Our Nylon Materials
We provide nylon or polyamide (PA) materials to cater for various applications. Use nylon materials for prototyping and small batch production of functional
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PA12 White
350*350*400mm
48 or 72 Hours
+ 300μm or
0.3%mm
White
145℃C
Elongation at Break:
36%
PA12 Black
350*350*400mm
48 or 72 Hours
±± 300um or
0.3%mm
Gray-Black
145℃C
Finish: Granular,
Greyish Black
Elongation at Break.
36%: Note: Relatively
brittle and easy to
deform:Low
dimensional accuracy
Not recommended for
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PA12 Glass-filled
330*330*380mm
48 or 72 Hours
+300μm or
0.3%mm
Light-Grey
160°C
Finish: Granular
Elongation at Break.
5%: Note: Strong
hardness; May have
relatively larger
tolerance
HP PA12 Black
370*270*380mm
48 or 72 Hours
± 300um or
0.3%mm
Black
175°C
Finish: Less Granular
Elonaation at Break:
20%: Note: Good
mechanical properties
Tough Resin Green
780*780*540mm
48 or 72 Hours
+200μm or
0.2%mm
Light Green
56.4℃C
Finish: Smooth,
Elongation at Break
6.8%, Suitable for
Snapping and
Tapping; Note.
Strong hardness;
Will not deform
easily
Material Performance
Material Performance
- Excellent Mechanical Properties
- High Chemical Resistance
- No Support Structures Needed
- High Strength
- High Toughness
- High Dimensional Accuracy
Advantages
- No support structures required.
- Feature good abrasion resistance and high impact resistance.
- Nylon parts have excellent toughness and good ductility.
- Chemical resistance and heat resistance.
- Cost-effective. Produce functional part prototypes to small volumes production.
Applications
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> Functional prototypes
> Industrial Models
> Tooling
> End-use Parts
> Gears, Jigs and Fixtures, Bearings, Snap Fits, Housing, etc.
How to 3D Print Nylon?
Utilize SLS to print nylon powder:
Step 1. The powder bin and build chamber are pre-heated to a temperature that a little bit below the melting point of the printing materials. This step will make it easier for the laser to raise the temperature of selective regions as it will shapes and traces those regions until the solid object is built.
Step 2. The recoating blade will disperse a thin layer of powder on the top of the build platform.
Step 3. The laser scans the contour of next layer, heating and sintering the materials selectively to a temperature that just below or right at the melting point of the materials, which fuses the materials in old layer and new layer together mechanically.
Step 4. The un-sintered powder supports the parts during the printing process, which means SLS doesn’t need dedicated support structures to create complex parts.
Step 5. When a layer is scanned, the build platform lowers to a pre-set thickness and the recoating blade spreads a new layer of powder. The process keeps repeating until the solid part is built.
Step 6. Cooling. After printing, the build chamber needs to cool down before the printed parts can be unpacked. This makes sure that mechanical properties of parts are optimized and avoid warping. But it takes times, sometimes may up to 12 hours.
Step 7. Post-processing. Then the parts are ready to unpack from the build chamber. The next step is to clean the excess powder on the parts, while the powders can be recycled and reused in the next printing. The parts afterwards can be further post-processed by blasting, grinding, and painting, etc.