Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH
The Filament Enabling Stainless Steel Parts for Applications that Require High Hardness and Mechanical Strength
Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH is a filament for the production of metal components in 17-4 stainless steel on standard Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printers.
Description
This stainless steel can be fully heat treated to high levels of strength and hardness. It is therefore ideal for Petrochemistry, Aerospace, and the Automotive. Parts printed with our metal-polymer composite filament Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH obtain their final properties through a catalytic debinding and sintering process known from traditional Metal Injection Molding.
Benefits at a Glance
- Easy and affordable metal 3D printing
- High mechanical strength and hardness
- Good corrosion resistance
- Fully hardened enables highest strength
- Wide range of post-processing options for green parts
Example Applications
- Tooling
- Jigs and fixtures
- Functional prototypes
Material Properties
- Heat-treatable stainless-steel parts
- Increased strength and hardness by precipitation hardening
- Martensitic
- Magnetic
Example Applications
Spare Part Solar Panel Clamp
- Discontinued serial product
- Need for weather resistance (UV-radiation, heat, moisture)
- Long-life solution (upgrade from aluminium to stainless steel)
Spare Part Gate Lock
- Small-series production
- High mechanical strength required
Customized Tool Insert
- Accessibility of individualized tools
- Increased productivity
- High stiffness for high tool loads
Use Cases and Whitepaper of Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH
Innovative Materials and Technology Create Essential Metal Components for Custom Bicycle Frames
Innovative material and enhanced design provides superior performance and exceptional durability for industrial filtration screens
Automotive Industry Benefits from 3D Printed Prototypes Offering Extensive Design and Manufacturing Solutions
Metal Fused Filament Fabrication (MFFF) with Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH allows WKW.automotive to create the highly accurate and strong tools needed to…
Tooling Fixtures
Electronic communication systems, avionics, space intelligence, cyber security and weather monitoring solutions – American company L3HARRIS…
Customer Reference
A Wien Energie / Sparox Use Case
Process at a Glance
PRINTING
Following our Print Preparation Checklist, Recommended Printer Parameters, and 3D Modelling Guidelines ensures your FFF printer extrudes Ultrafuse® Metal Filament and Support Layer accurately, laying the foundation for successful metal parts.
GREEN PART
3D prints made with Ultrafuse® 316L and Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH are known as “green parts,” consisting of metallic powder and polymeric binder.
DEBINDING
Debinding is a crucial post-processing step that removes the polymer binder from green parts. This prevents deformation during sintering and improves sintering efficiency.
BROWN PART
After debinding, the parts are referred to as “brown parts.” At this stage, the polymer binder has been completely removed, leaving a porous structure of metallic powder.
SINTERING
Sintering, the final step, fuses the metallic particles together, resulting in a fully metallic part known as a “white part.”
METAL PART
The all-metal “white part” can then be post-processed just like any conventional metal part, offering the flexibility to meet various application requirements.
Utilize Our Trusted D&S Services
You can leverage the expertise of our trusted partners, DSH Technologies LLC and Elnik Systems GmbH, for debinding and sintering services. These leading partners provide reliable solutions to ensure high-quality results.
Our solution and added value for the customer
With Ultrafuse 17-4PH we offer an efficient way to produce metal parts with high mechanical strength. Ultrafuse 17-4PH is compatible with most FFF 3D printers, giving our customers a high degree of flexibility and freedom. Spare parts, tools or customized geometries are now easily and cost-effectively accessible.
Next Steps
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More Metal Filaments
Ultrafuse® 316L
Stainless Steel Composite Metal Filament for 3D Printers
Benefits at a Glance
- Easy and affordable metal 3D printing
- Fast material exchange and easy handling
- For all open-source FFF printers
- Produces parts of stainless-steel 316L metal
- Uniform particle distribution enhances mechanical properties
Ultrafuse® Support Layer
Ultrafuse® Support Layer creates a barrier during sintering and facilitates the separation of support from the metal part
Benefits at a Glance
- Printable on any metal FFF printer
- Allows for a wider range of designs and complex geometries to be printed
- Excellent surface quality of supported areas of the part
- Minimize the distortion of the printed part during debinding and sintering