PolyLite PLA – Blue – Polymaker

PolyLite PLA – Blue – Polymaker

PolyLite™ is a family of 3D printing filaments manufactured from the finest raw materials to deliver exceptional quality and reliability. PolyLite™ covers the most popular 3D printing materials to meet your everyday design and prototyping needs. PolyLite™ PLA is a high quality PLA designed for reliability and ease of printing.

Features

• Toughness and rigidity – PolyLite™ PLA is based on high molecular weight PLA from Natureworks, making it one of the toughest PLA materials on the market. The combination of good tensile strength, interlayer adhesion and stiffness makes PolyLite™ PLA ideal for product design and prototyping applications that require a rigid material that is easy to print.
• Compatibility in mind – PolyLite™ PLA is a high quality PLA filament compatible with a wide range of 3D printers including models from Creality, FlashForge, Monoprice, Lulzbot, Makerbot, Ultimaker, Prusa Research, Raise3D, Tiertime and other popular extrusion based 3D printers. PolyLite™ PLA can be printed without a heated bed and works well with conventional print surfaces, although a heated bed (60°C maximum) can be used for better results.
• Jam-Free™ Technology – PolyLite™ PLA is manufactured with Polymakers’ Jam-Free™ technology, which improves the thermal stability of filament with a softening temperature above 140°C and results in excellent print quality with zero risk of nozzle clogging caused by thermal creep ^[1].
• Uncompromising quality – PolyLite™ PLA filament is manufactured with the highest quality ingredients, including Ingeo® from Natureworks. Natureworks is a leading US-based global supplier of biopolymers with a portfolio of high-quality PLA feedstocks made from rapidly renewable plant resources. Combining Polymakers’ innovative R&D technologies, blending and extrusion systems with Natureworks’ Ingeo® resins yields a reliable 3D printing filament that prints beautiful and accurate models.

^[1] Thermal creep is the process of uneven distribution of heat across a hot end, a common example being in all metal hot end structures. Once the heat creeps toward the cold end, the PLA filament softens prematurely at the cold end and expands, resulting in jamming. Polymakers’ Jam-Free™ technology increases the heat resistance of the filament itself (not the printed part) to 140˚C, which prevents the filament from softening prematurely at the cold end and can still melt quickly once it enters the heating zone.

To learn more about PolyLite™ PLA, click on the “Available Applications”, “Specifications & FAQ” and “Polymaker/Quality” tabs.

PolyLite™ PLA is a popular choice for beginners and experts alike who need a cost-effective, reliable and easy-to-use PLA filament. This is one of our recommendations for users who are relatively new to 3D printing and looking for a reliable material to get started.

Typically used to print a wide range of common print projects including:

• Trifles.
• Toys.
• Housewares.
• Prototypes.
• Cosplay elements.
• Staples and production aids.
• Scale models and architectural models.
• Anatomical and educational models.

Compared to other brands of plain PLA, PolyLite™ PLA has particularly high strength (tensile) and stiffness (Youngs modulus), making it a good choice for functional applications that are not subject to high temperatures, drops or impacts, but require high stiffness and interlaminar adhesion. For applications that require PLA that offers high impact strength and high stiffness, we recommend considering PolyLite™ PLA Pro.

The stiffness of PolyLite™ PLA is quite high, so the less rigid and more flexible Polymaker PLA may be ideal for models that require some flexibility, such as snap fit housings. For such applications, we recommend considering PolyMax™ PLA, which features excellent impact strength, fracture toughness, ductility and with similar strength and stiffness to ABS.