3D4M Engineering Performance

Facilan™ C8 Filament.

Developed to print parts you can hand to a customer without post-processing. On most machines the layers stop being visible, leaving an even matte surface with a soft-touch feel. read further

  • Great surface quality
  • Biodegradable
  • High impact strength
Facilan™ C8 Filament, Natural, 750 g, 1.75 mm
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€39.33/kg · excl. VAT
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About this material

Facilan C8: an end-use finish straight off the print bed.

Facilan C8 is a PLA-based filament and the first material in the Facilan family. It prints in the PLA window, at low temperature and without a chamber, but it is sold on how the part looks and feels when it comes off the bed rather than on engineering numbers.

On most printers it should print without visible layer lines, giving an even matte surface with a soft touch. That claim is backed by an optical profilometry study rather than by eye. It is aimed at end-use parts, at consumer-facing products that have to be sold without layer lines, and at high-end business prototypes.

Mechanically it sits above the commodity grades: higher tensile strength than ABS and higher impact strength than PLA. A print profile is available in the Ultimaker Cura Marketplace.

We produce the filament in Haarlem with a dry extrusion process and vacuum-seal it at the source, which keeps diameter and roundness constant across the spool.

Facilan™ C8 Filament

A detailed bust printed in Facilan C8, straight off a desktop machine.

Physical properties
PropertyConditionValueTest method
Density 1.4 g/cm3 ISO 1183-1
Mechanical properties
PropertyConditionValueTest method
Tensile Strength 1.5 mm sample 45 MPa ISO 527-1
Elongation at yield 1.5 mm sample 4 % ISO 527-1
Tensile Modulus 1.5 mm sample 3000 MPa ISO 527-1
Flexural Strength 65 MPa ISO 178
Flexural Modulus 3650 MPa ISO 178
Izod impact strength (notched) 7 kJ/m2 ISO 180-1
Shore D Hardness 72 ISO 868
Thermal properties
PropertyConditionValueTest method
Heat Deflection Temperature 0.45 MPa, 120 K/h 55 ºC ISO 75 B
Printer settings & data sheets

Prints in the PLA window, finishes like something else.

Facilan C8 runs at PLA temperatures on a barely warm bed, with no chamber. If you can print PLA, you can print this. Keep the nozzle below 230 °C, because the material starts to degrade above that. If the model has no overhangs, set the fan to 0 %: it improves layer bonding and with it the strength of the part. Keep the printer in a room with hardly any draft or temperature fluctuation, and out of direct sunlight.

Storage.

Keep the spool tightly closed in a dry, cool place below 40 °C, away from moisture and direct sunlight. When the printer is idle, put the filament back in its bag.

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Recommended print settings
ParameterValue
Nozzle temperature180 to 210 °C (200 °C recommended)
Heated bed temperature25 to 50 °C (50 °C recommended)
Print speed40 to 70 mm/s (50 mm/s recommended)
AdhesionMagigoo Original on glass or a PEI sheet
Fan speed80 % for overhangs and bridges
Empty spool weight
Filament weightSpoolEmpty weight
750 g RS 200 GH2L PS 213 g
2300 g RS 300/20 L PS 666 g
4500 g RS 350 5K ABS 790 g
Measurements & tolerance

Precision-engineered consistency.

Consistent prints start with a uniform filament shape. We continuously monitor diameter and roundness during production. When filament varies in size or loses its round profile, material flow becomes erratic. This causes under-extrusion and weak layer bonds.

Our manufacturing process keeps the cross-section stable across the full spool. Your printer receives a steady volume of material without pressure drops in the nozzle. You get predictable extrusion on every job, so with Facilan™ C8 you can focus on your design, not your material.

1.75 mm filament
±0.05mm
Diameter tolerance, edge to edge across the spool.
2.85 mm filament
±0.10mm
Diameter tolerance, edge to edge across the spool.
Both diameters
≥95%
Cross-section roundness across the spool.
The production process

Sealed at the source. Never touched by water.*

Unlike manufacturers who cool filament in a water bath, our filament never touches water during production. Moisture inside the material creates bubbles and weakens layer bonding during printing. Water-free production keeps extrusion consistent and bubble-free.

Sealed and ready to print.
We produce on demand. Every spool is vacuum-sealed immediately after extrusion, so it reaches you dry. This process keeps every spool of Facilan™ C8 ready to print out of the box.

* At times of high demand, and for some variants, production may run on a conventional water-cooled line. Contact us before ordering if you require material produced with our water-free process.

Vacuum-sealed filament spool, straight off the extrusion line

Vacuum-sealed on the production line, before it ever leaves the machine.

Traceability & quality assurance

Precision you can track. From pellet to part.

We produce every spool on demand in our own facility. This gives us direct oversight that mass-produced stock lacks. Your spool comes from a fresh, identifiable batch rather than long-term warehouse inventory. We document the production trail for every run.

Documented, not just shipped.
We keep the production logs for every batch we make. On request, we link a Certificate of Analysis and Technical Data Sheet to your specific batch. You get clear data for your spool of Facilan™ C8.

About 3D4M

Dutch engineering for parts that define the future.

At 3D4M, we develop and manufacture high-performance thermoplastic filaments for demanding applications across aerospace, defence, semiconductor, automotive, medical research, and industrial manufacturing. We work with engineers, researchers, and manufacturers who need materials that go beyond standard specifications.

Our engineering starts with the machines themselves. We design and build our own extrusion lines around our patented extrusion process, combining material expertise with technology developed in-house. For moisture-sensitive polymers, our air-cooling technology offers a water-free cooling option, allowing us to tailor the production process to the material.

Our production facility is built on a single, uncompromising principle: control. From our extrusion technology to precise diameter monitoring and vacuum-sealed packaging, we control every stage to deliver consistent filament with batch traceability.

Trusted by global leaders
Supporting over 100 universities alongside global industry leaders, we have become a trusted partner to advanced research labs and manufacturers worldwide. We bring together material expertise and Dutch engineering to help turn ambitious ideas into reliable, high-performance parts.

3D4M headquarters in Haarlem, the Netherlands

3D4M headquarters, Haarlem, the Netherlands.

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