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SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament – 1kg Black

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This 1kg of SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament is a specially reinforced polymer that offers extreme durability, lightweight and an attractive matte black surface.

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3D Printing is all about creating and building a variety of different structures, objects and tools at a rapid place within your own home, office or workshop. However, sometimes regular PLA or even ABS is just not strong enough for our dream project. You need something that’ll handle being tossed senseless, stood on, or otherwise used in similar high stress applications. That’s what makes this SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament exactly what you’re looking for, with the bonus of extremely lightweight properties.

SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament is a reinforced PLA polymer using carbon fibre additives, making it stronger and lighter than PLA while maintaining the best easy print features of the filament we love. The 3D printing requirements for SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament is similar to those of its base material PLA. The main difference comes as a result of the fibres fused inside the filament which can clog your 3D Printer nozzle and damage it. So, while SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament offers the easy printing properties of PLA Plastic, you may want to consider getting a Hardened Steel Nozzle to print with it.

Then, thanks to this world-renowned carbon fibre material inside your SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament, these small fibres essentially grab hold of the surrounding plastic, in a similar way to how mesh and stones act in cement, to keep it firm and strong while allowing for a miniscule amount of bending and stretching. Because these fibres are so strong, the filament increases dramatically in impact strength and stiffness. Your 3D printed parts will be much lighter and more dimensionally stable, as the fibers will help prevent shrinking of the part as it cools. SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament is the perfect Exotic Filament to use for parts exposed to intense stresses and even features an attractive matte black surface.

Please Note: Although this filament is based on PLA, the Carbon Fibre additives used are quite abrasive, and as such we recommend to equip your 3D Printer with a more durable nozzle like a Hardened Steel Nozzle, a Plated Brass Nozzle or an A2 Tool Steel Nozzle, as well as the ultimate in durability, the Vanadium Nozzles, which will all be able to handle this filament with ease, while also offering slightly improved printing qualities for other filaments too.

SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament - Technical Specifications:

  • Brand

– SunLu                                                              

  • Base Polymer

– PLA (Polylactic Acid)

  • Polymer Additives

– Matrixed Carbon Fibre Strands

  • Colour

– Black

  • Filament Diameter

– 1.75mm

  • Density (g/cm3)

– 1.24

  • Melt Flow Index (cm3/10min)

– 11 to 16 (220, 10KG)

  • Tensile Strength (KGF)

– 11 to 14

  • Tolerance (mm)

±0.02

  • Elongation at Break (%)

– 8 to 10

  • Filament Weight

– 1kg

 

SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament – Suggested Print Settings:

  • Nozzle: Temperature (°C)         

– 190°C to 230°C

  • Nozzle: Material

– Any / Hardened Steel / Brass

  • Nozzle: Size (mm)

– Standard: 0.4mm

  • Bed: Temperature (°C)

– 50 to 80

  • Bed: Adhesion

BuildTak / Magigoo / PEI / Painters Tape

  • Printing Speed (mm/s)

– 50 to 100

  • Part Cooling Fan

– On 100% from Layer 2+

  • Enclosure: Type

– Not Necessary

  • Enclosure: Temperature (°C)

– N/A

  • Filter

– N/A

  • Post Processing

– Sanding / Heating / XTC Coating / Painting

 

Typical Applications for SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament:

Due to the unique properties of carbon fibre, these spools of SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament are most often used for printing parts, objects, structures and tools that need to withstand high levels of tension, compression or impact. As such, many Makers choose this filament to make their tools, since tools are very often exposed to such stresses. Some Makers also utilise this filament for parts that need to impact into each other within machines. But most notably, Carbon Fibre PLA is loved by drone builders and RC hobbyists. Using this light yet extremely strong filament, you are able to print the structural parts you need without sacrificing weight balance and dragging your drone or model airplanes down.

So, if you need to print objects that will be exposed to intense stresses or impacts, while being lightweight, reinforced carbon fibre filament is the ideal choice for the job – even when compared to other Exotic Filaments.

Grade 
06/09/2022

PLA Carbon fibre filament

Printed on a Creality Ender 3 S1 Pro - Nozzle temp 220, Bed 60 degrees. Print quality is excelent! I can highly recomend!

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Grade 
30/03/2022

SunLu Carbon Fiber Filament.

Absolutely love your service.
The filament is well worth the price. Tried a prototype spanner, with a crazy Pentagon opening, for a special sensor. It held up to the task.
I did go with a 220 degree c on the print with 0.4 nozzle, and 60 degree c on the bed. Worked perfectly 1st time.

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SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament – 1kg Black

SunLu Carbon Fibre PLA Filament – 1kg Black

Although it may not be a popular brand here in SA (yet!), many 3D Makers will recognise the name SunLu, as these fantastic 3D Filament Makers have been involved in 3D Printing since as far back as 2013, specialising in affordability & accessibility, but placing a strong focus on R&D & bringing new materials to the market for 3D Makers to enjoy.

From the classic PLA & ABS range through to the more exotic styles like PETG & TPU, as well as what we like to call Semi-Exotics like Marble & Twinkling Filament, SunLu has garnered a lot of experience in the world of 3D Filaments, & have one of the most comprehensive catalogues that the Hobbyist 3D Printing world has ever seen. This gives them a good spot amongst the leaders in 3D Filaments, & while they may not quite match the premium quality of Fillamentum & other high class brands, the affordability & range of options that SunLu offers is simply unbeatable even for the major players.

If you’re looking for a good brand to use for all kinds of different prints & applications, but don’t want to pay a premium, SunLu is the ideal brand that is ready to become your next new favourite. So get out there & start testing out the range that SunLu has to offer! With so many options available & a price that is low enough to simply take a chance with, there’s absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t give SunLu a chance & test this awesome brand out, to see if it’s a good fit for your 3D Printing fun.