TPU
A flexible, rubber-like material. It bends and compresses without breaking, ideal for seals, dampers, grips and protective covers.
Strength
Flexibility
Heat resistance
Outdoor / UV
Detail
Choose it for
- Seals, gaskets, bumpers and dampers
- Grips, covers and protective sleeves
- Parts that must bend thousands of times without cracking
- Anything that has to absorb a knock instead of transmitting it
Choose something else for
- Anything rigid: it will flex under any load, by design
- Fine sharp detail, corners come out slightly rounded
- Thin unsupported spans, they sag while printing
- The cheapest option, it prints slowly and costs the most per kilo
The numbers
- Density
- 1.21 g/cm3
- Starts to soften
- around 80 C
- Hardness
- 95A
- We print it at
- 220-240 C
- Largest part we can print
- 325 x 320 x 325 mm
Typical values for this family of filament, not a measurement of one spool. Ask us if a part has to hold a specific figure.
How it behaves on the printer
Flexible filament prints slowly, and that is the main thing it does to a price: the same shape takes roughly twice the machine time of PLA. Sharp overhangs are the weak spot because the material cannot hold itself up, so a design that would print in the air needs support or a redesign.
What we make from it
Not sure which material fits? Choose it in the configurator and the price updates at once, or tell us how the part will be used and an engineer will suggest one.