RS expands its range of material filaments

RS Components has announced the expansion of its RS range of material filaments for 3D printers. The RS filament range has been tested and is claimed to deliver comparable high quality to that offered by leading brands.

RS filament is not machine specific and can be used with the majority of 3D printers that use the FDM (Fused Deposition Modelling) or FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication) printing technology.

The range offers over 150 different filament products that are suitable for FDM printers and includes materials such as a slightly modified PLA, a high impact ABS, the user-friendly ABS PRO, dissolvable PVA and HIPS, flexible TPC FLEX 45 and CLEAR FLEX 65, PA12 Nylon, and wood.All of the RS filaments are available in 1.75mm and 2.85mm diameters, along with a selection of different reel sizes including 250, 300, 500g and 1kg weight spools.

In PLA, ABS and ABS PRO a range of colours are available, besides the standard colours RS filaments offer a thermochromatic dark grey, glow-in-the-dark green and fluorescent variants in orange and yellow, as well as wood.