Thule Uses FDM Nylon 12CF for Prototyping Application

Thule, a lifestyle company that produces bike racks, jogging strollers, luggage and other goods, shares their prototyping experience with the Nylon 12CF material. 3D printing has allowed the design team at Thule to get their ideas to life quicker. The company says that the money they've saved using their two Stratasys Fortus machines has almost paid them off in the short time they've had them. The materials they've used from Stratasys have enabled the company to prototype parts that they use in driving tests and gather data that they can then implement in the next iteration of the design. Thule says Stratasys was a good partner in getting the company started in using the Nylon 12CF material. Its greater strength and greater stiffness has allowed the company to prototype parts that the company would eventually make into injection-molded, glass-filled materials.