Aluminum 6061 Filamet™

Create real metal parts using any open-architecture FFF/FDM 3D printer—or even a 3D printing pen.

Available Formats:
Spools: 1.75mm and 2.85mm diameters in 0.25kg and 0.5kg weights
Pellets: 1kg jars

Filament Density:
1.20g/cc – 1.50g/cc

Metal Content:
60.0% – 69.0% 6061 aluminum

High Compatibility:
Works with virtually any open-architecture 3D printer—no proprietary hardware or specialized equipment required. Also compatible with 3D printing pens.

Is Aluminum 6061 Right for Your Project?

Aluminum 6061 is a specialized material designed for lightweight aerospace and automotive prototyping. Due to its high reactivity, it requires an Expert-Level sintering environment (typically a vacuum furnace or high-purity inert gas).

If you are looking for a "Plug-and-Play" metal printing experience using a standard kiln, we recommend our High-Success Materials:

Why Consider Copper or Bronze?

While Aluminum is attractive for its weight, our Copper and Bronze filaments offer a much higher success rate for users using standard equipment:

• Bronze Filamet™: Our most popular entry-level metal. It is extremely forgiving in the kiln and polishes to a beautiful, mirror-like gold finish.

• Copper Filamet™: Ideal for functional parts requiring thermal or electrical conductivity. It is significantly easier to sinter than Aluminum.

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Easy Printing Experience:

• Print with a 0.6mm hardened steel, standard flow nozzle

• Prints similar to PLA

• Minimal to no warping

• Ensure the filament feeds straight into the extruder

• Less hygroscopic than PLA

• Do not dry this filament—drying will degrade the binder

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Fully Sinterable:
After printing, your part can be fired in a furnace to become 100% metal.

👉 We are unable to offer any debinding and sintering support for this filament.

👉 Sintering development is being conducted by one of our users. Current information and updates can be found here, as well as in our Discord server here.

Applications:

• Prototyping

• Functional metal parts

• Lightweighting

• Research

• One-off and short-run manufacturing

• Reducing or eliminating tooling and machining costs

Additional Links:

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Explore More Metal Filaments:

• High Carbon Iron Filamet™

• 316L Stainless Steel Filamet™

• Bronze Filamet™

All print just like PLA on most open-architecture 3D printers.

Large orders may be subject to longer lead times. Contact us for more accurate lead times.