Manufacturing Materials

Choose from hundreds of commercial-grade plastics, metals, and elastomers suitable for both prototyping and production.

Selecting the Right Material for 3D Printing

Explore the properties of thermoplastic and metal materials available with direct metal laser sintering, selective laser sintering, and stereolithography technologies. This white paper also includes a quick-reference guide of material attributes that can steer you toward the proper grade.

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Thermoplastic Selection and Material Properties

This in-depth white paper provides a technical observation of thermoplastic resins and their properties for engineers who want to quantitatively analyze a part; determine loads, stresses, strains and environments; and make material decisions based on the analysis.

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Injection Molding Materials

Thermoplastics

 

Thermosets

  • Silicone rubber
  • Fluorosilicone
  • Medical-Grade silicone rubber
  • Optical silicone rubber

CNC Machining Materials

 

Metals

3D Printing Materials