PCTG
Material details
PCTG is a thermoplastic polyester that offers a good balance of strength, durability, chemical resistance, and food safety compliance. Its good mechanical properties make it suitable for a wide range of functional and aesthetic applications.
- Family Standard Plastics
- Accuracy 0.3 mm
- Min. wall 1 mm
- 2 finishes
- 27 colors
Technical properties
- Tensile strength
- 45 – 65 MPa
- Tensile modulus
- 1800 – 2300 MPa
- Tensile elongation
- 3 – 5%
- Flexural strength
- 65 – 75 MPa
- Flexural modulus
- 2000 – 2500 MPa
- HDT
- 65 – 80°C
Finishes
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Standard
Standard layered finish.
27 colors
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Sanded
Smooth sanded finish.
27 colors
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