| EasyFil PLA 3D Printer Filament - 1.75mm / Snow White |
 EasyFil PLA is a high-end —easy to use" 3D printer filament. Our EasyFil PLA is slightly modified with an impact modifier making the filament tougher, slightly softer, less rigid, much longer preservable and easy to print at relatively low temperatures. Another great advantage of EasyFil PLA _ compared to regular PLA _ is EasyFils low shrinkage factor, which makes EasyFil PLA nearly warp-free and therefore EasyFil PLA will not deform after cooling. Due to its low tendency to warp EasyFil PLA can be printed without a heated print bed. If your printer is however equipped with a heated print bed we recommend to set your heat bed temperature to ± 35 to 60C. Next to its —easy to use" features, our Formfutura EasyFil filament range has an excellent roundness and very tight diameter and ovalidity tolerances, which makes this filament a perfect match with all common desktop 3D printers. Printing with EasyFil PLA 3D printer filament will go very smoothly with basically all FFF/FDM technology based desktop 3D printers, such as: RepRap (Mendel, Huxley, Prusa) Solidoodle MakerBot (Replicator, Replicator 2, Replicator 2X) Leapfrog UP! Plus, Up! Mini AND MANY MORE....! Why buy your PLA Filament from Maker Geeks.com?? MakerGeeks.com PLA Filament has small shrinkage even when printing big size model. At MakerGeeks.com we guarantee Dimensional accuracy ± 0.1mm with laser monitor and interlock device so you can rest assured that you'll have a smooth surface with no bumps, no breaks and no oval or out of round spots. We are makers just like you and we 3D print A LOT here at the shop, north of 100,000 printing hours every year... and we use the same filament we sell everyday with great results; give it a try and I believe you'll see great results - you have my word on that! - Joshua b Smith (Chief Geek) PLA (Poly-Lactic Acid in full) is a thermoplastic which is extruded from the starch of plants, such as corn, cassava, sugarcane, cereals, or sugar beet. By being derived from biological resources this type of thermoplastic can be biodegradable under the right conditions (such as an active compost heap, with enough presence of oxygen) and therefore has a much lesser environmental impact than thermoplastics derived from fossil fuels. Please see below for more details with respect to the weight and packaging of our spool-wrapped EasyFil PLA 3D printer filaments: Filament Net Weight: ± 0.75 Kg Spool Size (D x h): 200 mm x 55 mm Spool Hub Diameter: 52 mm Carton Box Size (L x W x H): 200 mm x 200 mm x 60 mm Packaged weight 1.25 Kg General Tips & Tricks for printing with PLA filaments The printing temperature guideline for printing with our EasyFil PLA filament is approximately 210-220C. As each desktop 3D printer has its own unique characteristics, you might need to tweak around with your temperature settings a bit to get the best results. To obtain optimal results for your prints you need to take into account variables like your 3D printers nozzle diameter, your printing speed settings, and layer height. PLA has much less tendency to warp compared to ABS. Therefore it can be printed both with and without a heated print bed. However, if your desktop 3D printer does have a heated print bed it is recommended to set your print bed temperature to approximately 35 to 60 C A good first layer adhesion is of the utmost importance in obtaining the best results for your prints. Firstly make sure that you print bed is accurately levelled. Next, there are several tricks to get the first layer of your PLA print to stick better to the print bed of your 3D printer. Blue Masking Tape. PLA prints usually stick really well to blue masking tape. When preparing the print bed it is better to have tiny gaps between your strokes of masking tape, rather than having overlaps. Overlaps of smaller pieces of tape may cause difficulties later on during the print process. We have tested a wide variety of masking tapes and found that the best results can be obtained with Eurocel Blue Masking Tape. Coat your print bed with hairspray. Like ABS, PLA has a tendency to stick really well to extra strong hairsprays. Blue masking tape is unlikely to leave a residue on your print bed. A hairspray coating however will leave a residue on your print bed. Price: 49.95 |