{"id":338,"date":"2009-12-03T13:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T13:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/338-grey-is-good-grey-robust-fdm-abs-plastic.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T16:53:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:53:50","slug":"grey-is-good-grey-robust-fdm-abs-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/grey-is-good-grey-robust-fdm-abs-plastic","title":{"rendered":"Grey is good, Grey Robust: FDM ABS plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- s9ymdb:863 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"426\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Grey_Robust_Stratasys_FDM_ABS_plastic642.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<p>\nWe&#8217;ve replaced Cream Robust with Grey Robust as of today. We did this to give the Robust material a shot in the arm&nbsp; because several community members requested a different color. The price remains the same.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Grey Robust material is an ABS plastic made with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/41-Our-machines-part-I-Stratasys-FDM-400mc.html\">Stratasys&#8217; Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) process<\/a>. If you look at the material closely you can see layers in it. This has lead the material to be a under appreciated one. But, I will speak out now in defense of Grey!<\/p>\n<p><!-- s9ymdb:862 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"426\" width=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Grey_Robust_Stratasys_FDM_ABS_plastic622.jpg\" style=\"border: 0px none ; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;\"><\/p>\n<p>ABS plastic is a very strong material. The material is also very durable. It is also not flexible so makes for good housings, structural parts and engineering parts. 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