Materials:FabEpoxy
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Material Data For FabEpoxy
Member of Material Category: Thermoset Polymers
Description
 FabEpoxy Loading Kit, Contents |
FabEpoxy is a special 2 part epoxy formulated for Fab@Home by Kraftmark Company of Spring City, PA, USA. Is has been designed to be thixotropic (meaning that it will flow when you extrude it, but does not flow after extrusion, so layers stack up), and to have a relatively long "pot life" (meaning time between when you mix it and when it starts to harden) of 2-3 hours in typical conditions. This allows you sufficient time to use a syringe full of the material without having it harden in the syringe. At room temperature, the material takes 24 hours or so to become rigid; warm cured FabEpoxy to 80F/27C for a few hours to increase hardness.
Recipe and/or Vendors
Recipe
FabEpoxy Loading Kit: 1. Attach mixer nozzle to syringe and adapter to end of nozzle. 2. Dispense FabEpoxy to displace air in nozzle and adapter. 3. Attach adapter to EFD syringe with plunger fully inserted. 4. Dispense mixed FabEpoxy to fill syringe.
CAUTION: Dispense slowly without excessive pressure. FabEpoxy syringe could possibly leak or rupture under excessive pressure.
FabEpoxy Loading Kit Instruction Sheet.pdf
Vendors
FabEpoxy Loading Kit contains: 1 x 50ml Syringe, 3 mixer nozzles and 3 adapters. Dispensing tool is sold separately.
To order go to Kraftmark's secure shopping site Kraftmark Store or contact Tim Mayer, Kraftmark directly. PayPal,Visa and Mastercard accepted.
Tool Parameter Files
- To make use of these tool configuration files, save them in the "Tools" folder of your Fab@Home Application Folder, and restart the application, or reload the tool files using the application menu command.
- Please name the tools files as:
"MaterialName_TipInternalDiameterInMicrometers_NeedleOrTaper.tool" - see examples below
- Please include your name and a revision date as comments in the tool file so that others can consult with you
- To upload files, please compress them first - the wiki will not allow .tool file extensions.
Files
- Parameters for 840um id (green) taper tip,Evan 05:05, 24 September 2007 (EDT)
Techniques and Examples
Please upload pictures of successful use of this material, e.g. a part or support structure made with the material.
Images
 Preliminary tests with FabEpoxy |
 FabEpoxy Spider Robot |
 FabEpoxy Cube |
 FabEpoxy Shuttle |
Techniques and Notes
Loading syringes can be messy, but with practice, loading into the top of the syringe barrel can be done fairly cleanly, and without trapping too much air. Try to make all of the loaded material adhere to one side of the interior of the barrel. Then, when you insert the piston, you can squeeze it all toward the tip and most of the air can be pushed out in the process. The initial parameters used here leave slight gaps between strands, and I have not yet tried other than the green (840um) taper tips. More experiments will yield improvement in part quality.
Properties
Links to Properties
Safety Information
Please upload or link to a Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) here, or provide any information that you can on storage and use hazards, safe handling procedures, safety equipment, etc.
MSDS Files
- MSDS for FabEpoxy Resin, 30KB, PDF
- MSDS for FabEpoxy Hardener, 30KB, PDF
