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Creating real objects demands both a 3D printer and special material called a filament. Botland.store provides a large offer of diverse filaments that will meet your expectations. ASA (Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate) filament is a great alternative to ABS. It's very robust, resistant to UV light and water, and therefore, it's especially suitable for outdoor use. ASA uses the mechanical properties of ABS but allows outdoor use over the very long term. This material has a much higher resistance to climatic conditions, which allows it to be used in the automotive industry. ASA filament was created in the 1970s by the chemical giant BASF. This material has exceptional resistance, great rigidity, chemical immunity, thermal stability, and, above all, it ages very well and doesn't change its color to yellow over time. What is more, ASA is a low-cost material and is currently available for FDM printers in different diameters. We recommend the ASA filament as a material suitable for printing, for example, garden items. At Botland.store, you will have the opportunity to buy ASA filament from Devil Design manufacturer. We provide a wide range of colors (black, natural, orange, gray) and quick delivery. Check our large selection of ASA filaments at fair prices.
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ASA filaments – “what are they made of”?
ASA filament is one of the thermoplastic plastics , characterized by very high resistance to weather conditions , compared to e.g. ABS. What we mean here is not only temperature fluctuations (so severe in our climate, especially in recent years), but also UV radiation - a factor that strongly degrades not only the color, but also the structure of many other materials. Moreover, ASA, thanks to its appropriate stiffness, is perfectly amenable to mechanical processing (cutting or grinding). Details made of ASA filaments have a slightly shiny surface, but can be dissolved in acetone - which allows additional smoothing of prints in the post-processing process, analogously to a similar operation used on ABS prints. However, their tensile strength is as much as 500 kg/cm2 . Such properties mean that details made using ASA filaments can be used in applications that require special mechanical parameters.
ASA filament - Printing parameters and techniques
3D printing using ASA filaments takes place at operating temperatures slightly lower than those recommended for working with ABS - the manufacturer, DevilDesign, specifies the head temperature range from 230 to 240 °C and the table temperature from 90 to 100 °C. Unlike other filaments (e.g. PLA), cooling a print made using ASA is not recommended. The available ASA filaments have a diameter of 1.75 mm, so they can be easily used with almost all 3D printers on the market . Our offer includes spools with a material weight (net) of 1 kg - it is worth knowing that the price of ASA filaments is only slightly different from the cost of typical ABS filaments, which allows ASA to be used as a replacement for this popular material.
Applications of ASA filaments
ASA filaments are perfect wherever prints will be exposed to difficult environmental conditions . Examples include handles, housings for devices, sensors or lighting used outside buildings and in poorly protected places (e.g. under airy roofs). Another example of application will be 3D printing of portable tourist devices (e.g. high-resistance DIY flashlights), housings and elements of hand-held measuring devices or covers of mobile robots. Various colors of filaments available in our store will allow you to choose the right color for a given application - we offer ASA filaments in the following colors: black (Black), silver-gray (Aluminum) and bright orange (Bright Orange).
ASA filaments - FAQ
When choosing an ASA filament , it is worth paying special attention to the print strength parameters declared by the manufacturer, because individual ASA filaments differ from each other (this is due, among other things, to admixtures of dyes with different physicochemical properties).
ASA filament consists of acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylic. You can learn more from our article “ ASA filaments - examples of applications and characteristics ”.
A wide selection of high-quality ASA filaments can be found in the offer of brands such as Devil Design, Fiberlogy and Rosa 3D.
ASA material is characterized by high shrinkage, therefore it is recommended to print on a heated table and in a closed, heated chamber . Be careful when printing because the fumes produced when the filament is heated are toxic.