colorFabb Filaments

varioShore TPU - Foaming

Variable shore hardness active foaming technology

LW-PLA-HT- Light weight

Reduce weight up to 65% and control extruded volume
VARIOSHORE TPU BLACK 1.75mm 700g Roll
VARIOSHORE TPU BLACK 1.75mm 700g Roll
VARIOSHORE TPU BLACK 1.75mm 700g Roll
VARIOSHORE TPU BLACK 1.75mm 700g Roll
VARIOSHORE TPU BLACK 1.75mm 700g Roll
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VARIOSHORE TPU BLACK 1.75mm 700g Roll

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Contract signed directly with Polymaker Factory

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Product Description

We have taken TPU… and made it special by using the same foaming technology we debuted with LW-PLA.

Our VarioShore TPU has a few main distinctive features: its variable shore hardness, reduced weight and density and soft touch. varioShore TPU allows users to vary the density of the material by adjusting temperature and material throughput (speed & layerheight).

At temperatures between 200 and 250C the materials will start to expand to roughly 1.4-1.6 times its original volume, which reduces the density to 0.7 to 0.9 g/cm³. This means the material can be printed at low flow rates (60-70%), to compensate the active foaming, which in return gives very soft printed parts. Between 190-200C the material can be printed without foaming, resulting in different haptics and harder prints compared to foamed samples.

From shore hardness 92A(unfoamed) to shore 55A (maximum foamed).

Developed in co-operation with Lubrizol, varioShore TPU is a material ideally suited for printing cosplay parts for instance.

At colorFabb we have a well equipped 3d printing studio with a lot of popular 3d printers. We know our materials will give you excellent results and to help you get these results here are tips and tricks for using colorFabb 3d printing filament.

 

Printing Settings:

Advised 3D printing temperature 
190C-250C
Advised 3d print speed
20-30 mm/s
Advised Heated bed 
20-40C
Cooling fan

Use the least amount of cooling when maximum foaming is required. For better overhang performance use 50-100% cooling.

We advise our community to use standard TPU settings as a base setting for developing your own pre-sets.

Make sure the distance between nozzle and platform is not to small, especially if the material is being foamed while printing, the pressure will need to be released from the hot-end to prevent clogging and feeder issues.