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Why is PLA mostly used for 3D printing?

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PLA and ABS are the two most common 3D printing materials. If you take a look at the filaments listed on Filaments.Directory, currently 46% of material is PLA and 20% is ABS. I think I've seen more balanced numbers in the past but this will give you a good idea of PLA and ABS materials relative to all others. read more

4) serves the purpose because according to staratasys the company which brought 3D printing and is the biggest name in the industry there are around 60-70 materials that can be printed but for usual prototyping use PLA or ABS is the best. read more

While both are used for making objects in 3D printing via similar processes, ABS and PLA differ in some key ways, and therefore some printers will only utilize ABS or PLA — or both, depending on the machine at hand. read more

PLA for Prototype Development on CNC Machines and 3D Printers: PLA is one of two common plastics used on FDM machines (3D printing) and is commonly available as a 3D printable filament; the other common 3D printer plastic is ABS. read more

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