Stereolithography Resin Properties
The materials used in SLA are primarily epoxy-based resins that offer strong, durable, and accurate models and patterns. It is ideal for form, fit, and function testing as well as for visual aids and patterns for tooling.

Material suppliers are constantly innovating providing greater choice and better properties than ever before. But no matter what anyone says, materials used in rapid prototyping are not and will not "match" the properties of engineering thermoplastics.

That being said, many materials have remarkable similarities to materials like ABS or Polyethylene and will function in snap fits. Some are water clear to simulate Acrylic or Polycarbonate, others still have High heat resistance. New emerging materials have fillers that provide high heat and high compression strength for tooling applications.

Like we've said before, It's All About Choices and Moeller can help you chose the SL resin that's right for your application. more...