316L stainless steel printed by fused deposition modeling is the molybdenum-bearing austenitic grade made from filament in which fine steel powder is bound in a polymer. The extruded green part is debound and then sintered to densify the metal, so the route resembles metal injection molding more than melt-based metal printing. Layer and infill structure leave some anisotropy between build directions, sintering shrinks the part substantially, and residual porosity and a layered surface are typical; overhangs need supports. It is used for jigs, fixtures, tooling, functional prototypes and low-volume corrosion-resistant parts with complex geometry.
Compliance & Regulations
Each row is one condition this material was measured in. Its values and curves are in the tables and charts below, labelled with the condition; the ranges here span that row's own cited values and are never averaged across rows.
| Condition | Density (kg/m³) | Values | Curves |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse 316L, sintered | 7850 | 1 | 0 |
| BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse 316L | — | 2 | 0 |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hardness (Vickers)(HV)2 entries | 128 | HV | BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse 316L · ISO 6507 - 1 · XY | ||
| ↳ | 128 | HV | BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse 316L · ISO 6507 - 1 · Z |
| Property | Value | Unit | Conditions | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Density(ρ)2 entries | 7.850 | kg/m³ | BASF Forward AM Ultrafuse 316L, sintered · sintered · ISO 3369 | ||
| ↳ | 8.000 | kg/m³ | — | — |
Reference data from cited sources. Not verified or certified by MatWorld Inc. Verify against the source before use in design. Terms: engineering data
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