Prototyping Materials & Resources
GoProto only wishes you success with your projects, so we’ve come up with prototype resources that will allow us to explain a little more about what our processes entail.
Below you will find information regarding the prototyping materials we use for each manufacturing process. All of these options are available to you. We have also included a technical manual giving more details regarding HP Multi Jet Fusion procedures.
On each process page, we’ve also included the prototyping materials we can use, so be sure to check back there.
We hope our prototype resources are helpful to you and can give you an understanding of our work. We appreciate any questions or concerns you might have, and we look forward to working with you!
Multi Jet Fusion (MJF)
PA12 || (Properties) – High strength general purpose Nylon 12 material 
Glass Bead Filled – PA12 || (Properties) – High strength and rigidity 40% glass bead-filled Nylon 12 material
Paint || Multi Jet Fusion parts printed in either standard PA12 or glass bead-filled PA12 can be painted with primer to smooth surfaces and wet paint to apply color, texture and different sheen levels.
Cerakote || Protective ceramic-based thin film coating providing UV resistance, Heat resistance and chemical resistance to MJF parts. https://www.cerakote.com/
Hydrographics || A method we use to apply printed designs onto parts printed with Multi Jet Fusion. Read More About Hydrographics
Best Practices
FDM Best Practice – Orienting for Strength, Speed or Surface Finish ||
FDM Best Practice – Designing for Production Parts ||
MULTI-MATERIAL AND TRADITIONAL FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING (FDM) USING STRATASYS OR 3NTR PRINTERS
ABS || General purpose production-grade ABS material.
BLACK, NATURAL, WHITE
ASA || General purpose production-grade ASA material.
BLACK, NATURAL, WHITE
NYLON – Chopped Carbon-Filled || BLACK
PC (POLYCARBONATE) ||
PCABS || NATURAL, BLACK
PETG (HP1 PETG) – DOMESTIC || CLEAR (Prints Translucent)
TPU RUBBER-SHORE 95A || BLACK, CLEAR
TPU RUBBER-SHORE 85A || BLACK, CLEAR
ULTEM 1010 || OPAQUE, AMBER
ULTEM 9085 || OPAQUE, NATURAL
Stereolithography (SLA)
ACCURA 25 || NATURAL (OFF WHITE)
ACCURA XTREME WHITE 200 || WHITE
SOMOS 11122 || CLEAR
NEXT || WHITE
DMLM
ALUMINUM || ALSI10MG, ALSI12
TITANIUM || TI64, TICP
MARAGING STEEL
STAINLESS STEEL
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
NYLON 12 || NATURAL
GLASS-FILLED NYLON || NATURAL
FLAME-RETARDANT NYLON || NATURAL
Polyjet (PJ)
FULLCURE 720 || CLEAR AMBER
CLEAR FULLCURE 630 || CLEAR, NEW MATERIAL
FULLCURE 835 VeroWhitePlus || WHITE-MASTER MODEL CHOICE MATERIAL
RGD875, VeroBlackPlus || BLACK
FULLCURE 850 VeroGrey || GREY
Urethane Castings
Polypropylene-Like Urethane – 70D ||
High Temp Rigid Urethane – PX 223/HT ||
Silicone Rubber Durometer 40A – TC-5040 ||
Silicone Rubber Durometer 45A – TC-5041 ||
Silicone Rubber Durometer 60A -TC-5060 ||
Rigid General Purpose Urethane Plastic – TC-850 ||
Rigid Clear Urethane Plastic – TC-879 ||
Rigid Flame Retardant Urethane Plastic – TC-894 ||
Machining – CNC
POLYCARBONATE || BLACK OR CLEAR
ABS || NATURAL (OFF-WHITE) OR BLACK
ABS – v0 FLAME-RATED || BLACK
PC+ABS || BLACK
ACRYLIC || CLEAR
ULTEM || TRANSLUCENT AMBER, BLACK
NYLON || NATURAL (OFF-WHITE) OR BLACK
POLYPROPYLENE || BLACK
NAK80 ||
SKD11 Steel ||
Copper Alloy Guide ||
Aluminum AL6061-T6 ||
Injection Molded Parts
ABS ||
PC ||
ACRYLIC ||
PC+ABS
TPO
ELASTOMER/RUBBER ||
GLASS-FILLED PC, ABS, NYLON
NYLON ||
ULTEM 1000 ||
ULTEM 2300 ||
Rapid Injection Molding
ALUMINUM TOOLING
DME STEEL TOOLING
P-20 STEEL TOOLING
NAK 80 STEEL TOOLING
H-13 AND S-7 STEEL TOOLING
SHEET METAL
PRE-PLATED COLD-ROLLED STEEL
COLD-ROLLED STEEL
ALUMINUM
STAINLESS STEEL
BERYLLIUM COPPER
Finishing
COLOR || Matched to Pantone or RAL or provided color chips
TEXTURE || MoldTech, Tenibac, Custom matches
SILKSCREEN || Depending on part geometry
RUB-ONS || When silkscreen not possible / detail too small (W/CLEAR COAT)
CLEAR COAT || Polish for extra high gloss parts
CERAKOTE || Durable ceramic paint for MJF and metal parts
HYDROGRAPHICS || Hydrographic artwork applied to parts
“We had the parts you just delivered independently inspected and everything looked good. Please extend a large “Thank You and job well done!” to all the members of your team for me. Getting the parts early and correct has really helped us out immensely and we are currently working on building them up. Great job all around!” — James (High-End Sensor Technology Company)View testimonials
