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Design Guidelines
Resin information

Compatibility with Rapid Injection Moulding
Links to additional resin information
Availability of custom colours

Compatibility with Rapid Injection Moulding

Generally, any conventionally injection mouldable material can be specified. If the material is relatively exotic, and we don't have it in stock, there may be an extra charge for us to procure a minimum quantity. Delivery could also be affected if the material is not readily available from the resin distributors. We are happy to work with specific resins you already use and would like to supply to us.

Stocked resin list

See our choosing a resin page for a guide to physical properties of resin types.

Material Cost
ABS, Black (Polylac PA-717C Black) Low
ABS, Black (Polylac PA-765 Black) Low
ABS, Clear (Polylac PA-758) Low
ABS, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Polylac PA-765 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
ABS, Natural (Polylac PA-765) Low
ABS, Natural (Polylac PA-727) Low
ABS, White (Polylac PA-717C KD-100 White) Low
ABS/PC, Black (Bayblend T65 Black) Low
ABS/PC, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Bayblend T65 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
ABS/PC, Natural (Bayblend T65) Low
Acetal Copolymer, Black (Hostaform C9021) Low
Acetal Copolymer, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Iupital F20-03 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
Acetal Copolymer, Natural (Hostaform C9021 LS) Medium
Acetal Copolymer, Natural (Iupital F20-03) Low
Acetal Homopolymer, Black (Delrin 500CL BK601) High
Acetal Homopolymer, Black (Delrin 500P BK602) Low
Acetal Homopolymer, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Delrin 500PNC010+Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
Acetal Homopolymer, Natural (Delrin 500P NC010) Low
Acetal Homopolymer, Natural (Delrin 500CL NC010) High
Acetal Homopolymer, Black 20% GF-UV (Delrin 577 BK-000) Medium
Acetal Homopolymer, Black UV stabilised (Delrin 527 UV701) Medium
Acrylic (PMMA), Clear (Plexiglas 6N) Low
Acrylic (PMMA), Clear (Plexiglas 8N) Low
Acrylic (PMMA), Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Plexiglas 6N + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
Acrylic (PMMA), Frosted (Altuglas DRT Frosted Clear 18) High
HDPE, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Exxon Mobil HMA 016 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
HDPE, Natural (Exxon Mobil HMA 016) Low
LDPE, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Exxon Mobil LD600BA + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
LDPE, Natural (Exxon Mobil LD 600BA) Low
Nylon 6, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Radilon S HS100P+ Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
Nylon 6, Natural (Radilon S HS 100P) Low
Nylon 6, Black 30% Glass Fibre (Radilon S RV300) Low
Nylon 6, Natural 30% Glass Fibre (Radilon B GV30) Low
Nylon 66, Black (Zytel E103HSL BK080) Low
Nylon 66, Black 20% Glass (Zytel 70G20HSL NC010) Low
Nylon 66, Natural 20% Glass (Zytel 70G20HSL NC010) Low
Nylon 66, Black 30% Glass Bead (Petlon PB35 GB30 BK) Low
Nylon 66, Black 30% Glass Fibre (Zytel 70G30HSLR BK) Low
Nylon 66, Natural 30% Glass Fibre (Polyram Plustek PA301 G6) Low
PBT, Black (Celanex 2002-2) Medium
PBT, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Celanex 2401/MT + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
PBT, Natural (Celanex 2401/MT) Low
PBT, Black 15% Glass (Celanex 3216) Medium
PC, Black (Makrolon 6555 (Black)) Low
PC, Clear (Iupilon S3001R) Low
PC, Clear (Makrolon 2458) Low
PC, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Iupilon S3001R + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
PC, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Makrolon 2458 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
PC, White (Makrolon 6555 (White)) Low
PC, Black 20% Glass Fibre (Lexan 3412R) Low
PC, Black 40% Glass Fibre (Lexan 3414R) Medium
PLA, Natural (Nature Works Ingeo 3051D) Low
PP, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (PP PP7064L1 +Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
PP, Natural (PP PP7064L1) Low
PP, Natural 20 % Glass (Ramofin PPH300G4) Low
PP, Natural 20% Talc (Innopol PP CS1-3120N) Low
PP, Black 40% GF Long strand (Celstran GF40-0501-P10/13) Medium
PP Random Copolymer, Natural (Moplen RP348R) Low
PPS, Natural 40% Glass (Ryton R-4-220) High
PPS, Black 40% glass fibre (Fortron 1140 L4) High
PPS, Black 40% Glass filled (Tedur L 9510-1) High
PS (GPPS), Clear (Polystyrene Crystal 1810) Low
TPC-ET, Natural (Hytrel 4068FG) Very High
TPE, Black (Thermolast K TC3 ADZ) Medium
TPE, Black (Thermolast K TC4 GPZ) Low
TPE, Black (Thermolast K TC6 MGZ) Medium
TPE, Trans (Thermolast K TF9 AAA) Low
TPE, Translucent (Thermolast K TF1 STL) High
TPE, Translucent (Thermolast K TF2 ATL) Medium
TPE, Transluscent (Thermolast K TF3 ATL) Medium
TPU, Natural (Pearlthane 11T95P) Medium
TPU, Natural (Pearlthane 11T85) Medium
TPV, Black (Sarlink 3170 Black) Medium
TPV, Black (Sarlink 3190) Medium
TPV, Black (Sarlink 3145D) Medium
TPV, Black (Santoprene 103 - 40) Medium
TPV, Black (Sarlink 3139D) Low
TPV, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Sarlink 3180 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Medium
TPV, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Sarlink 3160 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Medium
TPV, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Sarlink 3170 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) High
TPV, Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant (Sarlink 3150 + Customer Specified Masterbatch Colourant) Low
TPV, Natural (Sarlink 3180) Medium
TPV, Natural (Sarlink 3160) Medium
TPV, Natural (Sarlink 3170) High

Links to additional resin information

The following links may prove useful in selecting resins for your parts. These sites are not maintained by Protomold. The information on these sites is the responsibility of the organizations they belong to.

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Availability of custom colours

Colours are available, and quickly if a rough approximation is acceptable. Exact colour matching to a sample piece is also possible but can be a lengthy (e.g. 2 - 6 weeks) process.


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