MetalFil ‐ Brass is a metal‐filled PLA‐based filament with approximately 60% of gravimetric brass filling. This incredible high filling with brass powders
enables every FDM 3D printer user to 3D print brass objects which are almost indistinguishable from genuine brass casted objects.
MetalFil ‐ Brass is easy to print and can be printed on full metal, PEEK, and PFTE hotends and can perfectly be printed with ≥ 0.4mm nozzles with
retraction settings enabled on both direct drive extruders, as well as on Bowden style extruders, which is a truly unique feature for a metal‐filled
filament. MetalFil Brass printed objects are extremely easy to polish.

Unique features

• Very high bronze-filling of +/-60% (gravimetrically)
• Real bronze look, heavyweight, and “cold” bronze metal feel
• Approximately 300% heavier than PLA (density of 3.5 g/cc)
• Compatible with full metal, PEEK, and PFTE hotends
• Compatible with direct drive and Bowden style extruders
• Compatible with ≥ 0.4mm hardened nozzles with retraction settings enabled
• Easy to post-process
• MetalFil can be brushed, sanded, polished, waxed, coated and patina post-processed

Applications

• Aesthetics, design, and art
• Figurines and miniatures

General printing guidelines *

*) Above displayed settings are meant as guidance to find your optimal print settings. These ranges in settings should work for most printers, but please do feel free to experiment outside these ranges if you think it is suitable for your printer. There is a lot of different type of printers, hot-ends and printer offset that it is extremely difficult to give an overall one-size-fits-all setting.

*) If blobs/lumps form around the nozzle then your print temperature is too high.

Filament length

Abrasiveness

Please be aware that MetalFil filaments contain a very high concentration of metal powders, which have an abrasive nature. In general, these metal powders will accelerate the nozzle-wear of brass nozzles, much faster than unfilled filaments. We recommend using nozzles from stainless steel or other hardened alloys.

Nozzle cleaning

When printing with filled/composite filaments it is recommended to clean your nozzle immediately after printing by feeding 15-20cm PLA filament through your nozzle. This will make sure that any potential fillers are flown out of your nozzle. It is even better to use glow in the dark PLA as the extremely hard phosphorous particles are much more likely to scrape out residual waste from your nozzle.

Product export information

Compliance *

This filament is compliant with the below-listed directives and regulations.

• RoHS directive 2011/65/EC
• REACH directive 1907/2006/EC

*) This declaration of conformity to directives and regulations is prepared according to our present standard of knowledge and may be amended if new cognitions are available and applies only for the above-described products.