Polyamide (PA)
Being a
solid material, the powder has the attractive feature of
being self-supporting for the generated product sections.
This makes supports (typical for stereolithography)
redundant. The polyamide material allows the production of
fully functional prototypes with high mechanical and thermal
resistance.
Polyamide SLS parts have an excellent long-term stability
and are resistant against most chemicals. They can be made
watertight by impregnation. The PA material used by Materialise is
certified as biocompatible, foodsafe and not harmful to
health or the environment.
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Glass
filled polyamide (PA-GF) The use of PA powder filled with glass particles (PA-GF) has a much higher thermal resistance and is typically used in functional tests with high thermal loads. |










