Nylon 11 Pro Powder is an SLS material that combines the toughness and durability of injection-molded engineering thermoplastics with the ease of use and consistent print performance of Nylon 12 Powder. It's built for parts that need to bend, absorb impact, and survive daily use.

Nylon 11 Pro Powder excels in applications that require bending, impact resistance, or repeated wear. Typical use cases include snaps, clips, hinges, thin-walled ducts and enclosures, impact-resistant jigs and fixtures, and medical orthotics and prosthetics such as insoles. It is ideal for functional prototyping, rapid tooling, manufacturing aids, and low-volume end-use production.

Nylon 11 Pro Powder has roughly five times the elongation at break, twice the impact resistance, and ten times the toughness in fine, thin features of Nylon 12 Powder, so parts flex and absorb impact instead of cracking. It is more isotropic, so parts perform predictably regardless of print orientation. Nylon 12 Powder is stiffer and has a higher tensile modulus and higher heat deflection temperature at 1.8 MPa. Choose Nylon 12 Powder for rigid parts and Nylon 11 Pro Powder for ductile, impact-resistant ones.

Parts printed in Nylon 11 Pro Powder absorb very little moisture and are resistant to light, heat, and chemicals, giving them strong environmental stability for demanding end-use conditions.

Yes. Nylon 11 Pro Powder is rated for long-term skin and short-term mucosal membrane contact, making it suitable for medical applications such as orthotics, prosthetics, and insoles. Download the technical data sheet for complete biocompatibility information.

Nylon 11 Pro Powder is available now for Fuse 1+ 30W and will be available for Fuse X1 in Q1 2027. It is not compatible with the Fuse 1, which has no nitrogen atmosphere. Nitrogen is required to achieve the material's properties and a good print success rate.

Nylon 11 Pro Powder uses a 30% refresh rate, consistent with several other Formlabs SLS powders such as Nylon 12 and Nylon 12 GF.

There is little to no workflow difference. Nylon 11 Pro has the same 30% refresh rate and excellent print success rate as Nylon 12, so it's just as economical to run.

An inert atmosphere (nitrogen) and a textured roller are required to print the material. The roller's bead-blasted surface texture reduces powder curling during the build, enabling successful prints. Fuse X1 includes this roller as part of its design, and current Fuse 1+ 30W users will receive a complimentary roller, Fuse 1 Generation Recoater Roller V2, and installation instructions with an order of Nylon 11 Pro Powder.

Post-processing with the Fuse Sift or Fuse Sift X1 powder recovery station and media blasting is necessary. For a full overview of the Fuse Series post-processing workflow, download the Fuse Series Workflow & Technology Guide.

You can request a Nylon 11 Pro Powder sample part to see and feel the material quality firsthand before committing to a purchase. For pricing and bulk order options, contact the Formlabs sales team.