PA-CF
Onyx
- Nozzle
- 260–290 °C
- Bed
- 80–100 °C
- Chamber
- 50 °C
- Speed
- 40–80 mm/s
- Cooling
- 0–20 %
- Drying
- 70 °C / 8 h
- Batch
- issued per lot at dispatch
ZV-PA-CF-ONX · scan / learn / make
Engineered material systems / 2026
MAKE
REAL.
Filament, resin and engineering grades for 3D printing — with the print settings, the drying schedule and the batch published before you buy. Every spool ships with a Material Passport.
Zero → path → real. Printing in progress.
/ 128layersreference part z-01
- material
- PA-CF ONYX / 01
- layer
- 0,16 mm
- nozzle
- 285 °C
- chamber
- 50 °C
01 / Choose
Start with the job, not the polymer.
Nobody needs PETG. People need a bracket that survives being dropped. Tell us what the part has to do and the finder works backwards to the grades that can do it.
- I need form and fit todayPrototype fastDimensional accuracy and clean surfaces at speed. Parts live indoors and get replaced by the next revision.
- The part has a job to doTake load and heatJigs, brackets, tooling and end-use parts that carry force, run warm, or both.
- Sun, rain, a hot carLive outdoorsUV stability and heat resistance for parts that leave the workshop and stay outside.
- It has to giveBend and sealGaskets, grips, bumpers, hinges and anything that needs to return to shape.
- Every edge showsHold fine detailResin work where surface finish and sub-100-micron features decide whether the part is usable.
- Not sure yet
Send us the part and the load. We will tell you which grade — including when the answer is a cheaper one.
Ask the Lab
02 / Materials
Seven families. One set of rules.
Every grade publishes the same fields in the same order, so comparing two materials is reading two columns rather than two marketing pages.
Polylactic acid
PLA
Fast, accurate, easy. Loses stiffness above roughly 55 °C.
- SKUs
- 7
- Heat
- 53–60 °C
- Price
- On request
Glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate
PETG
Impact tolerant and water resistant. Stringy if you print it wet or fast.
- SKUs
- 5
- Heat
- 76–78 °C
- Price
- On request
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene / acrylonitrile styrene acrylate
ABS & ASA
Heat resistant and UV stable (ASA). Warps without an enclosure.
- SKUs
- 5
- Heat
- 100–106 °C
- Price
- On request
Thermoplastic polyurethane
TPU
Elastic and abrasion resistant. Slow, and unforgiving of long Bowden tubes.
- SKUs
- 3
- Heat
- —
- Price
- On request
Polyamide, carbon and glass reinforced
Nylon & composites
The best fatigue and wear performance available on an FDM printer. Needs a dryer.
- SKUs
- 3
- Heat
- 215 °C
- Price
- On request
Polycarbonate and PC blends
Polycarbonate
Highest strength and heat resistance here. Also the least forgiving.
- SKUs
- 3
- Heat
- 111–114 °C
- Price
- On request
Photopolymer for MSLA and DLP
Resin
Unmatched surface finish and detail. Wear gloves and wash properly.
- SKUs
- 4
- Heat
- —
- Price
- On request
03 / The passport
The material has to prove itself.
A Material Passport ships with every spool and appears on every product page: the settings we validated, the drying schedule, the batch. It is the difference between a claim and a record.
PA-CF
- On the spool
- Nozzle, bed, chamber, drying schedule and batch number — printed on the label, not buried in a PDF.
- Per family, not per colour
- Specifications are published for the polymer grade. A pigment change never quietly rewrites a data sheet.
- Before you buy
- The full passport is on the product page. You should not have to open a box to find out how to print what is in it.
- Written by the people who ran it
- Every range comes from a print trial in the Lab, with the failures noted next to the settings.
04 / Structure
One name across three ways of making.
ZORVA sells material. The Lab proves it. Studio and Makers build with it in public.
Material systems
ZORVA
Filament, resin and engineering grades, each shipping with the settings we validated and the batch it came from.
Experiment & proof
ZORVA LAB
Where settings are tested and written down. The Lab publishes what failed as readily as what worked, because a range you can trust is worth more than a number you cannot.
Community & projects
ZORVA STUDIO / MAKERS
Studio builds parts for clients on the same materials we sell. Makers is where the community's work gets credited and shared.
05 / Field notes
What we learned, written down.
Settings, comparisons and failures from the Lab and from Studio jobs. No launch announcements.
Buying10 min
Out of the grade you need? What swaps for what, and what it costs you
One material substitutes for another only if it clears four filters in order: service temperature, load type, environment, and finally whether your printer can run it. PETG substitutes for PLA in most cases; ASA substitutes for ABS almost completely; PA6-GF substitutes for PA-CF when you need more heat. The reverse direction of each pair usually does not hold.
- Substituting upward in performance is nearly always mechanically safe, and nearly always harder to print.
- Check in order: heat, load type, environment, printer capability. Skipping the first filter breaks parts.
- Changing material means changing the whole profile. Reusing the old one is the fastest way to blame the wrong thing.
ZORVA Studio
Materials9 min
Carbon or glass fibre? What the fibre does, and what it costs you
Fibre-filled 3D printing filament explained: what chopped fibre does inside the material, why stiffness rises while toughness falls, nozzle wear, and PLA-CF, PETG-CF, PA-CF and PA6-GF compared.
ZORVA Lab
Materials11 min
Filament types, read from composition up to properties
A guide to FDM filament and resin families: what the base polymer does, what the additives do, and why composition predicts heat resistance, toughness and print behaviour.
ZORVA Lab
06 / Manifesto
Nothing real begins as real. So test it, break it, refine it.