3D metal printing

It was developed to be particularly easy to use on conventional 3D printers with fused filament fabrication. BASF Ultrafuse® 316L offers greater design freedom combined with lower overall costs, making it easier, faster and more cost-effective to print metal parts. Parts printed with Ultrafuse® 316L obtain their final properties, including hardness and strength, through the catalytic debinding and sintering process. The catalytic debinding technology was developed and introduced by BASF and has established itself as an industry standard.

This stainless steel can be fully heat treated to achieve high levels of strength and hardness, making it ideal for the petrochemical, aerospace and automotive industries. Parts printed with our Ultrafuse® 17-4 PH metal-polymer composite filament obtain their final properties through a catalytic debinding and sintering process common to traditional metal injection moulding.