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ASA

Outdoor and automotive

Weather-resistant engineering plastic for parts that live outside.

Best for

Outdoor parts

Automotive trim

Sun-exposed enclosures

Plain-language guide

Performance profile

A quick comparison guide for choosing this material. These are customer-facing ratings, not measured engineering values.

StrengthHigh

ToughnessHigh

FlexibilityLow

Heat resistanceHigh

UV/weather resistanceExcellent

Impact resistanceHigh

Surface finishSatin / technical

Cost€€€€€

When to choose it

Best uses

Weather-resistant engineering plastic for parts that live outside.

Outdoor parts

Automotive trim

Sun-exposed enclosures

Typical applications

Sensor housingsVehicle clipsExterior coversGarden hardware

Important limitation

Requires controlled printing and costs more than general-purpose plastics.

For engineers and careful comparisonAdvanced specificationsExact manufacturer data is shown only when the configured variant has a verified official source. Missing values stay marked as Not published.

Exact material / variant

ASA

Shore hardness

81.5 (scale not stated)

Tensile strength

39±4 MPa

Young's modulus

Not published

Elongation at break

11±3%

Flexural strength

68±5 MPa

Flexural modulus

Not published

Notched impact strength

7±3 kJ/m²

Heat deflection temperature

101±2 °C

Vicat softening temperature

105 °C

Density

1.04 g/cm³

Shrinkage

0.4–0.9%

Glass transition temperature

Not published

Melting temperature

Not published

Melt flow rate

30.5±3 g/10 min

Recommended nozzle temperature

250–280 °C

Recommended bed temperature

80–100 °C

Drying temperature

Not published

Shore A and Shore D are different scales. Helpzies shows the source notation as published and never converts it.

Official SUNLU source

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