M300 Tool Steel Filamet™ gives you hard, wear-resistant tool-grade steel parts from an open-architecture FFF/FDM printer, in shapes that normally need expensive machining or casting. It prints like PLA and sinters to 90–95% of solid M300 density.
Specifications
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Metal content: 85.0%–88.0% M300 tool steel
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Filament density: 3.50–3.65 g/cc
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Formats: 1.75mm and 2.85mm spools, and pellets (pick in the variant selector)
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Nozzle: 0.6mm hardened steel, standard flow
Printing
- Prints similar to PLA with minimal to no warping
- Feed the filament straight into the extruder
- Do not dry it: drying degrades the binder
Sintering
M300 parts cannot be handled in their brown (debound) state. Take extra care during debinding and follow The Virtual Foundry's debinding and sintering guide. Use a crucible rated for M300, such as the Refractory Cement Crucible, and a kiln such as the FireX, with Sintering Carbon.
Applications
- Tool and die components, punches and inserts
- Injection mold tooling and conformal-cooled inserts
- Wear-resistant parts and bushings
- Functional prototypes needing high hardness
Prefer a bundle? See the M300 Print and Sinter Kit.