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Bambu Lab PLA Metal
Additional Resources: Technical Datasheet, Material Safety Sheet, Filament RoHS
Highlights:
Main Features
Metal Surface Texture & Metallic Shine
No Metal particle infill
Relatively high impact strength
Comes with Basic Reusable Spool
Diameter: 1.75mm +/- 0.03mm
Bambu PLA Metal is a metallic textured filament designed to enhance the aesthetic of your prints. It is designed to mimic the surface texture of metal, but it does not contain actual metal fillers.
With its advanced metallic shine, this filament offers a professional and high-end finish and a touch of sophistication to your prints while retaining almost the same comprehensive performance of regular PLA.
RFID for Intelligent Printing
All printing parameters are embedded in RFID, which can be read through Bambu Lab's AMS (Automatic Material System). Load and print! No more tedious setting steps.
Technical Specifications:
Accessory Compatibility
Recommended | Not Recommended | |
Build Plate | Cool Plate SuperTack, Smooth PEI Plate, Textured PEI Plate | N/A |
Hotend | All Size / Material | N/A |
Glue | Bambu Liquid Glue Glue Stick |
N/A |
Tech Specs
Recommended Printing Settings | |
Drying Settings (Blast Drying Oven) | 55 °C, 8 h |
Printing and Keeping Container's Humidity | < 20% RH (Sealed, with Desiccant) |
Nozzle Temperature | 190 - 230 °C |
Bed Temperature (with Glue) | 35 - 45 °C |
Printing Speed | < 300 mm/s |
Physical Properties | |
Density | 1.25 g/cm³ |
Vicat Softening Temperature | 62 °C |
Heat Deflection Temperature | 62 °C |
Melting Temperature | 160 °C |
Melt Index | 38.6 ± 3.7 g/10 min |
Mechanical Properties | |
Tensile Strength | 34 ± 4 MPa |
Breaking Elongation Rate | 14.7 ± 1.5 % |
Bending Modulus | 2290 ± 210 MPa |
Bending Strength | 66 ± 3 MPa |
Impact Strength | 58.9 ± 3.4 kJ/m² |
PLA Metal Hex Code Table
Color | Hex Code | Display |
Iridium Gold Metallic | #B39B84 | |
Copper Brown Metallic | #AA6443 | |
Oxide Green Metallic | #1D7C6A | |
Cobalt Blue Metallic | #39699E | |
Iron Gray Metallic | #43403D |