Nylon PorthCurno is made from 100% recycled fishing nets and is therefore a sustainable and environmentally friendly 3D filament with unique properties.

These Fishy filaments provide -/- 98% CO2 reduction. PorthCurno is a sustainable and environmentally friendly 3D filament with unique properties.

PorthCurno has exceptional temperature resistance up to 180°C, tensile strength, density and UV/weather resistance.

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> Safety Data Sheet PorthCurno

PorthCurno is quite difficult to print. Therefore, take the following settings into account:

Printen met PorthCurno

• Nozzle: PFTE coated nozzles increase the print quality with this filament.
• Working Temperature: 250–280 °C
• Heated bed: 80–110 °C
• Cooling fan: Off
• Printing speed: 30 - 50 mm/sec.
• Bed surface: LockPAd, mirror/glass, (PEI)
• Bed adhesive: Magigoo PA, PVA glue
• Brim: > 10 mm
• Enclosure: Yes
• Pre-drying: 5 hours at 80°C
• Design: Avoid sharp corners as they tend to warp

Material Data:

• UV-stability: Yes
• Charpy Impact Strength: 5 kJ/m2
• Abrasion resistance: 0.02 %
• Temperature resistance: 180°C
  
• Material density: 1.13 g.cm-3
• Tensile Modulus: 2200 MPa

Nylon (or polyamide) is a technical polymer with excellent mechanical properties and better chemical and temperature resistance than ABS or PLA filament. These properties allow you to print mechanical parts and prototypes.