Material
Multicolor ABS
As-printed multicolor FDM ABS has a ribbed, layered texture. Color regions are generally clean-edged, with minor bleed at color-change points. ABS has a matte look, unlike glossier PETG, and responds well to acetone vapor smoothing.
Manufacturing processes
About
Multicolor FDM ABS prints deliver well-defined color combinations without sacrificing ABS's impact resistance, heat tolerance, and post-processing versatility.
Multi-extrusion allows precise color boundaries and layered accents, making models both visually distinct and mechanically robust. ABS is prone to warping and needs a heated, enclosed print environment to produce multicolor parts reliably, but it rewards that extra care with tough, heat-resistant parts that can be sanded, glued, or acetone-vapor smoothed after printing.
This multicolor option is ideal for enclosures, mechanical housings, automotive interior components, and functional prototypes that need color-coded clarity alongside long-term durability.
Technical Details
- Accuracy
- ±0.3% (lower limit of ±0.2 mm)
- Density
- 1.04 g/cm³
- Min. wall thickness
- 1 mm
Technical Properties
- Tensile strength
- 32 - 45 MPa
- Tensile modulus
- 1618 - 2030 MPa
- Tensile elongation
- 4.8 - 20%
- Flexural strength
- 60 - 76 MPa
- Flexural modulus
- 1800 - 2070 MPa
- HDT (0.45 MPa)
- 81 - 95°C
- HDT (1.8 MPa)
- 80 - 95°C
- Default layer height
- 0.2 mm
- Default infill
- 20%
- Embossing
- min. 0.4 mm
- Engraving
- min. 0.4 mm
- Warping risk
- Moderate