Silicon Carbide Filamet™

Create extreme-hardness ceramic parts using any open-architecture FFF/FDM 3D printer—achieving wear resistance, thermal stability, and complex geometries in silicon carbide previously requiring expensive machining or pressing. With 63–68% silicon carbide content, Filamet™ SiC prints like PLA and sinters to real ceramic.

Available Formats:
Spools: 1.75mm and 2.85mm diameters in 0.5kg and 1kg weights
Pellets: 1kg jars

Filament Density:
1.88g/cc – 1.95g/cc

Ceramic Content:
63.0% – 68.0% silicon carbide

High Compatibility:
Works with virtually any open-architecture 3D printer—no proprietary hardware or specialized equipment required. Also compatible with 3D printing pens.

👉 Our list of Trusted 3D Printers – Click Here

Easy Printing Experience:

• Print with a 0.6mm hardened steel, standard flow nozzle

• Prints similar to PLA

• Minimal to no warping

• Ensure the filament feeds straight into the extruder

• Less hygroscopic than PLA

  • Do not dry this filament—drying will degrade the binder

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Fully Sinterable:
After printing, your part can be fired in a furnace to become 100% ceramic.

👉 Sintering trials for this material have not been conducted by The Virtual Foundry. Community sintering development is available in our Discord server here.

👉 We are unable to offer any debinding and sintering support for this filament.

Applications:

• Abrasive and wear-resistant ceramic components

• Cemented carbide tooling prototypes and inserts

• Microwave concentrators and susceptor components

• High-temperature structural and refractory parts

• Semiconductor processing components and fixtures

• Power electronics substrates and thermal management

• Aerospace thermal protection and high-temperature research

• University and R&D research programs

• One-off and short-run manufacturing

• Reducing or eliminating tooling and machining costs

Additional Links:

👉 SDS and TDS – Click Here
👉 Research Papers – Click Here

Explore More Ceramic Filaments:

• Aluminum Oxide Filamet™

• Zirconium Silicate (Zircopax®) Filamet™

All print just like PLA on most open-architecture 3D printers.

Recycle empty spools with the spool buy-back program – Click Here

Working on an advanced manufacturing, aerospace, or semiconductor program?
We supply universities, R&D labs, aerospace primes, and semiconductor manufacturers with silicon carbide filament for extreme-environment and wear-resistant applications. Email info@thevirtualfoundry.com for volume pricing and program inquiries. We respond within 1 business day.

Large orders may be subject to longer lead times. Contact us for more accurate lead times.

FAQ:

❓ Can I print this on my printer?
✅ Filamet™ is compatible with nearly all FFF/FDM based 3D printers on the market. Switch out the nozzle for a 0.6mm hardened steel nozzle and get printing! The list of printers that have been used and the ones that are not compatible can be found here: https://thevirtualfoundry.com/trusted-printers/

❓ How strong are parts right off the printer?
✅ They are quite a bit stronger than you may expect. You can throw them around a little and handle them just fine. Generally, they will not handle load nearly as well as the base PLA would on its own.