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ABOUT ABS

ABS is short for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene. It is made of a combination of those

three plastics. The three plastics can be mixed in dierent proportions to formulate ABS

intended for dierent uses.

ABS is tough and somewhat ﬂexible. It becomes soer with increased temperatures,

but at the extrusion temperatures used in a MakerBot Replicator 2X it remains fairly

viscous. That means that ABS melts quickly inside the extruder but doesn’t drip during

travel moves. ABS can also withstand heat well enough that we use it to make the plastic

components of the extruders of your MakerBot Replicator 2X.

Your MakerBot Replicator 2X can also print with MakerBot Dissolvable Filament, a

material that easily dissolves in a limonene bath. If you’re printing a model with a ra

and/or supports, MakerBot Dissolvable Filament is a great option for printing those

elements. Simply assign one extruder to the ABS ﬁlament that will print your model, and

assign the other extruder to the dissolvable ﬁlament that will print any part you want to

remove. Read more about dual extrusion in Chapter 4.

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