PC-CF
Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polycarbonate
10 products from 8 makers. Bambu Lab lists PC-CF as a material type for the H2C; the listing covers the type, not each brand.
- Tensile modulus (XY)
- 4.65GPa
- 4 products · middle half 2.98–6.39
- Tensile strength (XY)
- 70MPa
- 5 products · middle half 64–72
- Not published:
- tensile strength (Z).
- Notched Charpy impact
- 12kJ/m²
- one product
- HDT at 0.45 MPa
- 128°C
- 4 products · middle half 120–136
- Price
- 152CAD/kg
- one product
PC-CF is carbon-fibre-filled polycarbonate. Makers sell it for rigid functional parts and structural components needing heat resistance and dimensional stability. It is amorphous as printed, so it softens at its glass transition: its HDT at 0.45 MPa is 119–140 °C. On the H2C it prints at 275–290 °C, most products need a hardened nozzle, and some ask for bed or chamber heat beyond the H2C's limits.
Partly documented Notched Charpy impact and price rest on 1 product each, tensile modulus (XY) and HDT at 0.45 MPa on 4 products each and tensile strength (Z) is not published. Each figure is the median of the products that publish it comparably, and beside it the middle half of them; a value on a test bar no document describes as printed, or with no stated test load, is set apart, except a heat deflection of a plastic that cannot crystallise, which its glass transition sets, unless its document points to a moulded or resin bar.
On the H2C
Printing in full- Nozzle
- 275–290 °C
- most products that give one
- Bed
- 100–120 °C
- most products that give one
- Heated chamber
- 25–60 °C
- one product; one gives at least 100 °C
- Drying
- 75–120 °C, 2–6 h
- 6 of 10 products call for it; 3 more give it as optional
- Nozzle type
- hardened
- 7 of 10 products' sheets ask for one; the rest are silent
Beyond the H2C's limits (nozzle 350 °C, bed 120 °C, heated chamber 65 °C): chamber for 1 product.
Among the materials
Carbon fibre raises PC's HDT at 0.45 MPa by 5 °C: PC-CF's HDT at 0.45 MPa is 128 °C against 123 °C. Carbon fibre raises PC-ABS's HDT at 0.45 MPa by 16 °C: PC-CF's HDT at 0.45 MPa is 128 °C against 112 °C. Among the materials, PC-CF has a high tensile modulus (XY), tensile strength (XY) and price, and a low elongation at break (XY): each is in the top or bottom quarter of the materials that publish it. The rest of its key properties sit in the middle half.
PC-CF costs more than PC, PC-ABS and PET-CF and others but is less tough in notched Charpy than PC-ABS, PA12-CF and PA6-CF
How does it compare with what an engineer would buy instead?
- PC-CF: its products' median and middle half
- an alternative
- lowest to highest
- each material's median (top row)
Each row is a material, each column a property: the bar is the middle half of a material's products, the tick their median, the hairline their lowest to highest; the ticks above the rows are every material's median.
The figure as a table
| Material | Modulus (XY) (GPa) | Strength (XY) (MPa) | Strength (Z) (MPa) | Notched Charpy (kJ/m²) | HDT 0.45 MPa (°C) | Price (CAD/kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC-CF (this material) | 4.65 (2.98–6.39) · 4 | 70 (64–72) · 5 | — | 12 · 1 | 128 (120–136) · 4 | 152 · 1 |
| PC | 2.15 (2.02–2.41) · 12 | 60 (54.2–65.3) · 15 | 46 (35.9–52.3) · 6 | 9.75 (6.65–14.3) · 4 | 123 (113–139) · 15 | 51 (45–67) · 5 |
| PC-ABS | 1.84 (1.58–1.94) · 4 | 41.8 (39.9–43.5) · 6 | 26.4 · 2 | 40 · 3 | 112 (111–120) · 7 | 64 · 3 |
| PA12-CF | 3.31 (1.97–8) · 5 | 65 (48.5–79.5) · 8 | 33.1 · 2 | 16.3 (13.7–17.8) · 4 | 131 (111–160) · 7 | 300 · 1 |
| PET-CF | 5.11 (4.45–6.36) · 4 | 70 (60.7–74.3) · 4 | 31.4 · 2 | 5.4 · 3 | 124 (90–149) · 6 | 113 · 3 |
| PA6-CF | 4.37 (4.09–4.61) · 6 | 70 (62.3–104) · 8 | 48 · 3 | 13.4 · 3 | 193 (185–202) · 6 | 130 (113–160) · 4 |
PC-CF publishes no tensile strength (Z).
Where PC-CF sits among the 128 rigid materials on file
Where is it in the landscape: stiffness against strength, heat resistance against price?
- PC-CF: median, middle half as a cross
- a PC-CF product
- an alternative
- another material
- beyond the scale
Tensile strength (XY) against tensile modulus (XY)
MPa, log scale
Tensile modulus (XY), GPa, log scale
HDT at 0.45 MPa against price
°C
Price, CAD/kg, log scale
Grey points are every other rigid material's medians; the alternatives are named.
The figure as a table
| Material | Tensile modulus (XY) | Tensile strength (XY) | Price | HDT at 0.45 MPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC-CF (this material) | 4.65 GPa · 4 | 70 MPa · 5 | 152 CAD/kg · 1 | 128 °C · 4 |
| PC | 2.15 GPa · 12 | 60 MPa · 15 | 51 CAD/kg · 5 | 123 °C · 15 |
| PC-ABS | 1.84 GPa · 4 | 41.8 MPa · 6 | 64 CAD/kg · 3 | 112 °C · 7 |
| PA12-CF | 3.31 GPa · 5 | 65 MPa · 8 | 300 CAD/kg · 1 | 131 °C · 7 |
| PET-CF | 5.11 GPa · 4 | 70 MPa · 4 | 113 CAD/kg · 3 | 124 °C · 6 |
| PA6-CF | 4.37 GPa · 6 | 70 MPa · 8 | 130 CAD/kg · 4 | 193 °C · 6 |
Mechanical properties
Printed flat (XY), PC-CF typically reaches a tensile strength of 70 MPa at a modulus of 4.65 GPa, and breaks at 2.1 % elongation. In bending, its flexural strength is typically 89 MPa at a flexural modulus of 3.7 GPa.
PC-CF's products spread most in tensile modulus: the middle half runs 2.98–6.39 GPa
How strong, stiff and tough are its products, and which stand out?
- a product
- set apart: test bar not described as printed, or no stated load
- middle half and median
One mark per product on each property's scale (zoomed where its products sit close together, as its label says); the band is the middle half of the products the median counts, and the line the median.
Hover or select a product to find it in every figure; its name opens its card on the Products page.
The figure as a table
| Property | In the median | Median | Middle half | Lowest in the median | Highest in the median | As published | Added filler or additive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tensile strength (XY) (MPa) | 5 | 70 | 64–72 | Flashforge PCCF10, 35 | 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, 73 | 4 | 0 |
| Tensile modulus (XY) (GPa) | 4 | 4.65 | 2.98–6.39 | Prusa Research Prusament PC Blend Carbon Fiber by Prusa Polymers, 2.6 | 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, 6.98 | 1 | 0 |
Every PC-CF product that publishes these values is drawn; each value, with its document and conditions, is on the Products page.
| Product | Elongation at break (XY) | Notched Charpy impact | Notched Izod impact | Shore D hardness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3DXTECH CarbonX CF PC | 2 % | not published | not published | not published |
| iSANMATE PC CF | 15 %not described as printed | not published | not published | not published |
| 3DXTECH Carbon Fiber | 2.1 % | not published | not published | not published |
| Flashforge PCCF10 | 7.5 % | not published | not published | not published |
| Prusa Research Space Grade | not published | not published | not published | 83 Shore D |
| SIDDAMENT PC Carbon | 3.5 %not described as printed | not published | 38 kJ/m²not described as printed | not published |
| Nobufil PCx CF | 9 %orientation not stated | not published | 5 kJ/m²orientation not stated | not published |
| Prusa Research Blend Carbon | not published | 12 kJ/m² | not published | 83 Shore D |
Not published for PC-CF: strength across the layers.
Thermal properties
PC-CF is amorphous as printed, so it softens at its glass transition, typically 127 °C: its HDT is 128 °C under 0.45 MPa and 129 °C under 1.8 MPa. As published, Vicat softening is typically 130 °C.
Most PC-CF products deflect at 120–136 °C under 0.45 MPa
Where do its products soften under load?
- a product
- set apart: test bar not described as printed, or no stated load
- middle half and median
- beyond the scale
The figure as a table
| Property | In the median | Median | Middle half | Lowest in the median | Highest in the median | As published | Added filler or additive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDT at 0.45 MPa (°C) | 4 | 128 | 120–136 | 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, 119 | Spectrum pc cf, 140 | 3 | 0 |
Every PC-CF product that publishes these values is drawn; each value, with its document and conditions, is on the Products page.
| Product | HDT at 1.8 MPa | Glass transition (Tg) |
|---|---|---|
| 3DXTECH CarbonX CF PC | not published | 143 °C |
| Spectrum pc cf | 129 °Cglassy: counts | not published |
| 3DXTECH Carbon Fiber | not published | 127 °C |
| Prusa Research Space Grade | 129 °Cnot described as printed | not published |
| Nanovia PC CF | not published | 120 °C |
| Prusa Research Blend Carbon | 106 °Cnot described as printed | not published |
Printing on the H2C
PC-CF softens near 128 °C, above the H2C's 65 °C chamber; 1 product asks for more than the H2C gives
What does printing it on the H2C take, and how hot can a part get?
- share of the products that accept each temperature
- what most products accept
- one end given ("at least")
- the H2C's limit, and beyond it
- a product
- PC-CF: its products' median and middle half
- as published, under each sheet's own test
Printing it on the H2C
In service
°C
One temperature axis for the settings a print needs and the temperatures a part meets. A setting's shade is how many of the products whose sheets give a window accept each degree; the H2C's limit closes its row.
The figure as a table
| Setting or property | Most products, or the median | Products | H2C limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nozzle | 275–290 °C | 10 | 350 °C |
| Bed | 100–120 °C | 9 | 120 °C |
| Heated chamber | 25–60 °C | 1 | 65 °C |
| Drying | 75–120 °C, 2–6 h | 9 | — |
| Glass transition (Tg) | 127 °C | 3 | — |
| HDT at 0.45 MPa | 128 °C (120–136 °C) | 4 | — |
| HDT at 1.8 MPa | 129 °C | 1 | — |
| Vicat softening temperature | 110–150 °C | 2 | — |
Windows read from the Bambu Lab Filament Guide are not shaded: the guide speaks for every product that reads it.
| Setting | Most PC-CF products |
|---|---|
| Nozzle | 275–290 °C most products that give one |
| Bed | 100–120 °C most products that give one |
| Heated chamber | 25–60 °C one product; one gives at least 100 °C |
| Drying | 75–120 °C, 2–6 h 6 of 10 products call for it; 3 more give it as optional |
| Nozzle type | hardened 7 of 10 products' sheets ask for one; the rest are silent |
Where a product's own sheet is silent, its setting comes from a sheet it shares or from the Bambu Lab Filament Guide; each product's card says which.
Hardened nozzle. Seven products need one: 3DXTECH CarbonX CF PC, Spectrum pc cf, 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, Flashforge PCCF10, Prusa Research Prusament PC Space Grade Black by Prusa Polymers, Nanovia PC CF and Nobufil PCx CF.
What makers say about printing it
Nozzle wear
Nozzle & Gear Material Hardened steel
Flashforge PCCF10, data sheet, p. 2
Moisture sensitivity
As the PCCF10 filament absorbs moisture easily due to the added carbon fiber, it should be dried before being used.
Flashforge PCCF10, data sheet, p. 3
More from makers: printing advice, warping and shrinkage, adhesion between layers, supports and removal and odour and emissions
Printing advice
Depends on the geometry of the printed object, to improve bridges set 20 % in PrusaSlicer.
Prusa Research Prusament PC Blend Carbon Fiber by Prusa Polymers, data sheet, p. 1
Warping and shrinkage
The carbon fibre reduces the polycarbonate’s tendency to warp during printing, whilst increasing its mechanical properties.
Nanovia PC CF, data sheet, p. 1
Adhesion between layers
Note, cooling decreases significantly interlayer adhesion with just small or no effect on printing quality.
Prusa Research Prusament PC Blend Carbon Fiber by Prusa Polymers, data sheet, p. 1
Supports and removal
Supporting Material: Self-supporting, PVA
SIDDAMENT PC Carbon Fiber, data sheet, p. 2
Odour and emissions
Very low odor emitted while printing
3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, maker's product page or guide, p. 1
Products
10 products from 8 makers; the most from 3DXTECH (2) and Prusa Research (2).
- Most documented: 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, and 1 other that publishes as much.
- Highest tensile strength (XY): 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, 73 MPa.
- Highest HDT at 0.45 MPa: Spectrum pc cf, 140 °C.
These are published values, not recommendations: the selector judges each product against your requirements.
Uses, limitations and chemicals
What it is sold for
this polycarbonate reinforced filament is ideal of rigid functional objects.
Nanovia PC CF, data sheet, p. 1It is also highly resistant to heat, making it ideal for applications that require high temperature resistance.
iSANMATE PC CF, maker's product page or guide, p. 1This material is ideal for anyone that desires a structural component with high heat, high stiffness, excellent surface quality, and dimensional stability.
3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate, maker's product page or guide, p. 1
Finish and accuracy
The filament diameter is 1.75mm, keep the stable tolerance in +/-0.02mm, Strong toughness, no clogging, and ensure the great 3D printing effect.
iSANMATE PC CF, maker's product page or guide, p. 1
Chemicals and environment
| Exposure | What makers say |
|---|---|
| UV and outdoor | Described in words, with no rating, in both statements |
Makers rarely give the concentration, temperature or duration: treat them as indications, not design data. Each product's statements are on its card.
Where no maker of these products speaks to an exposure, reference data for plain PC resin is shown. Fillers, pigments and printing change it, so it does not stand for these products.
| PC resin | Verdict | Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Acid resistance | resistant | Sulfuric acid, 10% in water (resistant), Hydrochloric acid, 10% in water (resistant), Nitric acid, 10% in water (resistant) and Acetic acid, 10% in water (resistant) |
| Alkali resistance | not resistant | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), 1% in water (not resistant), Potassium hydroxide, 1% in water (not resistant), Ammonia, 0.1% in water (not resistant) and Sodium carbonate (soda), 10% in water (limited) |
| Organic solvent resistance | limited | Acetone (not resistant), Ethanol (pure) (resistant), Methanol (not resistant) and Xylene (aromatic hydrocarbon; benzene rated the same, toluene not listed) (not resistant) |
| Oil and grease resistance | limited | Industrial oils, greases and waxes (resistant), Paraffin, paraffin oil, pure/free from aromatic hydrocarbons (resistant), Benzine (free from aromatic hydrocarbons) (resistant) and Carburetor (gasoline) and diesel fuels (not resistant) |
| Hydrolytic stability | limited | Water at high temperature (limited) |
Density and price
PC-CF's density is typically 1,230 kg/m³, the middle half 1,210–1,260 kg/m³, across 10 products. One product has a sampled price: 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate at 152 CAD/kg.
| Product | Price |
|---|---|
| 3DXTECH CarbonX Carbon | 152 CAD/kg |
Regular prices, never sale prices, from 9 Canadian shops and 10 foreign shops, sampled 10 Sep–20 Oct 2026, not live; shipping and tax are not included.
Other properties, as published
8 more properties are published, each under its own sheet's test conditions, so they are listed, not ranked.
The 8 properties, lowest to highest
| Property | Products | Lowest–highest |
|---|---|---|
| Fibre content | 5 | 10–20 % |
| Water absorption | 5 | 0.09–1 % |
| Melt mass-flow rate | 3 | 3–13 g/10 min |
| Elongation at yield | 2 | 3–4.6 % |
| Interlayer adhesion strength | 2 | 18–23 MPa |
| Continuous service temperature | 1 | 110 °C |
| Melt volume-flow rate | 1 | 10–12 cm³/10 min |
| Melting temperature | 1 | 240–260 °C |
Sources
22 documents from 9 publishers (12 data sheets, 7 makers' product pages and guides, 2 safety data sheets and 1 printer document), read 10 Sep–19 Oct 2026. Each value on PC-CF's Products page names its document and page, and links to the original.
Bambu Lab, H2C Filamant Printing Guide (the H2C's printer guide): print settings for 10 products.
Every document (22), by publisher
| Publisher | Documents | Values | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DXTECH | 8 | 18 | 2 |
| Prusa Research | 4 | 45 | 2 |
| Spectrum | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| iSANMATE | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Flashforge | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Nobufil | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| SIDDAMENT | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Nanovia | 1 | 5 | 1 |
- 3DXTECH, CarbonX Carbon Fiber ezPC safety data sheet
- 3DXTECH, CarbonX CF PC
- 3DXTECH, CarbonX CF PC safety data sheet
- 3DXTECH, CARBONX™ ezPC™+CF
- 3DXTECH, CARBONX™ PC+CF
- 3DXTECH, CARBONX™ PC+CF
- 3DXTECH, CARBONX™ PC+CF
- 3DXTECH, Technical Data Sheet: CarbonX™ Carbon Fiber ezPC Polycarbonate 3D Printing Filament
- Bambu Lab, H2C Filamant Printing Guide | Bambu Lab Wiki
- Flashforge, Technical Data Sheet PCCF10 Filament
- iSANMATE, iSANMATE High Quality PC Carbon Fiber Filament For 3D Printer
- iSANMATE, PC CF Filament Technical Data Sheet
- Nanovia, Nanovia PC CF : Carbon fiber reinforced : Nanovia
- Nobufil, Technical Datasheet PCx CF
- Prusa Research, Drying filament | Prusa Knowledge Base
- Prusa Research, Technical datasheet Prusament PC Blend Carbon Fiber by Prusa Polymers
- Prusa Research, Technical datasheet Prusament PC Space Grade Black by Prusa Polymers
- Prusa Research, Technical datasheet Prusament PC Space Grade Black by Prusa Polymers
- SIDDAMENT, PC Carbon Fiber - Technical Datasheet
- Spectrum, pc cf
- Spectrum, Spectrum Filaments Product Portfolio 2025 — Prografen pp28–29
- Spectrum, TECHNICAL DATA SHEET PC CF