Solenoid

vishaish · April 29, 2020

Hello Everyone. Hope everyone is doing well. I am new to this forum and I would like to hear your suggestions on a question that I have on 3d printed materials. I am trying to build a custom solenoid and based on my research the most suggestion for the solenoid core is electrical steel. I was planning to 3d print the core due to some design considerations. I was wondering if there are any other alternatives in the 3d printing materials list which has a high permeability and stress loading capacity similar to Steel.

Thank you. Stay safe and have a great day!!

SandervG · April 30, 2020

Hi @vishaish, thank you for your post and welcome to the community. I needed to check with one of our product experts to see which material would best suit your needs, and we have a few materials you could check out.

Ultrafuse 316L. Not the most effortless or affordable materials among the others, but the only real solution if you want to print with steel.
PC. A material like PC is known to be very strong and could potentially provide you with loading capacity you are looking for.
Carbon fiber Nylon. A material with carbon fiber usually has good conductivity and is rather stiff.
PC-ABS also contains conductive additives which provide it with good conductivity and also has a high toughness and impact strength.

Good luck, and let us know how it goes and if you have any further questions!