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title: "3D Printing Filaments | Mowital®"
url: "https://www.mowital.com/applications/3d-print/"
description: Mowital® (PVB) and MowiflexTM (PVA) are the solution for the challenges currently faced in 3D printing.
date: 2022-12-09
modified: 2023-02-21
lastUpdated: 2025-10-23
keywords:
  - 3D Print
  - polyvinyl butyral
  - PVB
  - Mowital
  - PVB Technical Resin
---

# 3D Printing Filaments | Mowital®

1. [Home](https://www.mowital.com/)
2. [APPLICATIONS](https://www.mowital.com/applications/)
3. 3D Print

     ![3D Printing Filaments | Blue Pot in Production](https://www.mowital.com/fileadmin/_processed_/8/7/csm_3d-Print-590x234-blauertopf_827d4dc8f9.jpeg "3D Printing Filaments - Shiny Products with Mowital®") Experience not only freedom in design

3D Printing Filaments - Let YOUR products shine with MOWITAL® polyvinyl butyral
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   High performance printing with water-soluble support material
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Thanks to their excellent chemical and mechanical properties, MOWITAL® polyvinyl butyral (PVB) and Kuraray's MowiflexTM polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) are the solution for the challenges currently faced in 3D printing. They make YOUR products shine. As a high-performance printing filament and water-soluble support material, they offer new opportunities for 3D printing right up to industrial production.

For smooth surfaces and high mechanical performance
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Kuraray's polyvinyl butyral resins of MOWITAL have outstanding adhesive properties. MOWITAL®-based printing filaments make it possible to manufacture functional parts that can be subjected to high mechanical loads - with excellent break strength and rigidity. MOWITAL® also enables producing top-quality, smooth surfaces for design objects or technical applications in aerospace industries.

And posing no threats to human health
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   ![3D printing results. Two blue sumo wrestlers.](https://www.mowital.com/fileadmin/_processed_/c/4/csm_3D_Printing_PVA-vs.-PVB_71412bce73.jpeg "3D Printing Filaments | Increase Gloss with Mowital®") MOWITAL® is compatible with numerous solvents. Ethanol can be used as aerosol (processing aid) for surface finishing of [3D prints](https://www.mowital.com/technology-scouting/trends-in-3d-printing/ "Trends in 3D printing") by means of polishing. Printing with MOWITAL®-based filaments causes only minimal emissions and unpleasant odors. Printing filaments based on MOWITAL®, like PolySmooth from filament manufacturer Polymaker, are highly compatible with water-soluble support filament Kuraray MOWIFLEXTM 3D 2000 - for optimal printing results.

Adding brilliance by MOWITAL® - see below on the right

[\[More information in our brochure](https://www.mowital.com/fileadmin/Dokumente/Brochures/Mowital_G-Flyer_2023_web.pdf)[.\]](https://www.mowital.com/fileadmin/Dateien/Mowital_G-Flyer_web.pdf)

   #### PROPERTIES

- good mechanical properties
- heat resistance
- colorless (transparent)
- [good adhesion to Kuraray's MOWIFLEXTM](https://www.kuraray.eu/products-solutions/product-ranges/mowiflex "Good adhesion to Kuraray's Mowital")
- high decomposition temperature (>260°C)
- no heating of build plate needed
- mild printing temperature (190-220 °C)
- high mechanical strength

#### Use MOWITAL® for

- addition of Brilliance & Transparency

  [  ![Florian Mummy (Senior Manager R&D) and Gurshranjit Singh (Technical Product Manager) are talking about trends in 3D printing](https://www.mowital.com/fileadmin/_processed_/8/1/csm_Expertinterview_bc4e185266.jpg "Talking about 3D trends in printing with experts") ### What are the trends you see in 3D printing?

Florian Mummy, Senior Manager R&D, Gurshranjit Singh, Technical Product Manager, Kuraray Europe are talking about trends in 3D printing.

 more

 ](https://www.mowital.com/technology-scouting/trends-in-3d-printing/)

 [### New Feedstock System for Fused Filament Fabrication of Sintered Alumina Parts

The study reports the 3D printing of small, complex ceramic parts (e.g., gear wheels and gripper structures) that achieve sintered densities of about 98% of theoretical and show printing-stage dimensional accuracy comparable to micro ceramic injection molding, with measured layer sidewall repeatability around ±75 µm, and it points to future work on alternative surfactants.

*Published in materieals, Volume 13*

 read more

 ](https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/19/4461 "New Feedstock System for Fused Filament Fabrication of Sintered Alumina Parts")

     ![Contactbox: Gurshranjit Singh | Technology Scouting of the Mowital® Brand](https://www.mowital.com/fileadmin/_processed_/c/3/csm_jeet-02.2023_450x450_2e72fc975b.png "Contact: Gurshranjit Singh | Technology Scouting of the Mowital® Brand") Call For Experience
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#### Gurshranjit Singh

Technology Scouting
 Phone: +49 69 305 85729
 E-Mail: [gurshranjit.singh@kuraray.com](mailto:gurshranjit.singh@kuraray.com "Mail to Gurshranjit Singh")

[or use our contact form ](https://www.mowital.com/contact/)