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PA11 nylon
Strong yet flexible, with high impact resistance and elongation at break. Snap fits, insoles, sports goods and living hinges.
- Tensile strength
- 50 MPa
- Elongation at break
- 50%
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Material · HP Multi Jet Fusion
PA12 nylon
Strong, durable production parts with an excellent surface finish and detail. Thousands of parts in one twelve hour build, which makes it the material for volume runs of end-use parts.
48 MPa
tensile strength
175 °C
heat deflection at 0.45 MPa
From 2 days
printed and dispatched
Like SLS, but the same strength in every direction
PA12 parts will feel familiar to anyone who has used SLS nylon, with the added benefit of isotropic properties in X, Y and Z. The Jet Fusion process gives them excellent temperature and chemical resistance.
The build is self-supporting, so there are no support structures to remove. Detailed parts with complex internal geometry print with ease.
At a glance
- Build volume
- 380 × 380 × 284 mm
- Min feature size
- 0.5 mm
- Build layer
- 80 microns
- Min wall
- 0.5 mm
- Lead time
- From 2 days
Why PA12
- 01
Large production runs
Many thousands of parts in a single build.
- 02
Watertight
Dense, sealed parts straight from the 3D printer.
- 03
Temperature resistant
Excellent temperature and chemical resistance.
- 04
Kind on skin
Comfortable for parts that are worn or handled.
- 05
Low cost
A low raw-material cost keeps the price per part down.
- 06
Strong and durable
Robust, accurate parts suited to end use.
Material properties
From HP’s datasheet for HP 3D High Reusability PA12.
- Tensile strength
- 48 MPa
- Elongation at break
- 20%
- Flexural modulus
- 1,730 MPa
- Flexural strength
- 65 MPa
- Heat deflection
- 175 °C at 0.45 MPa
PA12 at work
The other nylon
PA11 flexes further before it breaks. Both print on the same machines.
Jobs we have printed
Triathlon bike storage box
An end-to-end job using 3D scanning and printing to make a storage box for a triathlon racing bike.
- Material
- PA12 nylon
- Finish
- Black dye
- Quantity
- 100
- Delivery
- 3–5 days
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Archery grips for Great Britain
Digitising a custom archery grip and printing it in PA12 nylon.
- Material
- PA12 nylon
- Finish
- Black dye and vibro smooth
- Quantity
- 5
- Delivery
- 3–5 days
Read the case study →
Send us the part
Upload the file to our instant quote, choose the material and the quantity and the price comes back on screen. Order it there and then.
- A price straight awayNo waiting for a reply: the quote is worked out from the file itself.
- We check the fileBefore anything is printed, so a bad mesh never reaches a machine.
- No file yet?Ring or email with a photograph or a description and an engineer will help.
- Call the team0330 229 0175Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm
- Emailsales@europac3d.comAnswered the same working day
- Files we take
- STL, STEP, IGES, OBJ, 3MF
- Largest part
- 800 × 800 × 550 mm
- Nylon on MJF
- From 2 days
- Resin on SLA
- From 7 days
Get an instant quote
- Upload your 3D file
- Choose the material and how many
- See the price and order online
Opens our quoting tool in a new tab. Want advice on the material or process first? Contact us or ring 0330 229 0175.