Our pricing.
Some information to help you understand if we are right for you.
About filament...
We categorise our filaments in to two; simple and advanced filaments. Simple filaments include PLA, ABS, and PETG whilst more advanced filaments include PC, PA6 or any fibre reinforced materials that require extra care or tooling.
The more exotic the material, the more expensive your parts will be.
How it works...
We band our print prices based on the amount of material used against the printer uptime. A print lasting 12 hours could contain one large part or multiple smaller parts, the choice is yours.
The bigger the model and/or the longer the print duration, the more expensive your parts will be.
Basic Material Prints
Advanced Material Prints
< 50g from £9.99
50 - 150g from £12.49
150 - 300g from £14.99
300 - 500g from £19.99
500 - 750g from £24.99
> 750g from £29.99
< 50g from £14.99
50 - 150g from £18.49
150 - 300g from £22.49
300 - 500g from £29.99
500 - 750g from £37.99
> 750g from £44.99
Want to know exactly what you'll pay? Get in touch for a free quotation.
These prices are based on 1 hour print duration and excluding VAT for Polyma Core customers. Prices will increase based on print duration.
Polyma Support customers receive discounts on these prices. See the store for more information.
What affects the pricing?
Here's a few pointers on what might affect the cost to you.
Model Volume
When we slice your 3D model, we review the amount of material required depending on your requirements and this includes any supports used. Models that take up more volume simply translate to more material, longer print durations and increased cost.
Excess 3D real estate is costly, remove unwanted surfaces or bodies before printing your model.
Orientation
We'll orientate the part to make it as efficient to print as possible based on your requirements. Printing in one orientation might be faster and cheaper, but the model might be weaker or have a poor surface finish.
Tell us if you think you need your print to be manufactured in a particular orientation.
Print Quality
Having a higher print quality would typically mean a longer print, slower print speeds and (sometimes) more material. All of these things will increase the cost of your print but on the upside, high print quality means you can expect a much better surface finish. Quality can be further fine tuned in parts of the model you don't see; tweaking print density and machine speed settings for the right outcome.
If it doesn't need to be pretty or strong, let us know.
Simplify, and add lightness.
So, with that in mind...
Hopefully this makes sense immediately, but some materials are cheap and others can be awfully expensive. There's no point printing something out of PLA that needs to withstand high temperatures, and the same goes for printing something out of PA6-CF that doesn't need the extra reinforcement.
If you have specific material requirements, tell us.