During the development of Liqcreate Strong-X resin, we studied all available high strength resins. This way we found out what was missing, so we could develop the strongest resin. In this article we want to share the knowledge we gained during this research. All data is obtained from the official manufacturers datasheet and the source is copied below.
There are a lot of resins available and for users often difficult to identify if a resin is useful for their project. In this article the DLP/SLA/MSLA/LCD resins with the highest flexural strength are listed. It should be noted that there are more properties that could be important for your project. Always look at the full datasheet of the materials to select the right one for your project.
What are the strongest 3D-printing resins?
We searched trough the internet and found strong resins. All resins without a technical data sheet (TDS) were not taken into account. This brought us to the following top strongest resins for 3D-printing anno January 2024. Later in time, Composite-X was developed and added to this list.
- – Liqcreate Composite-XÂ Â Â Â Â Â 150 – 170 MPa[6]
- – Formlabs Rigid 10KÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â 126 – 158 MPa [16]
- – 3D-systems Accura HPCÂ Â Â Â 137-157MPa [8]
- – 3D-systems Accura Ceramax 137-145 MPa[1]
- – 3D-systems Accura Bluestone 124-154 MPa [9]
- – Stratasys Somos PerFORMÂ Â Â Â Â Â 120-146 MPa[2]
- – 3D-systens Accura Composite PIV 142 MPa [7]
- – Carbon3D EPX86FRÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 140 MPa[12]
- – Liqcreate Strong-XÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 134 – 140 MPa[3]
- – Henkel Loctite 3955Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 138 MPa[15]
- – Nexa3D xPEEK147Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 111 – 134 MPa[13]
- – Carbon3D CE221Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 131 MPa[4]
- – Carbon3D EPX 82Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 130 MPa [11]
- – Forward AM RG 3280Â Â Â Â Â 129 MPa[14]
- – Carbon3D EPX 150Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 123 MPa [10]
- – Formlabs Grey Pro          121 MPa[5]
Besides a high strength, all resins in the top 5, except the Formlabs Grey Pro resin claim to have an elevated temperature resistance and most can be used as injection molding inserts or as a complete mold for low volume injection molding.
Compatibility of strong 3D-print resin
If we take a closer look at the strongest resins in this list we noticed that there are only a few strong resins which can be used on open-source 3D-printers. The 3D-systems, Formlabs, Carbon and Stratasys resins are locked within the manufacturers systen. While only pure resin manufacturers as Forward AM, Henkel Loctite and Liqcreate resins are designed for open systems. All Liqcreate resins are are compatible with a wide range of open 385-405 nm SLA, DLP and LCD / MSLA 3D-printers. The following printers and more are listed as compatible with Liqcreate Strong-X. The complete list and actual settings can be found here.
3D-printer compatibility with Liqcreate Strong-X (January 2024 update) – a strong 3D-print resin
| Formlabs Form 2 | Yes |
| Formlabs Form 1+ | Yes |
| DWS Digital Wax 028 | Yes |
| DWS 029X | Yes |
| Carima IM2 | Yes |
| MakeX M-One Pro 70 | Yes |
| W2P SolFlex Series | Yes |
| W2P Sollab Series | Yes |
| Ackuretta Freeshape 120 | Yes |
| Miicraft 125 | Yes |
| Miicraft Ultra | Yes |
| Miicraft Prime | Yes |
| Asiga Max UV | Yes |
| Asiga Max 2 | Yes |
| Asiga Pro 4K | Yes |
| Asiga Ultra | Yes |
| Apex-Maker X1 | Yes |
| Peopoly Moai | Yes |
| Peopoly Phenom Prime | Yes |
| Atum3D DLP Station 5 | Yes |
| Shining3D AccuFab-L4K | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon Mono | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon Mono SE | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon Mono X | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon M3 | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon M3 Plus | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon M3 Max | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon M5s | Yes |
| Anycubic Photon D2 | Yes |
| Creality Halot-One | Yes |
| Creality Halot-Sky 4K | Yes |
| Creality Halot-Sky 6K 2022 | Yes |
| Elegoo Mars | Yes |
| Elegoo Mars 2 | Yes |
| Elegoo Mars 3 | Yes |
| Elegoo Mars 4 | Yes |
| Elegoo Saturn | Yes |
| Elegoo Saturn 8K | Yes |
| Elegoo Saturn 3 | Yes |
| Elegoo Jupiter | Yes |
| UnionTech Martrix520 | Yes |
| Uniformation GKTwo | Yes |
| Phrozen Shuffle | Yes |
| Phrozen Sonic Mini 4K | Yes |
| Phrozen Sonic Mini 8K S | Yes |
| Phrozen Sonic Mighty 4K | Yes |
| Phrozen Sonic Mighty 8K | Yes |
| Phrozen Sonic Mighty Revo 14K | Yes |
| Phrozen Sonic Mega 8K | Yes |
| Prusa SL1S Speed | Yes |
| Zortrax Inkspire | Yes |
| Zortrax Inkspire 2 | Yes |
| Uniz Slash | Yes |
| Kudo3D Bean | Yes |
| Wanhao D7 | Yes |
| XYZ Nobel 1.0A | Yes |
| Beam3D Prism | Yes |
| Epax3D X1N | Yes |
| Epax3D X10 Color | Yes |
| Epax X10 & E10 Mono | Yes |
| Epax X1K E6 | Yes |
| Flashforge Focus 6K | Yes |
| Flashforge Hunter S | Yes |
| Nexa3D XiP | Yes (open license) |
| Stratasys Origin One | Yes (with OML) |
| Intrepid Automation Epic production system | Yes |
| Intrepid Automation Epic development kit | Yes |
All other strong resins in list are to be used with the manufacturers own 3D-printers.
4] https://s3.amazonaws.com/carbon-static-assets/downloads/resin_data_sheets/CE221_TDS.pdf
5] https://formlabs.com/media/upload/Technical_Data_Sheet_EN_-_Rigid.pdf
6] https://www.liqcreate.com/product/composite-x/Â
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About Liqcreate Strong-X
Liqcreate Strong-X is one of the strongest materials available in the market. Its flexural strength of 135MPa is comparable to industry’s leading dual-cure cyanate ester resins. Liqcreate Strong-X is easy to use on all open source SLA and DLP 3D-printers in the range of 385 – 405nm and only requires UV post-curing. This material has excellent features like high strength, high stiffness and high temperature resistance which makes it ideal for injection molding and heavy duty applications.
Key benefits |
3D-Printer compatibility |
| ·       High strength / Strong resin | ·       Epax3D Series |
| ·       High temperature resistance | ·    Formlabs Form2 |
| ·       Low odor | ·    Asiga & Anycubic series |
| ·       Low shrinkage | ·    And many more |
Is a strong 3D-print resin ideal for my application?
it should be noted that strong and tough are two different resin 3D-print properties. Strong 3D-print resins are often rigid and reinforced materials with great strength and rigidity, and often medium impact strength. Perfect for static load-bearing applications are Strong 3D-print resins. For impact application you would want to look at a tough resin instead of strong 3d-print resin.
