{"product_id":"polymaker-polylite-lightweight-pla","title":"Polymaker PolyLite Lightweight PLA","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePolymaker PolyLite LW-PLA\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolyLite™ LW-PLA is a special foamed PLA designed to print with similar settings as regular PLA but with half the weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"so-accordion-wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"so-tab\"\u003e\u003clabel for=\"so-tab-1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat is the difference between active foaming and passive foaming?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"so-tab\"\u003e\n\u003clabel for=\"so-tab-1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"so-tab-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePolyLite™ LW-PLA is not an active foaming filament, which means it will not foam when extruded from the nozzle depending on the temperature. PolyLite™ LW-PLA is already pre-foamed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat are the pros and cons between active and passive foaming?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eActive foaming:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou need to heavily modify your printing settings depending on the temperature and setup to compensate the foaming expansion of the material when printing.\u003cbr\u003eYou need to print at very high temperature to achieve light weight results (~250˚), these high temperatures will create a lot of defects on the print such as stringing and blobs.\u003cbr\u003eAt very high temperature, active foaming can achieve lighter print than passive foaming however the print may suffer of serious stringing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003edefects\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePassive foaming:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou do not need to change any settings from your regular PLA settings (slight increase retraction) as PolyLite™ LW-PLA will offer light weight results even when printing at very low temperature (~190˚C).\u003cbr\u003eThe lower the temperature the higher quality the print.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HartSmart Products","offers":[{"title":"Black \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493517615,"sku":"PM70884","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grey \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493550383,"sku":"PA08003","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493583151,"sku":"PA08002","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Wood \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493615919,"sku":"PA08004","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bright Yellow \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493648687,"sku":"PA08009","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bright Green \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493681455,"sku":"PA08008","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bright Orange \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493714223,"sku":"PA08007","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Bright Red \/ 800g \/ 1.75mm","offer_id":51975493746991,"sku":"PA08010","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/9700\/4847\/files\/polymaker-black-800g-1-75mm-polylite-lightweight-pla-36533274804445.png?v=1761836213","url":"https:\/\/advanced3dprinting.com\/products\/polymaker-polylite-lightweight-pla","provider":"A3DP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}