I run a small 3D printer farm and I need lots of PLA filament for 3D printing. How to buy bulk PLA filament at a low price?
I would suggest you look at matterhackers.com. They sell PLA in 12 spool cases which is usually their best price per spool.
I have had some good results from https://fremover.net/.
I have had a few bad spools - not wound well, but over all it is good inexpensive PLA. I just checked and 20 1KG unboxed spools are under $200 shipped in the USA. I actually prefer the unboxed, that way I don’t have to deal with the boxes.
You can try smaller quantities to test it out.
I prefer PolyMaker, but they don’t seem to offer volume discounts.
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Ebay. Jayo always has a buy 10 pay for 6 or buy 4 pay for 3. I have been using it for close to a year and all the colors work very well. I used to resell for Popbit. Shipping cost more than the filament but it was $7.00 a spool. 12 spools to a case. I would get between 10 and 14 cases at a time.
By bulk - 1kg sizes, best is 5kg spools from sunlu.com “Not found much on pellets.” or pellet printers…
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It depends what you mean by ‘bulk’. For BIG quantities … (circa 30+ at a time) … then I would contact the manufacturers direct and haggle. There may also be better deals for regular product drops over time. So agree the price for qty of x over a year, in drops of x / 12 per month, which, assures the price, assures availability (ish), and spreads out the payments. Worth a try anyway. You could alos then bundle in all filament types and needs … with a flexibility option … such as different colours, ASA, PETG, PPS, PA etc. It would save on inventory space at your farm and maximise flexibility. It would be prudent to incorporate ‘get out’ clauses including non-avaibility from supplier, or long-lead time. Might also be worth having a ‘kanban’ stock. I.e. you hold local stock of 10, when you start the 6th … pull 5 more from the supplier … this will assure min stock holding and maximise availability … with option to go elsewhere if the supply chain is problematic.
I wonder whether it might be worth tying-up with another print-farm to join forces and further expand the ‘buying power’ of increased volume.