Material
Aluminum (AlSi10Mg)
AlSi10Mg is a lightweight cast-type aluminum alloy with high as-built strength and good thermal and electrical conductivity, suited to functional metal parts, with strength and ductility depending on heat treatment.
Manufacturing processes
SLM / DMLS
About
AlSi10Mg is an aluminum-silicon-magnesium alloy with good thermal and electrical conductivity, used for lightweight functional parts.
As built it is strong but only moderately ductile. Stress relief or heat treatment trades strength for ductility, and properties differ between horizontal and vertical orientations.
AlSi10Mg is a good option for lightweight functional parts and prototypes that would otherwise be cast aluminum.
Technical Details
- Accuracy
- ±0.2% (lower limit of ±0.2 mm)
- Density
- 2.67 g/cm³
- Min. wall thickness
- 1 mm
Technical Properties
- Tensile strength
- 330 - 520 MPa
- Tensile modulus
- 70000 - 80000 MPa
- Tensile elongation
- 4 - 14%
- Flexural modulus
- 70000 - 80000 MPa
- HDT (0.45 MPa)
- 150 - 200°C
- HDT (1.8 MPa)
- 120 - 160°C
- Default layer height
- 0.15 mm
- Default infill
- 100%
- Embossing
- min. 0.5 mm
- Engraving
- min. 0.5 mm
- Interlocking parts
- Yes
- Warping risk
- Yes, for parts over 140mm or parts with thin long structures
- Maximum printing dimensions
- 600 × 600 × 600 mm