Rapidia 17-4 PH Stainless Steel – 1000cc

This precipitation-hardening martensitic stainless steel grade pairs good corrosion resistance and hardness with excellent strength. Rapidia 17-4PH S/S can be heat treated to achieve a hardness of 41 HRC. It is commonly used for high-stress applications.

Common Applications

• Mould making
• Tool making
• Valves
• Gears
• Shafts

An excellent choice to stand in for high-strength alloy steels in any force-bearing mechanical application. Download the material properties datasheet here.

Support Materials – Are Available in 1000cc Quantities

Advanced materials for your application

Our growing materials portfolio includes several metals as well as an evaporative support material to unlock impossible part geometry and eliminate the need for support removal processes.

Our Conflux 1 printer has dual extruders which allows the printing of evaporative support inside and outside any metal part. Evaporative support serves two purposes:

1 – Design Freedom

Allows printing of any overhang. Metal Paste Deposition can print overhangs up to 45° without printed support. Using evaporative support in the second extruder allows any overhang, including completely horizontal overhangs, to be printed on Conflux 1.

2 – Easy Removal

Functions as a release layer between metal surfaces. Since cantilevered shapes are prone to sag during sintering, it is often helpful to print metal supports to provide support through sintering. By printing a layer of evaporative material between metal supports and the part, these supports are prevented from bonding to the part during sintering and can be removed by hand.