Materials
3D printing in PLA
The right plastic when the shape matters: visual prototypes, models and test pieces, with fine detail and a clean surface.
Good for
- Visual prototypes and presentation models
- Checking shape and fit
- Templates and parts that stay away from heat
Not good for
- Parts near heat, or in a car in the sun
- Outdoors: it degrades over time
- Parts that take repeated knocks or loads
At a glance
- Behaviour
- Stiff, but brittle under impact
- Density
- 1.24 g/cm³
- Heat deflection temperature (HDT)
- ~55 °C
An indicative value, from the material's datasheet. If your part works near this temperature, tell us.
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