PETG
TechnicalPETG (Glycol-modified Polyethylene Terephthalate) is a technical thermoplastic that combines good mechanical strength, toughness and excellent chemical resistance. Suitable for everyday parts, containers, covers and parts exposed to moisture or UV.
Typical applications
- Containers
- Covers
- Everyday parts
- Displays
Property profile
| Strength | 0.7 / 5 |
|---|---|
| Stiffness | 0.1 / 5 |
| Toughness | 0.8 / 5 |
| Heat | 0.3 / 5 |
| Printability | 4.5 / 5 |
| Lightness | 1.8 / 5 |
Indicative values (0–5) derived from the specs, normalized across our catalog.
Strengths
- Functional
Worth considering
- Moderate stiffness
- Low heat resistance
General
- Technology
- Large Scale
- Material group
- Polymers
- Color
- multicolor (on demand)
Physical properties
- Density
- 1.27 g/cm³
Mechanical properties
- Elastic modulus
- 2.1 GPa
- Yield strength
- 50 MPa
- Tensile strength
- 47 MPa
- Elongation at break
- 8 %
Other
- Izod impact (notched)
- 31 J
- Heat deflection temperature @0.45 MPa
- 69 °C
Printing characteristics
- Tolerance ±0.2 mm
- Max build 340 × 340 × 320 mm
- Lead time from quote
- Finishes on request
Directional properties (XY vs Z)
Like all FDM materials, it is stronger in the print plane (XY) than across layers (Z). We orient the part to the load.
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