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High-Speed PLA

PLA with a raised melt index and tuned crystallisation so it can be extruded at roughly 24 mm³/s, about 30 % more flow than standard PLA at the same nozzle temperature.

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Setup difficulty
Easy — minor profile tuning; needs a printer that can actually reach the flow rate
Nozzle wear
Non-abrasive
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PLA with a raised melt index and tuned crystallisation so it can be extruded at roughly 24 mm³/s, about 30 % more flow than standard PLA at the same nozzle temperature.

Applications

High-speed PLA primarily changes manufacturing throughput. Its melt behavior allows more plastic through the nozzle before underextrusion becomes the bottleneck. This matters most on long walls, infill and repeated parts where the printer can actually sustain that flow; a small, intricate model may spend most of its time limited by acceleration or cooling instead.

The material still fills much the same role as ordinary PLA: rigid models and prototypes made on accessible equipment. High flow is not a promise of stronger parts. Polymaker’s PolySonic data show that printing speed changes mechanical results, and the formulation retains PLA-like limits in heat resistance and sustained-load behavior. A speed label should therefore be treated as a processing advantage, rather than a new service-temperature class.

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Material & market8 fields
High-Speed PLA — Identity & Market
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Base polymer / chemistryPLA with rheology and crystallisation tuned for high volumetric flow; melt index 15.4 g/10 min vs 7–11 for standard PLA
2 sources
Density (g/cm³)1.23 (ISO 1183, at 21.5 °C)
1 source
Typical price (USD/kg)Mainstream 1 kg spools cluster near 20
3 sources
Price range across brands (USD/kg)11–33 across brands; budget house brands 11–18, Prusament 33
3 sources
Market availability (1–5)Stocked by most mainstream brands
3 sources
Spool sizes & diameters1.75 mm; 1 kg spools
2 sources
Typical applicationsLarge or repetitive prints on printers that can sustain high flow
2 sources
Diameter tolerance (± mm)±0.03 (Bambu Lab PLA Basic, rated to 258 mm/s)
1 source
Print settings8 fields
High-Speed PLA — Printing Parameters
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Nozzle temperature (°C)210–230 for high-speed work; 190–210 at classic speeds
2 sources
Bed temperature (°C)30–60 (Polymaker); 35–45 (Bambu Lab)
2 sources
Enclosure / chamber requirement (1–5)Open frame is fine
1 source
Part cooling fanFan on
1 source
Maximum volumetric flow (mm³/s; see test conditions) (mm³/s)≈24 at 300 mm/s with a 0.4 mm nozzle and 0.2 mm layer; 30 % more flow than regular PLA at the same temperature
4 sources
Warping tendency (1–5)None
1 source
Bed-adhesion difficulty (1–5)Sticks to anything
1 source
Overall printing difficulty (1–5)Easy — minor profile tuning; needs a printer that can actually reach the flow rate
2 sources
Nozzle wear & reliability5 fields
High-Speed PLA — Hardware Wear & Reliability
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Nozzle hardness required (1–4)Brass fine indefinitely
1 source
Abrasiveness (1–5)Non-abrasive
2 sources
Nozzle clog risk (1–5)Very low
1 source
Heat-creep / jam sensitivity (1–5)Moderate — good heatbreak cooling needed; PLA softens below 60 °C
1 source
Hotend requirementNo special hot-end required
1 source
Moisture & drying6 fields
High-Speed PLA — Moisture Behaviour
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Moisture absorption (hygroscopicity) (1–5)Moderate — 0.40 % equilibrium at 23 °C / 70 % RH
1 source
Equilibrium moisture content at ~50 % RH (%)0.40 equilibrium at 23 °C / 70 % RH (Polymaker PolySonic)
1 source
Drying temperature & time55 °C for 6 h; 50 °C for 8 h (Bambu Lab)
2 sources
Symptoms when wetBubbling and popping at the nozzle, stringing, rough surface and weak layers
1 source
Effect of moisture on strengthPolymaker rates PLA low-sensitivity — the loss shows as poor layer adhesion and brittle layers rather than a published strength figure
1 source
Storage requirementSealed with desiccant below 20 % RH; shelf life at ambient is long
2 sources
Strength & mechanical properties14 fields
High-Speed PLA — Mechanical Properties
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)43.9 at 300 mm/s and 46.0 at 46.7 mm/s (printed XY, ISO 527); 58.6 on My Tech Fun bars for Creality Hyper PLA
2 sources
Young's modulus (MPa)2650 at 300 mm/s, 2878 at classic speed (printed XY, ISO 527)
1 source
Elongation at break (%)15.1 at 300 mm/s, 21.5 at classic speed (printed XY, ISO 527)
1 source
Flexural strength (MPa)71.4 at 300 mm/s, 76.5 at classic speed (printed XY, ISO 178)
1 source
Flexural modulus (MPa)2798 at 300 mm/s, 2868 at classic speed (printed XY, ISO 178)
1 source
Charpy impact, notched (kJ/m²)5.0 at 300 mm/s, 6.1 at classic speed (printed XY, ISO 179, notched)
1 source
Other impact dataPrinting at 300 mm/s instead of 46.7 mm/s costs 4.6 % tensile strength and 18 % notched Charpy
1 source
Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa)32.4 at 300 mm/s, 37.3 at classic speed (printed Z, ISO 527); 35.3 for Creality Hyper PLA vs 23.0 for average PLA on identical bars
2 sources
Brittleness (1–5)Moderate
1 source
Hardness (scale-specific) (Shore A / Shore D / Rockwell)78.7 Shore D measured on printed bars for Sunlu PLA Meta (My Tech Fun), against 75.3 for the same maker's plain PLA
1 source
Creep resistance / sustained load (1–5)Poor — 12 mm bar sagged to 17.7 mm over 6 days at 1.25 kg
1 source
Fatigue / repeated-flex resistance (1–5)Poor — no grade-specific S-N curve; plain printed PLA ran 38 000–49 000 cycles at 30 % of tensile strength (R = 0.2)
2 sources
Elasticity / flexibility (1–5)Rigid
1 source
Z strength as % of XY (%)74 at 300 mm/s, 81 at classic speed (printed)
1 source
Heat & temperature7 fields
High-Speed PLA — Thermal Properties
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C)53 (ISO 75, 0.45 MPa)
1 source
HDT at 1.8 MPa (°C)52 (ISO 75, 1.8 MPa)
1 source
Glass transition (Tg) (°C)59 (DSC)
1 source
Melting point / Vicat (°C)164 peak melt (DSC); crystallisation 96 °C, Vicat 61 °C
1 source
Continuous service temperature (°C)53 — loaded bars begin to move at this temperature
1 source
Thermal expansion (CTE) (µm/m·K)96–99 for plain printed PLA (fibre Bragg grating, 25–50 °C); no grade-specific measurement published
1 source
Flammability / UL 94Flammable; no UL 94 rating published by the major brands
2 sources
Weather & chemical resistance6 fields
High-Speed PLA — Environment & Chemical
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
UV resistance (1–5)Degrades within weeks outdoors
2 sources
Chemical resistanceGood against weak acids, oils and grease; poor against strong acids and alkalis
1 source
Water / humidity resistance in service (1–5)Good — insoluble in water
1 source
Food contactBase resin is food-contact grade, but printed layer grooves harbour bacteria; Prusa advises against food use
1 source
Biodegradability / compostabilityIndustrially compostable only — needs sustained 55 °C; not home compostable
2 sources
RecyclabilityMechanically recyclable; not accepted in household plastic collection
1 source
Health & safety2 fields
High-Speed PLA — Health & Safety
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Fume toxicity (1–5)Low hazard — minimal VOC and particle emission
1 source
Ventilation / filtration requirement (1–5)None needed in a normal room
1 source
Finishing & post-processing4 fields
High-Speed PLA — Post-Processing
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Sanding & machiningWet sanding — dry sanding heats the surface by friction and smears it
2 sources
Gluing & solvent weldingCyanoacrylate for most joints; some grades partially dissolve and bond with acetone
2 sources
Vapour / chemical smoothingNo practical vapour smoothing — only chloroform, hot benzene or THF, which are laboratory-only
1 source
Support material pairingPolySupport and PolyDissolve S1 (Polymaker)
1 source
Solvents & solubility3 fields
High-Speed PLA — Solvents & Solubility
Property and unitPublished value and conditionsSources and dates
Soluble inChloroform: 10 % w/v in 2–4 h at 23 °C, every grade and morphology; THF and DMF only at 65 °C. Laboratory reagents.
1 source
Softened or crazed byAcetone, ethyl acetate and toluene plasticise it but dissolve <1 % even at 65 °C; submersion in acetone crazes and destroys parts.
2 sources
Solvent welding & smoothing agentChloroform vapour smooths and welds PLA at the cost of tensile strength; acetone does not smooth it at all.
2 sources
How to read these values

Values describe representative grades, not every spool. Manufacturer datasheets and independent tests retain their source labels and dates. Printed orientation, test method, conditioning and formulation can change results. Unknown values are —. A listed use is not a certification. Shore A, Shore D and Rockwell hardness are separate scales.

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SUNLUPLA Meta11.49 USD/kg

$11.49 / 1 kg spool (from $18.99), store.sunlu.com, Aug 2026

Sale price on the PLA Meta collection listing.

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SUNLU PLA Meta — product-specific figures
Spool sizes & diameters1 kg spool; 1.75 mm (3 kg large spool also sold)
Diameter tolerance (± mm)0.02
Nozzle temperature (°C)185–195 at 50–100 mm/s; 195–225 at 100–200 mm/s
Bed temperature (°C)50–65
Drying temperature & time50–55 °C for 6–8 h (recommended)
KingroonHS-PLA16.99 USD/kg

$16.99 / 1 kg spool, kingroon.com, Aug 2026

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OvertureHigh Speed PLA16.99 USD/kg

$16.99 / 1 kg spool (from $22.99), overture3d.com, Aug 2026

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Overture High Speed PLA — product-specific figures
Density (g/cm³)1.21 at 21.5 °C (ISO 1183, printed specimen 100 % infill)
Nozzle temperature (°C)190–220
Bed temperature (°C)25–60
Part cooling fanTurned on
Drying temperature & time50 °C for 7 h
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)47.1 ± 1.2 (printed XY, ISO 527)
Young's modulus (MPa)2641 ± 328 (printed XY, ISO 527)
Elongation at break (%)5.1 ± 0.3 (printed XY, ISO 527)
Flexural strength (MPa)84.9 ± 3.1 (printed XY, ISO 178)
Charpy impact, notched (kJ/m²)3.1 ± 0.3 (printed XY, notched, ISO 179)
Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa)38.9 ± 0.5 (printed Z, ISO 527)
Melting point / Vicat (°C)Vicat 64.2 (ISO 306); melting 148 (DSC)
QIDIPLA Rapido17.99 USD/kg

$17.99 / 1 kg spool (from $39.90), 3dprintersdepot.com, Aug 2026

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QIDI PLA Rapido — product-specific figures
Spool sizes & diameters1 kg spool; 1.75 mm
Diameter tolerance (± mm)0.03
CrealityHyper PLA19.99 USD/kg

From $19.99 / 1 kg spool, store.creality.com, Aug 2026

My Tech Fun measured 35.3 MPa layer adhesion against 23.0 MPa for average PLA.

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Creality Hyper PLA — product-specific figures
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)58.6 (My Tech Fun 4×4 mm printed bars)
Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa)35.3 (My Tech Fun 4×4 mm printed bars)
PolymakerPolySonic PLA19.99 USD/kg

$19.99 / 1 kg spool, shop.polymaker.com, Aug 2026

Rated to 300 mm/s; melt index 15.4 g/10 min against 7–11 for PolyLite PLA. At 300 mm/s the same sheet gives lower values: tensile 43.9 MPa XY, Z 32.4 MPa, notched Charpy 5.0 kJ/m².

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Polymaker PolySonic PLA — product-specific figures
Density (g/cm³)1.23 (ISO 1183)
Nozzle temperature (°C)190–210 classic; 210–230 high speed
Bed temperature (°C)30–60
Part cooling fanON
Maximum volumetric flow (mm³/s; see test conditions) (mm³/s)≈24 at 300 mm/s, 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.2 mm layer
Equilibrium moisture content at ~50 % RH (%)0.40 equilibrium water absorption
Drying temperature & time55 °C for 6 h
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)43.9 printed XY at 300 mm/s (ISO 527)
Young's modulus (MPa)2878 ± 74 (printed XY, ISO 527, classic speed)
Elongation at break (%)21.5 ± 5.1 (printed XY, ISO 527, classic speed)
Charpy impact, notched (kJ/m²)6.1 ± 0.6 (printed XY, notched, ISO 179, classic speed)
Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa)37.3 ± 0.7 (printed Z, ISO 527, classic speed)
HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C)53 (ISO 75, 0.45 MPa)
HDT at 1.8 MPa (°C)52 (ISO 75, 1.8 MPa)
Glass transition (Tg) (°C)59 (DSC)
Melting point / Vicat (°C)164 melting (DSC); Vicat 61
AnycubicPLA High Speed21.84 USD/kg

$21.84 / 1 kg spool (from $23.79), store.anycubic.com, Aug 2026

Listing rates the filament 50–600 mm/s. Anycubic also quotes Izod impact 21 ± 1 kJ/m² (X-Y) without naming a test standard.

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Anycubic PLA High Speed — product-specific figures
Density (g/cm³)1.19 (Anycubic published spec table)
Nozzle temperature (°C)190–260 (190–210 at 50–150 mm/s; 230–260 at 300–600 mm/s)
Bed temperature (°C)55–65
Maximum volumetric flow (mm³/s; see test conditions) (mm³/s)18
Drying temperature & time45–50 °C for 6–8 h
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)45 ± 5 (printed XY)
Elongation at break (%)9 ± 1 (printed XY)
Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa)22.1 ± 0.6 (printed Z)
HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C)52 (0.45 MPa)
Melting point / Vicat (°C)157 melting
Sakata 3DPLA High Speed PRO22.49 USD/kg

EUR 20.82 regular incl. tax / 1 kg spool = $22.49/kg at 1.08 USD/EUR (listed at EUR 14.58 on a 30 % promotion), sakata3d.com, Aug 2026

Rated to 500 mm/s. Mechanical and thermal figures are injection-moulded bars, stated as not representative of printed parts.

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Sakata 3D PLA High Speed PRO — product-specific figures
Density (g/cm³)1.24 (ASTM D1505)
Diameter tolerance (± mm)0.03
Nozzle temperature (°C)190–210 classic, 210–250 high-speed
Bed temperature (°C)45 and above
Maximum volumetric flow (mm³/s; see test conditions) (mm³/s)35 (0.4 mm nozzle at 250 °C)
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)64 (injection-moulded, ASTM D638)
Young's modulus (MPa)3365 (injection-moulded, ASTM D638)
Flexural strength (MPa)112 (injection-moulded, ASTM D790)
Flexural modulus (MPa)3633 (injection-moulded, ASTM D790)
HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C)55 (injection-moulded, ASTM E2092)
eSUNPLA+HS23.99 USD/kg

$23.99 / 1 kg spool, esun3dstore.com, Aug 2026

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eSUN PLA+HS — product-specific figures
Density (g/cm³)1.24 (eSUN published spec table)
Nozzle temperature (°C)210–230
Bed temperature (°C)45–60
Part cooling fan100 %
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)53.12 (printed XY)
Elongation at break (%)4.01 (printed XY); 2.8 printed Z
Flexural modulus (MPa)2900 (printed XY)
Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa)32.4 (printed Z)
HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C)54
Prusa PolymersPrusament PLA Prusa Pro32.99 USD/kg

$32.99 / 1 kg spool with NFC, prusa3d.com, Aug 2026

Prusament PLA is rated to 200 mm/s; PrusaSlicer caps PLA at 12–20 mm³/s.

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Prusa Polymers Prusament PLA Prusa Pro — product-specific figures
Density (g/cm³)1.24 (ISO 1183)
Diameter tolerance (± mm)±0.02
Nozzle temperature (°C)210 ± 10
Bed temperature (°C)40–60
Maximum volumetric flow (mm³/s; see test conditions) (mm³/s)12–20 (PrusaSlicer guidance for PLA)
Equilibrium moisture content at ~50 % RH (%)0.19 after 7 days at 24 °C / 22 % RH
Tensile strength (XY) (MPa)51 ± 3 at yield (printed horizontal, ISO 527-1); vertical xz 59
Young's modulus (MPa)2300 ± 100 (printed horizontal, ISO 527-1); vertical xz 2400
Elongation at break (%)2.9 ± 0.3 at yield (printed horizontal, ISO 527-1)
Flexural strength (MPa)83 ± 6 (printed horizontal, ISO 178); vertical xz 99
Flexural modulus (MPa)3100 ± 100 (printed horizontal, ISO 178); vertical xz 3200
Other impact dataCharpy unnotched 13 kJ/m² horizontal, 14 kJ/m² vertical xz (ISO 179-1)
Layer adhesion / Z tensile (MPa)17 ± 3 (Prusa Polymers interlayer adhesion test)
Hardness (scale-specific) (Shore A / Shore D / Rockwell)81 Shore D (Prusa Polymers method)
Z strength as % of XY (%)33 (interlayer adhesion 17 vs printed horizontal tensile 51)
HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C)55 (ISO 75, 0.45 MPa)
HDT at 1.8 MPa (°C)55 (ISO 75, 1.8 MPa)

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