Material
PC-Like Resin
PC-like resin is a highly rigid photopolymer that simulates polycarbonate's stiffness and heat resistance, though it's more brittle than ABS-like resin, which makes it better suited to precision, load-bearing parts than parts needing to absorb impact.
Manufacturing processes
About
PC-like resin is engineered to replicate polycarbonate's high stiffness and elevated heat deflection temperature, delivering excellent dimensional accuracy and resistance to deflection under load.
Despite simulating a thermoplastic known for exceptional impact resistance, PC-like resin is actually notably more brittle than ABS-like or tough resin. The stiffness that makes it excel at holding precise geometry comes at the cost of the impact toughness real polycarbonate is known for. Heat resistance varies by specific formulation.
PC-like resin suits wind-tunnel testing models, high-temperature fluid manifolds, precision jigs, and fixtures where dimensional stability under load matters more than impact resistance.
Technical Details
- Accuracy
- ±0.15% (lower limit of ±0.01 mm)
- Density
- 1.1 g/cm³
- Min. wall thickness
- 0.6 mm
Technical Properties
- Tensile strength
- 50 MPa
- Tensile modulus
- 2300 - 6400 MPa
- Tensile elongation
- 5 - 23%
- Flexural strength
- 69 - 120 MPa
- Flexural modulus
- 2290 - 6400 MPa
- Default layer height
- 0.05 mm
- Default infill
- 100%
- Embossing
- min. 0.4 mm
- Engraving
- min. 0.4 mm
- Interlocking parts
- Yes
- Warping risk
- Moderate
- Maximum printing dimensions
- 330 × 185 × 300 mm