Bambu PLA Aero

Bambu PLA Aero achieves low density and light weight by foaming at high temperatures during printing and creating small holes inside the prints. It's the perfect choice for light-weight and energy-saving prints, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aerodynamic models, and gliders.

Foaming PLA materials (PLA Aero) have high requirements for material drying and parameter settings. Please carefully read Instructions for printing aircraft model with foaming PLA (PLA Aero) before starting the printing process.

Low Density and Light Weight

Bambu PLA Aero has almost the same filament density as regular PLA, while the prints density is only 50% to 80%.

* When printing models of the same volume, PLA Aero is about half the weight of PLA Basic.

Controllable Model Density

Achieve lower density of the prints by increasing printing temperature and lowering flow rate.

* The average density of prints will vary with changes in parameters such as actual printing temperature, flow rate ratio, printing speed, model size, wall thickness and infill density.

	Parameter Setting	Average Density
Printing Temperature	Increases ↗	Decreases ↘
Printing Speed	Increases ↗	Stable or Increases ↗
Flow Rate Ratio	Increases ↗	Increases ↗
Model Size	Increases ↗	Decreases ↘
Wall Thickness（Wall loops）	Increases ↗	Increases ↗
Infill Density	Increases ↗	Increases ↗

The relationship between the maximum foaming rate, minimum print density, and printing temperature of PLA Aero.

Printing Temperature	Minimum Flow Rate Ratio	Maximum Volumetric Expansion Ratio	Maximum Foaming Rate	Minimum Prints Density
190 °C	~ 0.95	~ 100%	~ 0%	~ 1.17 g/cm³
200 °C	0.89	110%	10%	1.06 g/cm³
210 °C	0.85	115%	15%	1.02 g/cm³
220 °C	0.76	129%	29%	0.91 g/cm³
230 °C	0.62	158%	58%	0.74 g/cm³
240 °C	0.45	217%	117%	0.54 g/cm³
250 °C	0.38	258%	158%	0.45 g/cm³
260 °C	0.35	280%	180%	0.42 g/cm³
270 °C	0.37	265%	165%	0.44 g/cm³

Specimen Test: Nozzle Type: 0.4 mm; Printing Speed: 80 mm/s; Model size (L*W*H): 80*10*4 mm³ (the XY direction)

The actual required flow rate ratio and final model density may vary with different models.

Tough with Good Impact Resistance

Compared to pre-foaming Wood PLA, Bambu PLA Aero and its prints are tougher and more resistant to impact, collision, and falling.

Matte Finish For Easy Coloring

Bambu PLA Aero provides an easy-to-color matte surface texture with better dyeing results as compared to PLA Basic.

Parameters Comparison

Learn more different filaments comparison on Bambu Filament Guide >>

	PLA Basic	PLA Aero
Printing Temperature	190 - 230 ℃	220 - 260 ℃
Printing Speed	< 300 mm/s	< 180 mm/s
Flow Rate Ratio	0.96 - 1	0.5 - 0.8
Filament Density	1.24 g/cm³	1.21 g/cm³
Foaming Rate	/	0 - 120%
Prints Density	1.21 g/cm³	0.55 - 1.05 g/cm³

Accessory Compatibility

	Recommended	Not Recommended
Build Plate	Cool Plate SuperTack, Smooth PEI Plate, Textured PEI Plate	/
Hotend	Hotend with Hardened Steel Nozzle 0.4 mm Hotend with Stainless Steel Nozzle 0.4 mm	Hotend with Hardened Steel Nozzle 0.6 mm / 0.8 mm Hotend with Stainless Steel Nozzle 0.2 mm
Glue	Bambu Liquid Glue Glue Stick	/

RFID for Intelligent Printing

All printing parameters are embedded in RFID, which can be read through our AMS (Automatic Material System).

Load and print! No more tedious setting steps.

Recommended Printing Settings
Drying Settings (Blast Drying Oven)	55 °C，8 h
Printing and Keeping Container's Humidity	< 20% RH (Sealed, with Desiccant)
Nozzle Temperature	220 - 260 °C
Bed Temperature (with Glue)	35 - 45 °C
Printing Speed	< 180 mm/s

Physical Properties
Density	1.21 g/cm³
Vicat Softening Temperature	54 °C
Heat Deflection Temperature	53 °C
Melting Temperature	153 °C
Melt Index	7.7 ± 0.6 g/10 min

Mechanical Properties
Tensile Strength	24 ± 2 MPa
Breaking Elongation Rate	2.6 ± 0.7 %
Bending Modulus	1690 ± 120 MPa
Bending Strength	45 ± 4 MPa
Impact Strength	28.8 ± 1.3 kJ/m²

Downloads

Filament TDS

Filament MSDS

Filament RoHS

Printing Tips

• PLA Aero filament is relatively soft which may result in material loading and unloading failures during AMS printing.

• Drying conditions: 55℃ for 8 hrs. PLA Aero is highly sensitive to humidity. To achieve optimal printing performance, it is recommended further drying before use and after storage. For more details please refer to: Filament drying instructions on WIKI.

What's in the Box

Filament with Spool*1 & Desiccant*1

Package*1

Bambu PLA Aero

Bambu Lab - PLA Aero