Nylon

Properties

• Durability
• Flexibility
• Chemical resistance
• Impact resistance
• Mildly moisture absorbent (making it easy to dye)
• Sunlight resistant
• High-melting point
• Abrasion resistant
• Lighter than metal
• Electrically insulating

Description

Nylon is known for its strength and durability and is suitable for functional parts, especially those requiring flexibility and impact resistance. Nylon is a polyamide polymer (PA) and these terms are used interchangeably. Nylon isn’t just one material. There are numerous categories of nylon and within those categories, there are different formulas, blends, and brands.

How nylon is made

Material Sources

• Nylon 12 for Stratasys Fortus 380mc
• ABC3D's Nylon 6
• Treed Filaments PA HP NAT: polyamide, or Nylon

Print Settings

Not all FDM printers can handle nylon filament with ease.

• Extruder temperature (all metal extruder necessary): 250°C

3D Printers that can use it

• Markforged X7
• Markforged FX20
• Markforged Onyx One
• Formlabs Fuse 1
• Other industrial SLS printers
• Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) printers

Sources

• Nylon, Wikipedia