminium or brass . Also if you need to cut a special gear you can use a drill press, a hacksaw and files. Clock makers have been doing gears that way for a long time.