Ultimaker PLA
Ultimaker PLA
Ultimaker PLA filament provides a no-hassle 3D printing experience
thanks to it’s reliability and good surface quality. Our PLA is made from organic and renewable sources. It’s safe, easy to print with, and it serves a wide range of applications for both novice and advanced users.
Ultimaker PLA's Key features
Good tensile strength and surface quality, easy to work with at high print speeds, user-friendly for both home and office environments, PLA allows the creation of high-resolution parts. There is a wide range of
color options available.
Non-suitable for
General Properties
Food contact and in vivo applications. Long term outdoor usage or applications where the printed part is exposed to temperatures higher than 59 °
Thermal properties | Test Method | Typical value |
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Melt mass-flow rate (MFR) | ISO 1133 (210 °C, 2.16 kg) | 6.1 g / 10 min |
Heat deflection (HDT) at 0.455 MPa | ISO 75-2 / B | 58.8 ± 0.4 °C |
Vicat softening temperature | ISO 306 / A120 | 64.5 ± 0.4 °C |
Glass transition | ISO 11357 (DSC, 10 °C / min) | 59.1 °C |
Melting temperature | ISO 11357 (DSC, 10 °C / min) | 151.8 °C |
Filament specifications | Method (standard) | Value |
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Diameter | – | 2.85 ± 0.05 mm |
Vicat softening temperature | – | 0.10 mm |
Glass transition | – | 750 g |
Melting temperature | – | ~ 95 m |
Mechanical properties | Test method | XY (Flat) | YZ (Side) | Z (Up) |
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Tensile (Young’s) modulus | ASTM D3039 (1 mm / min) | 3250 ± 119 MPa | 3292 ± 101 MPa | 3071 ± 181 MPa |
Tensile stress at yield | ASTM D3039 (5 mm / min) | 52.5 ± 0.9 MPa | 59.0 ± 0.7 MPa | No yield |
Tensile stress at break | ASTM D3039 (5 mm / min) | 45.5 ± 1.1 Mpa | 56.0 ± 1.5 MPa | 33.1 ± 2.8 MPa |
Elongation at yield | ASTM D3039 (5 mm / min) | 3.4 ± 0.0% | 3.4 ± 0.1% | No yield |
Elongation at break | ASTM D3039 (5 mm / min) | 7.8 ± 1.2% | 4.2 ± 0.7% | 2.0 ± 0.2% |
Flexural modulus | ISO 178 (1 mm / min) | 3019 ± 87 MPa | 2894 ± 53 MPa | 2740 ± 47 MPa |
Flexural strength | ISO 178 (5 mm / min) | 96.8 MPa at
2.5% strain | 101.3 MPa at
1.1% strain | 52.0 MPa at
4.4% strain |
Flexural strain at break | ISO 178 (5 mm / min) | 4.8 ± 0.2% | No break (>10%) | 1.9 ± 0.2% |
Charpy impact strength (at 23 °C) | ISO 179-1 / 1eB (notched) | 3.9 ± 0.4 kJ/m2 | – | – |
Hardness | ISO 7619-1 (Durometer, Shore D) | 84 Shore D | – | – |