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Glass-bead-filled MJF nylon — stiffer and more heat-stable than straight PA12.
HP's glass-bead-filled PA12 trades some toughness for markedly higher stiffness, heat deflection and dimensional stability — ideal for rigid brackets and fixtures that must hold shape under load and warmth. Like PA12 it ships grey and is usually dyed black.
Glass-bead nylon (MJF) is used for stiff, dimensionally stable functional parts — housings, brackets, jigs and fixtures — where a rigid, hard-wearing plastic is needed for production and tooling.
Matte grey, slightly grainier than plain PA12 due to the glass beads; dyes black and bead-blasts evenly.
Available grey as-printed or dyed black, per process.
Lead times are indicative and start from order confirmation. Actual turnaround varies model by model, depending on part geometry, print time, quantity and shipping location. Express service incurs an additional charge. Express availability is subject to current machine capacity — please confirm when ordering.
Contact us| Price | $68.32 |
| Tensile strength | 30 MPa |
| Elongation at break | 6.5 % |
| Heat deflection (0.45 MPa) | 182 °C |
| Heat deflection (1.80 MPa) | 114 °C |
| Hardness | ~80 Shore D |
| Density | 1.21 g/cm³ |
| Water absorption (24 h) | 0.4 % |
| Layer / tolerance | ±0.20 mm or ±0.2% |
Parts printed in HP Nylon PA12 GB in MJF can be finished a number of ways at KAD3D, from a clean functional surface to a fully painted, display-ready result. The treatments below are the ones we most often apply to this material.
Most popular finish: Bead-blast and dye black; machine critical datum faces where tolerance is tight.
To make material costs easy to compare, KAD3D prints the same standard model — the #3DBenchy — in every material. The price shown is what that identical benchmark part costs in HP Nylon PA12 GB, so you can weigh materials against each other on a genuine like-for-like basis before uploading your own file.
Benchmark price is a guide for comparison only; your part is quoted on its own size, geometry and finishing. Upload your model for an exact price.
These prices were taken on 1 July 2026 and are still in place.
Rigid brackets, jigs and fixtures, housings under load, and metrology aids.
Well suited to rigid brackets and metrology fixtures for WA and Queensland mining and automotive operations, where stiffness and heat stability under load matter more than impact toughness.
Behaves like a glass-filled injection-moulded nylon without tooling.
Printed in-house by KAD3D. Upload your part for an instant quote.
Get instant quote Made in Melbourne · delivered Australia-wide.Material data on these pages was compiled with the assistance of online research tools, in good faith, and may contain inaccuracies. Values are indicative only and intended to give a closer idea of each material's behaviour. For accurate, batch-specific TDS or SDS documentation, please contact KAD3D directly. KAD3D accepts no liability for any reliance on this information.