Quality and tolerance

Two things decide how a filament behaves in the printer: the plastic it is made from, and how evenly the strand holds its diameter. Both are covered here, with the figures from our own data sheets. They are the same figures shown on every product page.

Diameter tolerance

How precise is the strand?

The diameter tolerance states how far the strand may deviate from 1.75 mm along the whole spool. ±0.02 mm means the diameter stays between 1.73 and 1.77 mm.

The printer feeds a set length of filament and assumes the diameter is the same all the way. When the diameter is even, the flow is even, and you get consistent walls and surfaces without thin or overfilled sections.

The values come from the same catalogue as the product pages, so they always match the shop.

Material	Tolerance	Diameter	Data sheet
PLA	±0.02 mm	1.73–1.77 mm	PDF
PETG	±0.02 mm	1.73–1.77 mm	PDF
ABS	±0.02 mm	1.73–1.77 mm	PDF
TPU	±0.03 mm	1.72–1.78 mm	—
PCTG	±0.03 mm	1.72–1.78 mm	—
ASA	±0.02 mm	1.73–1.77 mm	PDF
PC	±0.03 mm	1.72–1.78 mm	—
PEBA	±0.03 mm	1.72–1.78 mm	—
HIPS	±0.03 mm	1.72–1.78 mm	—
Nylon	±0.05 mm	1.70–1.80 mm	PDF

The raw material in our PLA

Made from Luminy® LX175 by TotalEnergies Corbion

All our PLA filaments, that is PLA, PLA PRO and PLA Silk, are made only from Luminy® LX175. It is a polymer from TotalEnergies Corbion, one of the world's leading producers of bio-based PLA.

LX175 is an odourless PLA grade with high purity and consistent viscosity. The melt stays stable during extrusion, which you notice as a consistent diameter, good adhesion between layers and the same result from one spool to the next.

The raw material is renewable, GMO-free and grown to the Bonsucro standard. At the end of its life, the material is industrially compostable to EN 13432, certified by TÜV Austria.

A pile of 3DBenchy prints in different PLA colours

Carbon footprint per kg of material

PLA from Luminy® LX17515 %

Conventional fossil plastic100 %

Indexed to fossil plastic = 100. Source: TotalEnergies Corbion.

−85 %lower carbon footprint than conventional, oil-based plastic. The sugar cane absorbs CO₂ as it grows.100% bio-based raw material · EN 16785-1

96 %

Stereochemical purity (L-isomer)

45 MPa

Tensile strength (ISO 527-1)

155 °C

Melting temperature (DSC)

≤ 400 ppm

Moisture content on delivery

Sustainably grown sugar cane feedstock (Bonsucro)Industrially compostable (EN 13432)GMO-free, renewable raw materialOdourless, high-purity PLA

Source: TotalEnergies Corbion, Product Data Sheet Luminy® LX175, v6. Typical values, not a specification.

From batch to your printer

A test print from every batch before it is sold.
Ships within 48 hours from our warehouse in Tibro, Sweden.
Technical data sheets for PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA and PA6-CF can be downloaded from the table above and from the product pages.