Material
SLS Glass-Filled Nylon PA12
SLS glass-filled nylon PA12 is a stiff, wear-resistant PA12 with higher heat deflection under load than standard nylon, suited to rigid functional parts, though it is less ductile.
Manufacturing processes
SLS
About
SLS glass-filled nylon PA12 is standard PA12 filled with glass beads, typically about 40% by weight.
The glass makes it roughly 1.5 to 2 times stiffer than unfilled PA12 and raises heat deflection under load by roughly 30 °C (to ~96 °C), while tensile strength stays similar. Elongation roughly halves in the layer plane (about 9% vs. 18%), and stiffness is lower across the layers than within them. Thin walls and fine features are therefore more fragile.
SLS glass-filled nylon PA12 is a strong choice for rigid housings, thermally stressed parts, and tooling.
Technical Details
- Accuracy
- ±0.3% (lower limit of ±0.3 mm)
- Density
- 1.3 g/cm³
- Min. wall thickness
- 0.8 mm
Technical Properties
- Tensile strength
- 30 - 48 MPa
- Tensile modulus
- 2997 - 4068 MPa
- Tensile elongation
- 2 - 8%
- Flexural strength
- 37 - 73 MPa
- Flexural modulus
- 2600 - 3106 MPa
- HDT (0.45 MPa)
- 157 - 179°C
- Default layer height
- 0.1 mm
- Default infill
- 100%
- Embossing
- min. 0.5 mm
- Engraving
- min. 0.5 mm
- Interlocking parts
- Yes
- Warping risk
- Yes, for parts over 140mm or parts with thin long structures
- Maximum printing dimensions
- 520 × 520 × 830 mm