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Polyamide 3D printing: Nylon Plastic Powder Material for SLS
Polyamide is aplastic materialused to print 3D objects. Printed from polyamide powder, this material is also known as nylon.
Sculpteo 3D Printed Polyamide Samples
Polyamide Plastic Properties
Polyamide material’s structure comes from a polymer containing amide functions. You will find technical information about this material by downloading itsTechnical Specification Sheets.
Polyamide Plastic and 3D Printing
Polyamide is used in 3D printing in a variety of formats. Polyamide in powder form is used inSLS(Selective Laser Sintering). Printers made by 3D Systems and EOS GmbH use this method to melt polyamide plastic with laser energy.
In wire form inFDM(or fused deposition modelling),the polyamide material is heated until in a liquid state, then extrudes from a nozzle that applies it layer by layer in order to create the desired object. Stratasys and 3D Systems, the two industry leaders, distribute 3D printers for polyamide.
Sculpteo Polyamide Plastic
At Sculpteo, we use the most common variety of polyamide, which is PA 2200 or PA12, but there are many other variants of polyamide plastic such as polyamide 11(or nylon 11, PA 11 and French nylon), polyamide 6, polyamide 4.6, polyamide 6.6, polyamide 6.9, polyamide 6.10, polyamide 6.12, polyamide 10.10, and polyamide 10.
Polyamide’s properties are comparable to those ofalumide, a material made from polyamide and aluminium.
If you want to know everything about this material, don’t hesitate to take a look at ourQ&A documenton the subject. Also, feel free to compare polyamide toour other materialsor see howextraordinary materialsare used in 3D printing.
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