Carbon-Reinforced Lightweight Nylon PA12
Carbon-Reinforced Lightweight Nylon PA12
Material Info
About
PA 640-GSL is a composite Nylon 12 powder optimized for selective laser sintering (SLS). Filled with both carbon fiber and hollow glass microspheres, it offers an excellent balance between strength, stiffness, weight reduction, and surface finish. With strong Z-direction performance and a dark gray finish, it is a reliable material for demanding engineering applications where stability and weight optimization are critical.
Color & Finishes
Dark Grey
This finish has a matte finish and slightly grainy feel.
This finish has a smooth surface and slight shine, created using a physio-chemical process to vapor smooth the surface.
Technology
- Selective Laser Sintering [SLS]
Material Properties
Description
Design Guidelines
Bounding Box
Maximum Bounding Box
200 x 250 x 330 mm
Minimum Bounding Box
4 × 4 × 1 mm or X + Y + Z > 9 mm
The bounding box is a 3D imaginary outline of a box that encloses the smallest area occupied by your model. Your model must be within the minimum and maximum bounding box sizes. If the size of the model is close to the maximum bounding box, then the printing orientation will be restricted.
Walls
1.5 mm
A supported wall is connected at least on two sides of the wall, while an unsupported wall is connected only on one side of the wall. Walls that do not meet the minimum requirements may not survive printing and cleaning processes. Additionally, models may still be rejected based on the wall geometry of the model. Please consider the size of your model and reinforce the walls or add support structures as needed as minimum guidelines will not always be adequate for large models.
Wires
1.5 mm
1.5 mm
A wire is a circular, rectangular or even triangular feature that is thinner in its unconnected directions than its length. A supported wire is connected at least on two sides of the model, while an unsupported wire is connected on one side of the model. Wires that do not meet the minimum requirements may not survive printing and cleaning processes. Additionally, models may still be rejected based on the wire geometry of the model. Please consider the size of your model and reinforce the wires or add support structures as needed as minimum guidelines will not always be adequate for large models.
Details
0.7 mm
0.7 mm
For text, the ratio between width and depth, should be 1:1 and sans-serif fonts are preferred for line weight consistency.
Escape Holes
4.0mm
2.0mm
Escape holes are necessary to empty the support material of a hollow model. Two escape holes at the opposite ends of the model is optimal for the support removal process. Please consider the size of your model and make the escape holes bigger or add more escape holes as needed as minimum guidelines will not always be adequate for large models.
Clearance
0.6 mm
Clearance is the space between two individual parts in a model. If the space among the individual parts do not meet the minimum clearance, then parts can fuse together or can be difficult to clean. This is important for movable pieces like hinges, gears, etc.
Sprues
Sprues are wires that keep two or more parts together. Parts should be connected with a minimum of two sprues each. Please consider the size of your sprues and increase them as needed as minimum guidelines will not always be adequate for large models. If the sprues are within the guidelines and are broken, but there is no damage to your model, we will still ship them as is.
Interlocking & Enclosed Parts
Interlocking
Supported
Enclosed
Supported
Parts in File
1
Accuracy
±0.4 mm or 0.4% (standard), ±0.15 mm or 0.2% (technical tolerance)
With technical tolerance, that becomes 0.15 mm + 0.002 × 100 mm = 0.35 mm
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