Cartridge Formlabs Silicone 40A Resin for Form 3, 1L

Resin for photopolymer printing Formlabs Silicone 40A

Formlabs Silicone 40A Resin is the first 100% silicone resin available for photopolymer 3D printing. From now on, you don't need time-consuming and costly molding and casting processes: Formlabs offers a new patented technology for photo-curing silicone. Use the advanced Formlabs Form 3+ ecosystem to 3D print 100% silicone parts in your own office in a matter of hours.

With this material with a Shore hardness of 40A, you will create soft, flexible, and strong parts with 250% elongation at break and 12 kN/m tensile strength that can withstand repeated cycles of tension, bending, and compression. They can combine the high performance of silicone and the design freedom of 3D printing to create highly functional silicone parts with excellent chemical and thermal resistance (-25°C to 125°C), thin parts as small as 0.3 mm, and complex geometries that are not possible with traditional methods. Thanks to Formlabs, cost-effective rapid prototyping and short-run production of silicone parts is now available to you.

Advantages of 3D printing from silicone

Silicone 40A Resin is a pure silicone with no added monomer or acrylate, created with Formlabs' new patented Pure Silicone Technology™. Silicone 40A Resin combines the superior material properties of molded silicone with the benefits of 3D printing.

• Outstanding elastomeric characteristics

The material prints highly functional silicone parts that are soft, flexible and strong, with excellent chemical resistance and thermal stability.

• Cost-effective rapid prototyping and low-volume production

Eliminate costly tooling and time-consuming molding processes to enable custom and low-volume production of silicone parts.

• New design freedom

Create customized silicone parts with isotropic properties, thin features as small as 0.3 mm and complex geometries that are not possible with casting or molding.

• Fast and easy manufacturing

Take advantage of Formlabs' optimized SLA ecosystem to produce clean silicone parts in your facility in a matter of hours.

Material properties

Below are the characteristics of a sample printed from Silicone 40A Resin and polymerized at a temperature of 60 ºC for 30 minutes:

• Shore hardness - 40A
• Tensile strength - 5.5 MPa
• Elongation at break - 230%.
• Tensile strength - 12 kN/m
• Resistance to rebound - 34%
• Glass transition temperature (Tg) - -110 °C
• Ross Flexing Fatigue (-10 °C, serrated) - > 500,000 cycles
• Ross Flexing Fatigue (23 °C, serrated) - > 500,000 cycles
• Cytotoxicity - Pending (in the process of research and certification)

Application

Silicone 40A Resin is a cost-effective solution for the production of functional prototypes, test blocks, tools and small batches of silicone parts.

Parts printed with Silicone 40A Resin are used in industries such as consumer goods, automotive, robotics, manufacturing, and healthcare.

It is recommended for 3D printing:

• Seals, gaskets, actuators and connectors
• Wearable and flexible consumer products
• Flexible luminaires and masking masters
• Keyboards, buttons and human-machine interaction devices

Not recommended for:

• Unsupported thin-walled geometries thinner than 0.7 mm
• Prolonged exposure to UV rays

Compatibility with Formlabs equipment

• Printer compatibility: Form 3, Form 3+, Form 3B, Form 3B+.
• Compatible with Resin Tanks: Form 3/3B Resin Tank V2, Form 3/3B Resin Tank V2.1.
• Compatible with these Build Platforms: Form 3 Build Platform (recommended), Form 3 Build Platform 2, Form 3 Stainless Steel Build Platform.
• Layer height: 100 microns.

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