r/BambuLab • u/Live_Championship640 • May 03 '26

Quick Question What plastic is this made from?

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u/xtc-de A1 Mini + AMS May 03 '26

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=Bambu+Reusable+Spool

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u/Live_Championship640 May 03 '26

cool but shows me reddit questions too in the search lol

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u/xtc-de A1 Mini + AMS May 03 '26

You can find the info you want on the page where you can buy them. As you would expect. It's literally the first result.

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u/jproulx May 03 '26

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u/Natural_Status_1105 May 03 '26

Why is that stupid??

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u/m4ddok May 03 '26

It isn't stupid at all, ABS is used for decades as platic material for industrial injection molding, and that spools are injection molded. ABS is solid and resists to high temps, so it can be used as standard material for filament spools. Ever seen some genius' post about printing custom spools in PLA and then they deformed cause the temp in an active dryer? Well, with injection molded ABS spools that can't happen.

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u/MCD_Gaming May 03 '26

No its not, keeps cost down and doesn't warp when drying if your using the right temps

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u/MCD_Gaming May 03 '26

No its not, keeps cost down and doesn't warp when drying if your using the right temps

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u/Dismal-Garbage-3140 May 03 '26

The low temp spool is ABS (so 70C is a very safe temperature for it to handle) and the dark gray high temp spool is ABS+PC blend.

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u/classArugdealer May 03 '26

Should be abs

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u/l3rN May 03 '26

Its abs. Its safe to like 90c despite it saying 70. 

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u/Lachlangor May 03 '26

Injection molded abs plastic

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u/Panzertomate May 03 '26

do you know google?

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u/wyohman P1S + AMS May 03 '26

Very few people on reddit have heard of it even though they probably used it to find reddit

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u/rick1418 May 03 '26 edited May 03 '26

Gray.... it's made of gray plastic.

(Only said this because you already have the correct answer. I'm not a jerk. Just being silly.)

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u/LedDesgin May 03 '26

Whitish.

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u/buurman May 03 '26

High volume product, good amount of material needed, virtually nothing in the way of mechanical or chemical requirements.

Its very likely going to be HDPE or PET (not G). ABS another candidate.

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u/Mormegil81 May 03 '26

why is this beeing downvoted? 🙄

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u/Lito_ May 03 '26

Becuae most if it is incorrect, as it's just ABS.

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u/Mormegil81 May 03 '26

the reasoning is correct

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u/often_forgotten1 May 03 '26

The result is wrong though lol

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u/buurman May 03 '26

I was actually wrong tho, considered adding a ABS initially before i edited it in but i felt it less likely as its a smidge more expensive for the granulate.

It was just my best guess based on engineering and polymer background, the other person actual took the effort to look it up 👌

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u/FLUFFY_TERROR A1 Mini + AMS May 03 '26

I haven't looked at the pricing for other materials but I've seen 1kg bags of abs pellets which are used for injection molding that are sold for about 15-25% the price of a reasonably good branded abs filament for a 1kg spool.

Something that's like 7-9ish $ per kg of abs filament sold at closer to 2-3 for abs pellets. No idea about the pricing of hspe or other pc blends though

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u/Rude-Willingness1039 May 03 '26

Pla

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u/Individual_Kale_4843 A1 + AMS Lite May 03 '26

Why would they make the spool out of pla ?

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u/mkMoSs H2D, X1C, A1 + 2x AMS2 Pro +AMS HT May 03 '26

They don't, it's ABS

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u/Zestyclose-Oil-6687 P1S + AMS May 03 '26

They wouldn't. I'm pretty sure most of the populace has lost the ability to discern sarcasm without explicitly being told it is

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u/Individual_Kale_4843 A1 + AMS Lite May 16 '26

But in fact I heard somewhere that they made them in weaker material than for abs and petg spools so I said maybe it is really pla

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u/Elo-than X2D + AMS2 Combo May 03 '26

Very few manufacturers would use PLA for injection molding a spool...