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Temperature Teflon 4mm.
Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:27 pm
by charles
What is the maximum temperature of the Teflon (4mm)?
Anyone know the manufacturer's specifications?
http://shop.seemecnc.com/4mm-ID-Teflon- ... egoryId=-1
Re: Temperature Teflon 4mm.
Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 3:01 am
by Eric
Teflon is a brand-name for PTFE.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene
The short answer is it doesn't actually melt until 327 C, but starts to degrade above 260 C.
Keep your pet birds away from your printer meltdowns...apparently they're very sensitive to the degradation by-products.
Re: Temperature Teflon 4mm.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:39 pm
by BrainSlugs83
Can't find the link now, either, but the Reprap Wiki used to have a really scary warning about how breathing the fumes of melting PTFE has been linked to cancers of different types. So yeah, be careful, bro!
Re: Temperature Teflon 4mm.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 5:25 pm
by charles
Thanks