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Nylon material database
Quick answer
Every nylon grade in this database has its own page with a property table taken from the manufacturer's own datasheet — PA12 and PA11 powders for SLS and MJF, glass-filled grades for stiffness, and PA6-CF / CoPA filaments for FDM. No reseller numbers, no estimates: if the manufacturer does not publish a value, the table leaves it out.
Coverage so far: 13 grades from EOS, Formlabs, HP, BASF Forward AM, Polymaker, Bambu Lab. The database is expanding in stages toward the full nylon landscape — powders, filaments and pellets across all major suppliers — and each addition follows the same rule: a manufacturer datasheet, or it does not go in.
All materials
EOS PA 2200
EOS PA 2200 is the reference PA12 powder for selective laser sintering: a balanced, unfilled nylon 12 with 48 MPa tensile strength (XY), 1650 MPa tensile modulus and 18% elongation at break in the XY plane, per the current EOS material data sheet.
EOS PA 1101
EOS PA 1101 is a bio-based PA11 SLS powder derived from castor oil.
EOS PA 3200 GF
EOS PA 3200 GF is a glass-bead-filled PA12 SLS powder (40 wt% glass beads per EOS).
Formlabs Nylon 12 Powder
Formlabs Nylon 12 Powder is the standard PA12 for the Fuse SLS series: 50 MPa ultimate tensile strength, 1850 MPa tensile modulus and 11% elongation at break (X/Y) per the Formlabs technical data sheet, with an HDT of 171 °C at 0.
Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder
Formlabs Nylon 11 Powder is a bio-based PA11 for the Fuse series, built for parts that bend or take impact: 49 MPa tensile strength, 1600 MPa modulus and 40% elongation at break (X/Y) per the Formlabs technical data sheet — the most ductile powder in the Formlabs range.
HP 3D High Reusability PA 12
HP 3D High Reusability PA 12 is the standard nylon for Multi Jet Fusion: 54 MPa tensile strength, 2150 MPa tensile modulus and 18% elongation at break in XY (10% in Z), with a density of 1.
BASF Forward AM Ultrasint PA6
Ultrasint PA6 is BASF Forward AM's unfilled PA6 powder for laser sintering — the high-temperature, high-stiffness alternative to PA12 powders.
Polymaker PolyMide PA6-CF
Polymaker's carbon-fibre PA6 filament — now sold as Fiberon PA6-CF20, the same formula — is one of the stiffest desktop nylon filaments: 109.
Polymaker PolyMide CoPA
PolyMide CoPA is Polymaker's copolyamide filament, blended for easier printing: 78.
Bambu Lab PA6-CF
Bambu Lab PA6-CF is a carbon-fibre PA6 filament tuned for the Bambu ecosystem: 102 MPa tensile strength and 4430 MPa Young's modulus in XY, HDT of 164 °C at 1.
Bambu Lab PAHT-CF
Bambu Lab PAHT-CF is a carbon-fibre-filled high-temperature polyamide filament: 92 MPa tensile strength, 3860 MPa modulus and 8.
Formlabs Nylon 12 GF Powder
Formlabs Nylon 12 GF Powder is the glass-filled PA12 for the Fuse SLS series: glass filler raises tensile modulus to 2800 MPa (from 1850 MPa for unfilled Nylon 12 Powder) and HDT at 1.
Polymaker PolyMide PA12-CF
Polymaker PolyMide PA12-CF is a carbon-fibre-filled PA12 filament built around moisture stability: 77.
How to read the tables
Powder datasheets from EOS use ISO 527 test methods and report "strain at break"; Formlabs and HP typically report ASTM methods. Cross-brand comparisons are therefore indicative rather than laboratory-controlled — each page keeps the manufacturer's own test method next to every value so you can judge comparability yourself. New to the grades themselves? Start with PA11 vs PA12 and the glossary.
Last updated: November 2026