Public printing recommendation

Prima Creator Select Black TPU Black

MaterialID MAT0257

3DPIceland Labs
Generated with 3DPIceland Engineering Platform v70.0.4 DIRECT-IMPACT-METHODOLOGY - Izod and Charpy Methodology
2026-10-04 18:12:06

Guidance boundary: values below are shared base-material guidance resolved only through the canonical BaseMaterialId link. They are not manufacturer-, spool- or printer-specific validated settings. Missing fields remain Not recorded.

Overall
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Engineering axes
0/8

Public rank
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MSRP USD/kg
47.74

Engineering profile

Overall

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Tensile

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Impact

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Izod

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Charpy

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Stiffness

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Consistency

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Layer adhesion

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Recommended applications

Application guidance awaits sufficient measured evidence and approved score references

Measured strengths

No scored strength is available yet.

Limitations

No scored limitation can be established from the available evidence.

Engineering trade-offs

Complete scoring evidence and approved method references are required before assessing an overall balance of properties.

Base-material printing guidance

Guidance	Minimum	Recommended	Maximum	Unit
Nozzle temperature	220	225	260	°C
Bed temperature	65	65	65	°C
Print speed	11	30	30	mm/s
Cooling	65	65	65	%

Guidance	Value	Unit
Cooling guidance	High
Drying temperature	65	°C
Drying time	8	hours
Enclosure	Not required
Printer / G-code reference	PrusaCoreOneL
Slicer profile reference	Prusament TPU 95A

Print workflow checks

Confirm nozzle temperature, bed temperature, speed, cooling and drying requirements from the manufacturer profile or spool label.
Print a small validation part before committing to a long, costly or safety-relevant print.
Orient the part so the governing load does not rely on an unverified or weak engineering axis.
Flexible family: validate extrusion path, retraction and speed conservatively on the actual printer.
Layer-adhesion evidence is weak; avoid critical Z-axis loading without additional validation.
Repeatability is low on the internal scale; run extra validation specimens before relying on the profile.

Decision guidance

Overall suitability is unavailable until the required measurements and method references are complete.

Stronger same-family alternatives

MaterialID	Material	Manufacturer	Overall	Tensile	Impact	Izod	Charpy

Confirm exact settings against the manufacturer profile, spool label and actual printer/material combination. Results do not replace application-specific validation.

Testing methodology · Download PDF

Flexible Material Testing

Comparative in-house measurements; n = independent specimens. Separate test groups; Overall unchanged.

Method	Result	Condition	Mean	n	SD	CV %	Range
eaacea91	Apparent Compressive Stress at 20% Strain (MPa)	10 s hold · 2 mm displacement · cycle 1	1.767	10	0.032	1.789	1.713–1.823
eaacea91	Apparent Compressive Stress at 20% Strain (MPa)	30 s hold · 2 mm displacement · cycle 1	1.712	10	0.026	1.527	1.666–1.761
eaacea91	Compression Force at 20% Strain (N)	10 s hold · 2 mm displacement · cycle 1	112.4	10	2.011	1.789	109–116
eaacea91	Compression Force at 20% Strain (N)	30 s hold · 2 mm displacement · cycle 1	108.9	10	1.663	1.527	106–112
eaacea91	Force reduction from 10 s to 30 s at 20% Strain (%)	first compression only · 2 mm displacement	3.109	10	0.43	13.831	2.679–3.571
eaacea91	Force retention at 20% Strain (%)	10–30 s · 2 mm displacement · cycle 1	96.891	10	0.43	0.444	96.429–97.321
eaacea91	Residual height loss after recovery (%)	20% compression · 30 s compressed hold · 60 s rest · 10 mm initial height · cycle 1	0.644	9	0.142	22.097	0.4–0.8
ed381ba8	Shore A Hardness (Shore A)	10 s reading · 8 mm	77.7	1	—	—	77.7–77.7

Shore location statistics

Within each specimen; specimen numbers are local to each test group. SD uses the sample formula. These readings do not increase independent n.

Method	Scale	Condition	Specimen	Readings	Mean	Location SD	Location CV %
ed381ba8	Shore A Hardness	10 s reading · 8 mm	1	5	77.7	0.908	1.169

Score policy engineering-score-v70-1: Overall requires tensile, stiffness, consistency, layer adhesion and the Izod/Charpy impact family, each with equal weight. Both impact methods and configured versioned references are required. Missing results and unconfigured scores remain n/a. Legacy Impact is historical only; thermal remains separate. Engineering-axis counts describe displayed evidence, not Overall completeness.