Hello, does anyone have experience with either Bambu’s PLA Aero or ASA Aero? I’ve been looking for info about these filaments for RC plane projects. I know ASA Aero is slightly lighter and more durable, but I’m also guessing it’s more difficult to print than PLA Aero as far as warping goes. Any feedback?
Hi,
I’m trying printing with ASA Aero at the moment, and I have to say that printing with this material is quite a challenge.
- Try avoiding retractions and travel moves.
- Best is to print single wall items (If possible spiralize outer contour / vasemode)
- Prints parts one by one (or use sequential 3D printing, avoid travel moves…)
- Print slow
- Print in a ventilated room (it smells)
I use the bambulabs preset but reduced max speed even more to sub 100mm/s, and depending on the model you’d have to play quite a lot with the settings to get it to work well and parts look stunning. (Barely any visible layerlines, material sands very well, any imperfections can be cut/sanded etc.)
Find some pictures an later video of what I’m printing: (3DLabPrint Piper Cub).
https://www.instagram.com/p/C69fBqgrEaC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Awesome, thank you for the advice. I ended up ordering a spool of ASA aero so this info will be helpful. Thanks!
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I have a problem with PLA Aero, as it has no adhesion to the bed, and keeps having spaghetti failures.
Welcome to the forum.
How are you cleaning your bed? Dish soap and hot water are the key.
I do not normally clean the bed after every print, but even when the PLA Aero sticks to the bed, there are spaghetti failures. I am just wondering how to fix this!
For print bed cleaning I recommend Methylated Spirits or Isopropyl alcohol. Good for removing grease and finger oils.
For my PLA Aero printed parts I found Singer Sewing machine oil provides easier part removal from the print bed without the first layer tearing the remainder of the model. I had found that areas where I had touched the Cool Print Plate with my greasy fingers parts removed more easily and did not stick so firmly. I have applied the Sewing Machine oil as a single drop in the middel of the plate and smeared it evenly over the plate with a tissue. Parts still adhere but easily pop off once printed and the bed is flexed. When finished with PLA Aero, I clean the plate with Methylated Spirits / isopropyl alcohol to remove any oil for normal PLA and TPU prints. Works a treat for me!
Just printing my first part with ASA Aero and will see what results I get. I am using my default PLA Aero settings and will work back from there with final print settings!
Have you checked your first layer height? Nozzle may be too far from the print bed. I had this issue and overlooked the setting until a friend gave me the heads up…
does anyone have experience with large prints in Aro As? I am planing some 24x24x15 cm prints and scared of the parts comming of or warping too much?
the parts are manly boxes wich get connected via some dovetail joints and are more or less hollow… just a little infill, thats it
Curious to see the different results noted above: First layer adhesion issues vs. difficult part removal.
I’ve been super impressed with the performance of the X1C - it generally prints things successfully that would give my old Ender3 trouble for days. I have had a few failures with ASA (a relatively new filament to me) - but I’ve just ordered two spools of ASA Aero for some aircraft prints, and hoping to leverage the experience of the community.
I’m going to start with some of the recommendations from @MakerSpace.Online above, and see how it goes from there. Are folks using ‘standard’ ASA settings for the ASA Aero filament?
Thanks for your feedback, insight and experience!
As far as bed adhesion, height modifiers to add 2 wall loops on the first layer helps alot, make sure you aren’t forgetting those.