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Production nylon, no supports — complexity comes free.
Nylon PA12 3D printing at KAD3D — Production nylon, no supports — complexity comes free.
Selective laser sintering builds PA12 with no support structures, so interlocking and internal geometry print freely. Parts are tough, chemically resistant and near-isotropic, with a fine matte surface. Naturally white, they are commonly dyed black.
SLS nylon PA12 is the industry standard for functional prototypes and short-run production: snap-fits, living hinges, ducts, brackets and enclosures that need to survive real handling and assembly.
Typical applications include End-use housings, ducting, drone parts, and low-volume production runs.
Produced with SLS, Nylon PA12 3D printing typically offers a tensile strength around 48 MPa, elongation at break near 15%, heat deflection about 175 °C, a density of 0.93 g/cm³, a hardness of ~75 Shore D and water absorption around 0.4%. Full technical data is listed in the table below.
For dimensional work, Nylon PA12 supports a typical layer height or tolerance of ±0.20–0.30 mm or ±0.3%.
This makes Nylon PA12 a strong choice for parts that need end-use production, impact-tough, chemical / moisture exposure, heat over 100 °c and fatigue-resistant.
Finishing options for Nylon PA12 include Dyeing, Bead Blast, Chemical Smoothing and Sealing.
Standard turnaround for Nylon PA12 is 10 business days, with an express option in 3–5 business days, from order confirmation and delivered Australia-wide.
Commonly chosen by Melbourne and Brisbane engineering teams for low-volume end-use housings and ducting where complex geometry rules out machining and tooling is not justified.
Comparable to injection-moulded nylon for low volumes without tooling.
Fine matte, slightly grainy white off the machine; bead-blasts smooth and dyes black evenly. The most popular finish is Bead-blast and dye black; seal or infiltrate for liquid-contact parts. Natural white as-printed; dyed black or other colours via dye. Maximum build size is up to 440 × 440 × 450 mm.
SLS (selective laser sintering) fuses nylon powder with a laser to produce strong, isotropic end-use parts without support structures. You can read more about the SLS process on Wikipedia.
To get the best results with Nylon PA12, send your part as an STL, STEP or 3MF file and tell us the intended use, the tolerances that matter and any cosmetic finish you need. Our team confirms the ideal build orientation, wall thickness and infill, and flags anything that could affect strength, accuracy or surface quality before printing begins.
KAD3D runs Nylon PA12 3D printing in-house in Melbourne, which means real people check every part before dispatch and you can talk directly to the team who print your work. Quoting is free and instant online, and delivery covers all of Australia. 3–5 business days express is available on this material.
Indicative pricing for Nylon PA12 starts around $36.05 AUD for small parts. Every job is quoted exactly on geometry and quantity — instant online quotes are free.
Standard turnaround for Nylon PA12 is 10 business days from order confirmation, with a 3–5 business days express option, delivered Australia-wide.
Printed Nylon PA12 offers a tensile strength around 48 MPa. The full technical profile, including the figures that matter for your part, is in the table on this page.
The maximum build size for Nylon PA12 is 440 × 440 × 450 mm. Larger parts can often be printed in sections and joined — ask when you quote.
Yes — Nylon PA12 takes primer and paint well. The most common finishing routes for this material are listed above, and our team can recommend the right one for your part.
Typical layer height or tolerance for Nylon PA12 is ±0.20–0.30 mm or ±0.3%. If a feature needs to be tighter, flag it when you quote and we will confirm what is achievable.
Compare Nylon PA12 with TPU 95A, or browse the full materials hub.
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Fine matte, slightly grainy white off the machine; bead-blasts smooth and dyes black evenly.
Natural white as-printed; dyed black or other colours via dye.
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 | $36.05 |
| Tensile strength | 48 MPa |
| Elongation at break | 15 % |
| Heat deflection (0.45 MPa) | 175 °C |
| Heat deflection (1.80 MPa) | 95 °C |
| Hardness | ~75 Shore D |
| Density | 0.93 g/cm³ |
| Water absorption (24 h) | 0.4 % |
| Layer / tolerance | ±0.20–0.30 mm or ±0.3% |
Parts printed in Nylon PA12 in SLS 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; seal or infiltrate for liquid-contact parts.
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 Nylon PA12, 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.
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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.