Polylactic Acid (PLA) is a renewable, user-friendly thermoplastic designed for FDM 3D printing, offering fast print speeds, low cost, and excellent surface finish—ideal for prototypes, concept models, and educational applications.
PLA is a thermoplastic made from renewable resources like corn starch or sugarcane. It is stiffer and has a lower melting point than ABS, requiring less heat to print. PLA can be printed quickly, particularly in fast-draft print mode on compatible printers, enabling design concepts to be printed and evaluated rapidly.
With its ease of use and good tensile strength, PLA is suitable for quickly printing concept and verification models. Its non-toxic nature makes it ideal for classroom environments. PLA builds use PLA as break-away support material.
PLA’s qualities, particularly for concept modeling and non-functional prototyping, make it applicable to any industry that uses 3D printing to develop products or solutions.
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