All memos tagged #3d-printer-filament

Protopasta Conductive PLA is an electrically conductive composite 3d-printer-filament from Protoplant that compounds conductive carbon black into a PLA base, letting printed parts carry low-voltage...

How to store filament so a spool opened today still prints six months from now — for anyone whose collection has outgrown the box it arrived in. Part of Getting Started with 3D Printing. Store an...

Quick-reference for the everyday Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) filaments — what each one is genuinely good at, where it fails, and the printer conditions it demands. Specialty and novelty materials...

ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) is a petroleum-based engineering thermoplastic valued in 3D printing for heat resistance near 100 °C and for acetone vapor smoothing, and largely displaced by...

ASA (acrylonitrile styrene acrylate) is a UV-stable engineering thermoplastic filament that replaces the butadiene rubber in ABS with an acrylate phase, making it the default choice for 3D printed...

PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol) is a glycol-modified polyester filament that prints nearly as easily as PLA while surviving real mechanical loads, making it the common default for functional...

TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane) is a flexible, abrasion-resistant elastomer filament sold by Shore hardness, printable on standard FDM hardware and used for gaskets, grips, tires, and vibration...

Timeplast is a materials-science company that develops time-programmable, water-soluble polymers intended as replacements for conventional plastic. Its core material is alcohol-based and composed of...

Field survey of novelty and specialty FDM filaments available as of July 2026, organized by the property that makes each one unusual rather than by base polymer. Baseline already in hand:...

This catalog surveys every filament and base material Timeplast currently sells through its TimeMass line, grouped by function for an agent selecting materials to brainstorm 3D prints. Base Polymer...