Best for
Unfilled
- Point-of-purchase displays
- Menu boards
- Indoor signs
- Merchandise racks
Carbon-filled
- Drone bodies and quadcopter frames
- Printer motor mounts
- Hobby gearboxes
The carbon-filled grade goes into gears, like the black spur gear in our work gallery.
Glass-filled
- Electrical housings
- Connectors and terminals
- Tooling fixtures
- Internal structures of industrial machinery
Key properties
| Tensile strength | 34 to 51 MPa unfilled, 35 to 60 MPa carbon-filled, 42 to 54 MPa glass-filled |
|---|---|
| Heat deflection | 68 to 78 C at 0.45 MPa, 62 to 75 C at 1.80 MPa unfilled; 69 to 96 C at 0.45 MPa, 65 to 80 C at 1.80 MPa carbon-filled |
What to use instead
- Polycarbonate (PC) when the part carries load hot.
- Nylon (PA12) when it is a wear surface.