Introduction
Proto-pasta is powered by ProtoPlant's self-made industrial extrusion technology. It's what makes making Proto-pasta pastable (that's fun to say)!
Creating our own extruders is awesome for a couple reasons: First, bragging rights. Seriously, what other filament manufacturer can claim they make their own industrial-grade extruders? Moreover, this gives us more control over what we can both process and the quality of the end result. It's a huge freedom and scalable foundation (investors?).
The Proto-pasta brand was born from a unique intersection of passion for making, access to technology, and growing online communities. With a mission to make 3D Printing more interesting and useful, through improved access to unique materials, we continue to innovate and extend our reach through partnering with new communities such as 3D Hubs.
Born on Kickstarter, we owe our success to the many communities of makers and 3D Printing enthusiast from around the world who believe in what we we are doing. Little known fact, all of our test prints for our first crowdfunding were made on a 1970s end mill retrofitted with numerical control and an E3D hot end. We mixed materials on a hot plate and did small test extrusions using our lathe. Yup, we've added some printers and purpose-built machinery since then, but doesn't get much more maker than that!!!
To our first customers and those who continue to support us, thank you!
New
Composite
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Brass Metal Composite HTPLA
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Bronze Metal Composite HTPLA
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Carbon Fiber
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Conductive
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Copper Metal Composite HTPLA
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High Performance HTPLA - Aromatic Coffee
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High Performance HTPLA - Carbon Fiber
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Magnetic Iron
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Matte Fiber HTPLA Black
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Matte Fiber HTPLA Blue
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Matte Fiber HTPLA Green
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Matte Fiber HTPLA Grey
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Matte Fiber HTPLA Orange
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Matte Fiber HTPLA Red
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Matte Fiber HTPLA White
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Matte Fiber HTPLA Yellow
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Stainless Steel
PLA
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Everyday PLA
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High Performance HTPLA Iridescent Ice
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High Performance HTPLA Silver Smoke
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Premium HTPLA v3 Natural
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Wonder Blue Glitter Flake HTPLA
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Candy Apple Metallic Red HTPLA
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Cloverleaf Metallic Green HTPLA
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Cupids Crush Metallic Pink HTPLA
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Galactic Empire Metallic Purple HTPLA
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Highfive Metallic Blue HTPLA
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Opaque HTPLA v3 - Black
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Opaque HTPLA v3 - Blue
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Opaque HTPLA v3 - Natural
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Opaque HTPLA v3 - Red
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Opaque HTPLA v3 - White
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Stardust Glitter Flake HTPLA
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Winter Blue Glitter Flake HTPLA