Non-warping, no smell, PET filament

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Non-warping, no smell, PET filament

Post by MGuser » Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:38 am

No shrinking or warping.
No smell.
No enclosure required.
Build plate can be heated or not (depends on brand).
Can be printed on glass without any glue*
Does not absorb water or moisture from air, so no storage container needed.
Clear color is the most transparent of all filament materials.
Is much "tougher" that PLA or ABS; will bend before breaking.
Uses about the same extruder temps as ABS.
Does not need a print cooling fan like PLA does.
Also known as Polyester, PETG, PETT, PET+
Is what most soda pop bottles are made of.
Does not degrade in water.
FDA approved in the USA for for food contact.
Not brittle.
Is the most recycled plastic.
Prices are coming down, and some are about the same as ABS.


Test model: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:990484
Printing video: https://vid.me/eEIW
Result video: https://vid.me/eEUW


Current places carrying PET:

eSun - from Intservo, in North Carolina USA:
http://intservo.com/products/esun-petg- ... =942259463
*opaque black is tested to print onto glass without any glue at all;
stays attached above 80C, and pops off at room temp.

eSun - from Intservo on Ebay, in North Carolina USA:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/221745555099

Alchement - from New Jersey, USA (choose PET from the menu):
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321625926855

RepRapperTech in Hong Kong:
http://www.reprappertech.com/3d-printin ... /petg.html

Made Solid - from California USA:
http://shop.madesolid.com/products/made ... 75mm-1-lbs

Made Solid - from Matter Hackers, in California USA:
http://www.matterhackers.com/store/3d-p ... -pet-175mm

Made Solid - from Design Box, in Ohio USA:
http://designbox3d.com/products/madesolid-pet-filament

Made Solid - From Australia:
http://thinglab.com.au/shop/3d-printing ... t-filament

Colorfabb XT - from Netherlands:
http://colorfabb.com/xt-black

Colorfabb XT - from Printed Solid, in Delaware USA:
http://www.printedsolid.com/shop/175-3/xt-amphora/

Taulman T-Glase - from Matter Hackers, in California USA:
http://www.matterhackers.com/store/3d-p ... lase-175mm

Taulman T-Glase - from MakerGeeks, in Missouri USA:
http://www.makergeeks.com/tpe3dprfibl1.html

Taulman T-Glase - from Imprinte 3D, in France:
http://www.imprimante3dfrance.com/en/pett.html

Eco PETG - from China (must email to order):
http://www.ecoreprap.com/pro/petg-filament

Reprap PET - from Denmark:
http://reprap.me/filament/petg-1-7mm

Gizmo Dorks - in Los Angeles, USA:
http://gizmodorks.com/petg-3d-printer-filament

Various:
http://www.microcenter.com/search/searc ... cro-Center

3D Prima, from Sweden:
http://www.3dprima.com/en/filaments-for ... tural.html

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Re: Non-warping, no smell, PET filament

Post by Tim » Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:42 pm

Obviously you don't spend much time reading this forum.

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Re: Non-warping, no smell, PET filament

Post by innkeeper » Tue Sep 01, 2015 12:35 am

:lol:
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Re: Non-warping, no smell, PET filament

Post by insta » Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:40 am

eh I'll allow it -- he has a few other real posts. And, it's a pretty comprehensive list from several sample vendors, nothing outright spammy.
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Re: Non-warping, no smell, PET filament

Post by Tim » Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:09 pm

insta wrote:eh I'll allow it -- he has a few other real posts. And, it's a pretty comprehensive list from several sample vendors, nothing outright spammy.
Yes, I think he's well-meaning, but clearly hasn't been following the (many) discussions on PETg. And there's a bit of misinformation---PETg, PET, and PET+ are similar plastics, but they are not the same (and soda bottles are made from PET, not PETg or PET+). And "no shrinking or warping" is simply not true; it's certainly a lot better than ABS, but to claim that it doesn't shrink at all would be false advertising.

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