colorFabb LW-PLA Natural, 1.75 mm (750 g)
Unique foaming Light-Weight PLA in natural colour
£30.00
(£40.00 / kg, Price shown includes 20% VAT. - Excludes delivery costs)
Features & Advantages
- Foam technology
- Reduced weight
- Matte surface
Item no.: CF-8719033556799, Content: 750 g, EAN: 8719033556799
Product information & technical details
- Item no.: CF-8719033556799
- Manufacturer No.: 8719033556799
- Manufacturer: colorFabb
- Content: 750 g
- Diameter: 1,75 mm
- Product type: PLA Filaments
- Color: Natural
- Compatibility: Bambu Lab AMS*
- System: Spool
- Recommended processing temperature: 195-260 ° C
- Recommended heating temperature: 50 - 60 ° C
Description
3D printing of light-weight PLA parts
LW-PLA is the first filament of its kind to use active foam technology to create low weight and low-density PLA parts. At about 230 ° C, the material begins to foam and increases its volume almost three times.
Users can reduce material flow by 65% to achieve lighter weight parts, or use the expansion characteristics to effectively reduce printing time by using large layer heights or single extra-thick perimeters.
Active foam technology, how does it work?
The most important input variables for controlling the expansion are speed, temperature and flow. This allows users to vary the density of the material for different parts of the model.
ColorFabb uses the following 4-step process to determine the maximum extent at a given speed, temperature and flow.
- Print the cubes at a specified speed at temperatures between 200 ° C and 280 ° C
- Measure the circumference thickness of each cube and note the highest expansion temperature.
- Print a cube in increments of decreasing flow at the temperature specified in step 2.
- Choose the print where the circumferential thickness matches the nozzle size.
Up to 65% weight reduction.
Because of the expanding nature of the material, users can reduce flow while still printing dimensionally accurate models. Users can achieve a weight reduction of 65% compared to conventional PLA.
3D-Print more!
Decreasing flow means less filament. As a result, two to three times as many parts can be printed with LW-PLA as with a normal PLA spool.
Excellent surface quality.
LW-PLA prints in a fantastically matte surface and is very easy to rework.
More information
How the material is set correctly and printed can be found here !
Filament spool dimensions
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Questions & Answers about colorFabb LW-PLA Natural
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Hello, Can I request RoHS Certificate of Compliance for this product, please? I need it for UKCA marking of the product which includes 3D printed parts.
Customer Reviews
12 English reviews written for colorFabb LW-PLA Natural
30 customer reviews in all languages
| 5 stars | | 61 | (89%) |
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| 4 stars | | 4 | (5%) |
| 3 stars | | 1 | (1%) |
| 2 stars | | 0 | (0%) |
| 1 Stars | | 2 | (2%) |
68 reviews
12 customer reviews in English
30 customer reviews in all languages
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Nick
21 January 2024
"Verified Purchase" indicates that the rating was given by customers who actually bought this product from us. However, anyone who has a customer account with us can give a rating. First success with LW-PLA
Rated with 5 out of 5 stars.
I’ve been wanting to make an Eclipson printed aircraft for a while now but hadn’t had much luck with cheaper LW-PLA from China - just goes to show false economy is a thing. Was really pleased with the ColourFabb LW-PLA from 3DJake. The product just works. It doesn’t seem too fussy on settings and layer adhesion is good with no tendency to pull off my build plate (Artillery X1 with heated bed). Parts are really light and don’t seem to warp much, if at all. Highly recommended - make yourself some light weight parts where weight is critical. Don’t waste money on cheap filament when you can get the real deal from 3DJake.
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My favourite filament
Rated with 5 out of 5 stars.
I have ordered several filaments from this website now and this one amazes me with every print. It is incredibly versatile with it's variable density and is actually "easy to print". You can print with layer heights of 32mm and achieve very smooth results, not to mention the texture is very nice. Thin parts can be incredibly robust and light, making it excellent for quick prototyping. This is aided by it's easy sand-ability.
Delivery was also very quick, and the price matches that of Colorfabb's own website.
Very happy with filament and I will continue to order this filament from 3Djake.Was this rating helpful? (2) (0)
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JohnCurran
24 April 2020
"Verified Purchase" indicates that the rating was given by customers who actually bought this product from us. However, anyone who has a customer account with us can give a rating. Colorfab LW-PLA
Rated with 1 out of 5 stars.
I recently purchased a reel of Colorfab LW- PLA from you and 3D printed the latest 3D Labprint RC aircraft designed for this filament. I was very pleased with the way the filament printed. The finished
model look great and I was very please with it, until, I left it sitting in my garden for a short time in moderate sunshine ( that's all you get in Scotland) and was surprised to find that the wing had distorted quite a bit with the heat. Can you recommend any method to correct this distortion. The model was painted a dark green which didn't help but if this is they way the filament behaves in moderate sunshine then its no good for model aircraft.Was this rating helpful? (23) (11)
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Andy Deacon
04 April 2024
"Verified Purchase" indicates that the rating was given by customers who actually bought this product from us. However, anyone who has a customer account with us can give a rating. Best quality
Rated with 5 out of 5 stars.
This may be more expensive than other lightweight PLA's but for me it's worth the extra. I experiment with Model Aircraft and find this works really well.
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Teknopaul
25 November 2023
"Verified Purchase" indicates that the rating was given by customers who actually bought this product from us. However, anyone who has a customer account with us can give a rating. Go To Filament For RC Planes
Rated with 5 out of 5 stars.
Once dialled in, this is the best filament for RC planes, just wish it was a bit cheaper. Always use the white for RC Model Plane to reduce the risk of warping in the sun.
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