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TreeD PMMA 3D Filament
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) belongs to a group of materials called engineering plastics. It is a transparent thermoplastic also commonly called PLEXIGLASS.
Although not a familiar silica-based type of glass, the substance, like many thermoplastics, is often technically classified as a type of glass, as it is a non-crystalline glassy substance, hence its occasional historical designation as acrylic glass.
Chemically it is the synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate. PMMA 3D Filament is a cost-effective alternative to polycarbonate (PC) when tensile strength, flexural strength, transparency, polishability, and UV tolerance are more important than impact resistance, chemical resistance, and heat resistance. A valid alternative to Polycarbonate, because it is easier to print, although slightly less resistant.
This material is commonly used in 3D printing to make objects that can then be treated in post-processing with increasingly fine-grained sandpaper and then polished with abrasive paste by body shops to make the surfaces practically 98% transparent.
To understand in practice, it is the same material that is used to make the “glass” of car headlights. Very resistant to UV rays and easily machined by drilling, threading.
