Polymaker PolyLite ASA 1.75mm Filament 5kg

Polymaker PolyLite ASA 1.75mm Filament 5kgPolyLite is a family of 3D printing filaments made with the best raw materials to deliver exceptional quality and reliability. PolyLite covers the most popular 3D printing materials to meet your everyday needs in design and prototyping. PolyLite ASA is an alternative to ABS with an improved weather resistance. Its UV resistance and excellent mechanical properties make it the perfect choice for real life applications. Features UV Resistant With

PolyLite™ is a family of 3D printing filaments made with the best raw materials to deliver exceptional quality and reliability. PolyLite™ covers the most popular 3D printing materials to meet your everyday needs in design and prototyping. PolyLite™ ASA is an alternative to ABS with an improved weather resistance. Its UV resistance and excellent mechanical properties make it the perfect choice for real life applications.

Features

• UV Resistant - With excellent weather resistance (UV, water and heat) PolyLite™ ASA is the ideal choice for printing parts that must survive in the harsh outdoors. Most plastics tend to become brittle and their colour turns yellow when exposed to UV radiation or sunshine but with PolyLite™ ASA the appearance and mechanical properties of your 3D prints are not influenced negatively by UV light.
• Water Resistant - PolyLite™ ASA is resistant to Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC). This allows printed parts to face the outdoors, high humidity and rain over long periods of time.
• ABS Alternative - PolyLite™ ASA performs better in both thermal and mechanical properties compared with general ABS filaments. It also features a Vicat softening temperature of 105°C which slightly exceeds ABS.
• Excellent Printing Quality - PolyLite™ ASA prints parts with a beautiful matte surface finish, suitable for printing production parts. Made with only the highest quality materials, PolyLite™ ASA delivers excellent printing quality and reliability.
• Uncompromised Quality - With Polymaker's industry leading quality control process and rigorous in-house testing, you can rest assured that PolyLite™ ASA will produce beautiful, reliable and accurate printed parts.

Printing Settings

• Nozzle Temperature: 240°C - 260°C
• Build Plate Temperature: 75°C - 95°C
• Build Surface Material:
  • Works well with most build surfaces i.e Glass Blue Tape, BuildTak® etc
  • Rigid build plates recommended compared to magnetic flex plates.
• Build Surface Treatment: Can apply Magigoo Original or PVA glue to the build surface to improve adhesion
• Enclosure: Recommended 
• Heated Chamber: Recommended for some geometries. 70˚C+ may be required for higher density and larger geometries.
• Cooling Fan: 
  • LOW for better surface quality
  • OFF for better strength 
• Printing Speed: 30mm/s - 50mm/s
• Retraction: The ideal retraction settings vary from printer to printer, the following settings may help.
  • Direct Drive: Retraction distance of 1mm with retraction speed of 20mm/s
  • Bowden: Retraction distance of 3mm with retraction speed of 40mm/s
• Recommended Support Material: Self Support

The above are printing recommendations based on 0.4 mm nozzle. Please note ideal printing conditions may vary depending on your 3D printer setup. For high speed 3D printers, make sure to increase your extrusion temperature in order to use higher printing speeds.

Specifications

• Net Weight: 5kg
• Material Type: ASA
• Density: 1.22 (g/cm3 at 21.5˚C) 

Compatibility

PolyLite™ ASA has been engineered with compatibility in mind to print excellently on a wide range of professional 3D printers. This material requires a heated bed and we recommend printing with an enclosure or heated chamber for sizeable or thin models. 

Of course with thousands of unique 3d printer models on the market, we can't guarantee each filament type will work with every 3D printer. Slicer experience and setting adjustment is always required to get the most out of a material. Before jumping into an ambitious project we always recommend printing some known calibration tests to build or make adjustments to the filament profile.

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