3D Printing Materials Overview

Choose from 10 unique polymers for additive manufacturing

Printpool offers a wide-range of different polymers that can be used when manufacturing your parts. Which one is right for your application will depend on a number of factors, included the expected environmental conditions, mechanical stresses, required appearance, and necessary durability.

If you can’t find the material you need here, please reach out via our contact form - we do have some other options (not listed on our website) that are only available upon request.

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General Polymers

Reliable AM materials with a quality finish - at a lower cost

PLA
PLA CF
PETG
ABS
TPU 95A
Tensile Strength
35 MPa
38 MPa
34 MPa
33 MPa
27 MPa
Elongation at Break
12.2%
8.4%
8.6%
10.5%
650%
Impact Strength
26.6 kJ/m²
23.2 kJ/m²
31.5 kJ/m²
39.3 kJ/m²
125 kJ/m²
Heat Deflection Temperature
55 °C
55 °C
65 °C
85 °C
100 °C
Bending Strength (X-Y)
76 MPa
89 MPa
64 MPa
62 MPa
N/A (Highly flexible)
Bending Strength

(Z - between layers)
59 MPa
49 MPa
48 MPa
39 MPa
N/A (Highly flexible)
Finish
Satin
Matte
Satin
Satin
Satin
UV Resistance
Poor
Poor
Good
Adequate
Adequate
Water Resistance
Adequate
Adequate
Good
Good
Adequate
Available Colours
Relative Cost
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These polymers are suitable for a number of general purpose applications, and are competitively priced for volume and batch production of parts. For a more detailed explanation of each material and the material data, click on the buttons.

High Performance Polymers

Engineering-grade AM materials for demanding applications

PETG CF
PC-FR
ABS GF
ASA CF
PPA-CF
Tensile Strength
35 MPa
60 MPa
36 MPa
34 MPa
168 MPa
Elongation at Break
10.4%
2.4%
6.3%
9.6%
3.2%
Impact Strength
41.2 kJ/m²
55.0 kJ/m²
14.5 kJ/m²
14.0 kJ/m²
41.7 kJ/m²
Heat Deflection Temperature
70 °C
110 °C
90 °C
105 °C
200 °C
Bending Strength (X-Y)
70 MPa
90 MPa
68 MPa
72 MPa
208 MPa
Bending Strength

(Z - between layers)
48 MPa
47 MPa
46 MPa
33 MPa
63 MPa
Finish
Satin
Gloss
Matte
Matte
Matte (abrasive texture)
UV Resistance
Good
Good
Adequate
Excellent
Poor
Water Resistance
Good
Good
Good
Good
Adequate
Available Colours
Relative Cost
££
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££
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££
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These engineering-grade polymers are suitable for more demanding applications, and as such are a little more expensive. More effort has to be made to design and optimise parts in order to achieve viable volume and batch production of parts, but the effort is well worth it. For a more detailed explanation of each material and the material data, click on the buttons.

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