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Sterilizable Materials
Xometry offers a wide array of materials that can be sterilized to allow for many different applications of your 3D printed part! An overview of the materials that can be sterilized, the process that each material comes in, its method of sterilization, and some considerations are all listed below.
Note: Xometry cannot claim any material is “food safe” since the function is a combination of both design and material. To learn more about food-safe 3D printing, check out our Additive Manufacturing Guidelines for Food Products article.
Nylon 12
- Process: SLS
- Method of sterilization: Steam Autoclave, EtO, Plasma, Chemical, Gamma
- Considerations: moisture, absorption, matte surface
ABS M30i
- Process: FDM
- Method of sterilization: Gamma, EtO
- Considerations: Micro-gaps
PC-ISO
- Process: FDM
- Method of sterilization: Gamma, EtO
- Considerations: Micro-gaps
Ultem
- Process: FDM
- Method of sterilization: Steam Autoclave
- Considerations: Micro-gaps
17-4PH & 316L Stainless Steel
- Process: DMLS
- Method of sterilization: Steam Autoclave, EtO, Plasma, Chemical, Gamma
- Considerations: Matte surface
Carbon Digital Light Synthesis (DLS)
- Process: Carbon DLS
- CE: Steam Autoclave, EtO, Electron Beam Irradiation, Gamma
- EPX: Steam Autoclave, EtO, Electron Beam Irradiation, Gamma
- RPU: Steam Autoclave, EtO, Electron Beam Irradiation, Gamma
- FPU: EtO, Electron Beam Irradiation, Gamma
- EPU: EtO, Electron Beam Irradiation, Gamma
- SIL: EtO, Electron Beam Irradiation, Gamma
- Considerations: Limited cycles or minor changes in mechanical properties.
Want to see how 3D printed plastics behave in an autoclave-like environment? Check out our video and blog on "Will it Beat the Heat?"
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