HIPS
HIPS
High-impact polystyrene, lightweight and easy to sand and paint. Its main advantage is that it dissolves in limonene, so on the X1 Carbon with AMS we use it as soluble support for ABS on geometries that are impossible to remove by hand.
What we use it for
Requires an enclosed chamber
This material shrinks as it cools and would lift off the build plate in an open printer. We always manufacture it on the X1 Carbon with the top and door fitted, at no extra cost to you.
Not suitable for outdoor exposure
With continuous sunlight exposure it loses properties and colour. For outdoor use, look at PETG or ASA.
Technical data
- Family
- HIPS
- Density
- 1.04 g/cm³
- Service temperature
- 88 °C
- Tensile strength
- 32 MPa
- Filament diameter
- 1,75 mm
- Suitable for outdoor use
- Not recommended
- Food contact
- No
- Enclosed chamber
- Required
- Hardened nozzle
- Not required
- Process waste
- 8 %
- Colours in stock
- 2
Mechanical values are the manufacturer's measurements from standard test specimens. A printed part is noticeably weaker in the direction perpendicular to the layers.
Available colours
White
No surcharge
Black
No surcharge
Price by quality
Reference based on a standard part: a hollow 50 mm cube (24.6 cm³ of material), 25% infill, one unit, standard lead time, VAT included.
| Quality | Weight | Machine time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borrador 0,28 mm2 perimeters | 24.6 g | 24 min | €28.74€23.75 excluding VAT |
| Estándar 0,20 mm3 perimeters | 27.6 g | 38 min | €30.73€25.40 excluding VAT |
| Fina 0,16 mm3 perimeters | 26.9 g | 46 min | €31.76€26.25 excluding VAT |
| Ultrafina 0,12 mm4 perimeters | 27.6 g | 1 h 2 min | €33.82€27.95 excluding VAT |