Below is data about the thermal properties of selected Formlabs SLA resins. Use this data along with the information in Choosing the right material and the technical data sheet (TDS) for your selected material to pick a resin and evaluate your printed parts. If data for your material is not available, choose the closest comparable material and interpolate or extrapolate as necessary. For other requests, reach out to Formlabs Support or your sales representative.

Available thermal conductivity data is listed in the table below:

Metals have average conductivities of >30 W/m-K. In comparison, unfilled resins (excluding Rigid Resins) have thermal conductivities between 0.25–0.35 W/m-K, classifying them as medium-low conductors of heat. These resins are better insulators than metals but less effective than materials that specialize in insulation.

Formlabs has measured the heat capacity of a selection of resins using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The following table shows the heat capacity at 25 °C.

ASTM-tested properties appear in the datasheets for our resins. There are many other properties that Formlabs has not officially tested.

Zur Bestimmung der Glasübergangstemperatur wurden 3 × 12 × 60 mm große Proben mit Hilfe der dynamisch-mechanischen Analyse (DMA) getestet.