PolyLite™ LW-PLA 800g - White
PolyLite™ LW-PLA 800g - White
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PolyLite™ LW-PLA 800g - White

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Product Description

PolyLite™ LW-PLA is a low-density PLA that uses Polymaker’s Stabilized Foaming™ technology.

This technology allows the PLA to re-foam after extrusion introducing a lattice foam structure that decreases the density by 30%. It prints using regular PLA settings and also produces a naturally matte surface finish which can hide the layer lines.

LW-PLA is the perfect candidate where weight is critical and is popular among aerodynamicists.

PolyLite™ LW-PLA is not an active foaming filament, which means it will not foam when extruded from the nozzle depending on the temperature. PolyLite™ LW-PLA is already pre-foamed.

What are the pros and cons between active and passive foaming?

Active foaming:
You need to heavily modify your printing settings depending on the temperature and setup to compensate the foaming expansion of the material when printing.
You need to print at very high temperature to achieve light weight results (~250˚), these high temperatures will create a lot of defects on the print such as stringing and blobs.
At very high temperature, active foaming can achieve lighter print than passive foaming however the print may suffer of serious stringing defects.

Passive foaming:
You do not need to change any settings from your regular PLA settings (slight increase retraction) as PolyLite™ LW-PLA will offer light weight results even when printing at very low temperature (~190˚C).
The lower the temperature the higher quality the print.

Printing Temperature: 190˚C - 210˚C
Bed Temperature: 30˚C - 50˚C
Printing Speed: 25mm/s - 60mm/s
Fan: ON

Direct Drive:
Retraction Distance: 3mm
Retraction Speed: 40mm/s
Indirect  (Bowden)Drive:
Retraction Distance: 6mm
Retraction Speed: 60mm/s

Drying Settings: 55˚C for 6h
(Only if the material has absorbed moisture)

Yes, PolyLite™ LW-PLA is designed for ease of print and strong rigidity. For more information check out the review below about PolyLite™ LW-PLA for RC Plane application.


0.75kg cardboard spool:
Spool Inner Hole Diameter: 55±1mm
Spool Diameter: 200±1mm
Spool Width: 50.6±2mm
Spool Weight: 125±7g

 

 

 
Brand Polymaker
Type PolyLite™ LW-PLA 800g - White
Density 1.23 g/cm3 at 21.5°C
Melt Index 15.5 g/10min
Glass transition temperature 61 °C
Melting temperature 164 °C
Heat deflection temperature 55 °C
Nozzle Temperature Classic 190-210 °C High-speed 210-230 °C
Build plate temperature 30 - 60 (˚C)
Printing Speed Classic 50-100mm/s High-speed 100-300mm/s
Retraction distance 0.5 - 3 (mm)
Retraction speed 30 - 60 (mm/s)
Closure Chamber None
Recommended support material PolySupport™ and PolyDissolve™ S1
Drying Setting 55˚C for 6h

Download: Technical Data Sheet

Download: Safety Data Sheet

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