1.75mm3mm (2.85mm) Color* Qty: Share: Add to Cart Add to Wishlist PLA Filament Polylactic Acid (PLA) is one of the most popular plastics used for 3D printing. PLA filament is a thermoplastic meaning at cooler temperatures it is solid and higher temperatures it is soft and moldable. ...
Bacteria convert the sugars into lactic acid. This lactic acid is then purified and polymerized – meaning many lactic acid molecules are linked together to form long chains, creating the polymer we know as PLA. The polymerization process requires precise control of temperature and pressure to achie...
However, if we look at the way the HT model broke, it split almost perpendicular to the layer striations, meaning that the layer adhesion was just as strong as, or stronger than, the layers themselves. This is a major advancement for printing items that have to be strong across all axes ...
Finally, Ultimaker Tough PLA also has the advantage of coming in a wide variety of colors, meaning you can make better-looking end-use parts without having to paint your prints. You can also color-code your prints by function for easier categorization. When originally released, Tough PLA was ...
Conventional plastics use petrochemicals as a raw material, meaning every water bottle, plastic fork, or shopping bag requires the use of non-renewable fossil fuels—and that’s before the energy for production, transportation, and associated emissions are taken into account. What’s more, as much...
Such variability is likely to apply to the Corbion supply chain as well, meaning that the high uncertainty on the NO2 emissions should be considered when interpreting the results. The net impacts of the sugar mill resulted in a negative GWP because the credits from the by-products outweigh ...
Concerning the CPC, a similar spectrum of neat PLA was obtained (with vibrations at 1747 cm−1, 1187 cm−1 and 1085 cm−1) meaning that the incorporation of cork onto PLA didn't result in chemical bonds between the organic filler and the polymeric matrix due to the poor compatibility...
Meanwhile, the 3D printed surfaces with Cu or Ag addition revealed a higher contact angle for both PLA and TPU material, meaning lower surface wettability. The decrease in the surface wettability could be attributed to the presence of Cu or Ag-NPs. Cu-loaded 3D printed surfaces presented the ...
You came across 3D printing when a friend recommended you to watch a video. In that video, you saw people using 3D printers to replicate objects like boats, robots, cars, and many more. You thought it was interesting, and you felt like trying it out to s
meaning that the introduction of PBAT improved the thermal stability of PLA, and a greater dosage of PBAT made the blend more thermally stable; thirdly, the thermal decomposition of each blend was finished in two steps, and two distinct peaks, Tp,1and Tp,2, could be found in the DTG curv...