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Description
Tough, fatigue-resistant engineering plastic with low friction.
Common use cases
Gears, hinges, bushings, clips, moving mechanisms, and impact-resistant parts.
Advantages
Excellent toughness; good fatigue and wear resistance; suitable for repeated flexing and mechanical movement.
Disadvantages
Extremely moisture-sensitive; can warp; less dimensionally stable when wet; harder to print consistently than ABS or ASA.
Printing tips and recommendations
Dry thoroughly immediately before use and preferably print directly from a heated dry box. Use a warm enclosure, a suitable engineering plate or adhesive, and limited part cooling. Moist PA6 can pop, foam, string, weaken, and change dimensions. Condition finished parts consistently before precision measurement because nylon absorbs ambient moisture.
X2D guidance
Dry immediately before printing and preferably print from a heated dry box or AMS HT. Chamber heat and a suitable engineering plate help considerably.
Support-material guidance
PA6 for ordinary supports. Support for PA/PET may work, but validate with unfilled PA6. Keep both filaments continuously dry.
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