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PLA

PLA 3D Part

PLA Thermoplastic

3D print parts with renewable plastic material

Polylactic acid, also known as PLA, is ideal for quick concept and verification models. This value-priced material is user-friendly and is perfect for beginning users. PLA builds with PLA as its break-away support material.


ULTEM1010 - Rolling Pin Hands 1 - Medium Resolution

Rocket printed with PLA

3D Printing With FDM and PLA

PLA is a renewable plastic material offered as a low-cost material option for fast-draft part iterations. Available on the office-friendly Stratasys F123™ Series, PLA offers a higher stiffness than ABS and its low melting point and HDT mean less heat and power required to print parts.

PLA works well at high speeds, specifically fast- draft mode on the Stratasys F123 Series, for quick concept verification and design development. PLA offers good tensile strength and is available in a wide range of colors. Ideal applications for PLA include early concept modeling and fast prototyping.

PLA is available in the following colors: Natural, Transparent Red, Transparent Yellow, Transparent Green, Transparent Blue, Black, White, Red, Blue, Light Gray, Medium Gray.

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  • Products
    ▼
    • Plastic 3D Printers
      ▼
      • Stratasys Production Printers
        ▼
        • H350
        • Origin One
        • Neo Series
      • Stratasys FDM Printers
        ▼
        • F900
        • Fortus 450mc
        • F770
        • F123CR Series
        • F123 Series
      • Stratasys PolyJet Printers
        ▼
        • J850 Pro & Prime
        • J850 TechStyle
        • J826 Prime
        • J55 Prime
        • J35 Pro
        • Objet30 Pro & Prime
        • J4100
        • J850 Digital Anatomy Printer
        • J5 MediJet
      • MakerBot Printers
        ▼
        • METHOD
      • Onulis Printers
        ▼
        • WRAP
        • WRAPCure
    • Post Processing Equipment
      ▼
      • DLP Post-Curing
        ▼
        • WRAPCure
      • Cleaning
        ▼
        • Powershot C
      • Surfacing
        ▼
        • Powershot S
        • Powerfuse S
      • Dyeing
        ▼
        • DM60
    • CNC Machines
      ▼
      • Roland DG SRM-20
      • Roland DG MDX-50
    • 3D Scanners
      ▼
      • Quadro+
      • Optima+ M
      • Fine Precision
      • Wide Range
      • eviXmatic
    • Waterjets
      ▼
      • ProtoMAX
    • Engravers
      ▼
      • Roland DG DE-3
    • Software
      ▼
      • Materialise Software
        ▼
        • Materialise Magics
        • Materialise 3-matic
        • Materialise e-Stage
        • Materialise Build Processor
      • GrabCAD Print
      • GrabCAD Shop
  • Materials
    ▼
    • SAF Materials
    • Origin One Materials
    • SLA Materials
    • FDM Thermoplastics
    • PolyJet Photopolymers
  • Services
    ▼
    • 3D Printing Classes
    • Print Your Part
  • Pre-Owned Equipment
    ▼
    • Fortus 380mc
    • Eden 260VS
    • Objet260 Connex3
    • Objet30 Prime
    • Heavy Duty Quadro
  • Get A Quote
  • Contact Us