ASA
Built for the outdoors. UV and weather resistant with good heat tolerance, so parts keep their colour and shape in the sun.
Strength
Flexibility
Heat resistance
Outdoor / UV
Detail
Choose it for
- Anything that lives outdoors: garden, balcony, roof, boat, vehicle
- Parts in the sun that must keep their shape and colour
- Engine bay and under bonnet brackets within reason
- Signs and fittings exposed to weather all year
Choose something else for
- The very finest cosmetic detail, it prints a touch rougher
- Food contact, we do not certify any of our materials for it
- Very large flat parts, they can lift at the corners
- The cheapest possible part, it costs more per kilo and prints slower
The numbers
- Density
- 1.07 g/cm3
- Starts to soften
- around 100 C
- We print it at
- 250-270 C
- Largest part we can print
- 325 x 320 x 325 mm
Typical values for this family of filament, not a measurement of one spool. Ask us if a part has to hold a specific figure.
How it behaves on the printer
The most demanding of the four. It wants a warm, closed chamber and it will warp if it cools unevenly, so large flat shapes are the hard case. It rewards the trouble with real UV and heat resistance, and it sands and glues well.
What we make from it
Not sure which material fits? Choose it in the configurator and the price updates at once, or tell us how the part will be used and an engineer will suggest one.