Material
ABS — Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
The first real step up in heat resistance, and the material for thermoforming moulds.
Use it for
- Parts that get hot, up to 90 °C
- Thermoforming moulds: up to 105 °C after annealing
- Parts to be sanded back or bonded
What it will not do
- Yellows and turns brittle in sunlight: choose ASA outdoors
- Significant shrinkage across large flat areas
- Needs a heated chamber, so slightly more machine time
Specifications
| Full name | Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene |
|---|---|
| Maximum service temperature | 90 °C |
| Density | 1.05 g/cm³ |
| UV resistance | no — choose ASA outdoors |
| Food contact | not certified |
| Colours | 11 shades in the manufacturer's catalogue |
| Availability | in stock |
What we have learned using it
It has to be dried at 80 °C before printing. Dried at 45 °C — the PLA preset on many machines — it bubbles and lifts off the bed. That is the most common mistake with this material.
Consider instead
Available colours
11 shades in the manufacturer's catalogue
ABS 11
Names are the manufacturer's own and serve as the ordering reference. The colour runs through the material, it is not painted on — swatches are indicative, a physical sample prevails.
Compliance and technical data
| RoHS compliance | compliant — manufacturer's test report |
|---|---|
| REACH (SVHC) | no SVHC declared (manufacturer's SDS) |
| Food contact | not certified |
| Fire behaviour (UL94) | not rated |
| Heat deflection temperature (HDT) | 87 °C at 0.45 MPa · 84 °C at 1.8 MPa (ISO 75) |
| Tensile strength (X-Y) | 33 MPa (ISO 527) |
| Flexural modulus (X-Y) | 1 880 MPa (ISO 178) |
| Recommended drying | 80 °C · 8 h |
Values measured by the filament manufacturer on standardised specimens. A printed part will differ with orientation, infill and settings: we validate on a test part on request.
Technical data sheet (TDS) from the filament manufacturer, Bambu Lab, in English, as published on its store on 6 September 2026: mechanical and thermal properties measured on specimens, drying and printing conditions. It is the document to attach to a technical file; we also send it with the order on request.
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