3D print service · PEEK · ULTEM™ · PPSU · Carbon fiber

Parts that survive heat, chemicals and load.

Send us the file. We print it on our own 22 IDEX in PEEK, ULTEM™, PPSU, PPS, PSU or carbon-fiber composites -- the high-temp polymers engineers use to replace metal. No printer to buy, no learning curve, and an engineer looks at your part before anything gets quoted.

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400ºC +

On our 22 IDEX: PEEK and ULTEM™, the materials most print shops won't run

8 materials

Ultra-performance to carbon-fiber nylon -- pick one or let us pick

2 business days

To hear back from a real person about your part

$0 machine cost

Pay for parts, not a printer, a dryer and a learning curve

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Upload your part

Fill out the form and attach your files. We check every part for printability and price, then email you within two business days to finish the quote.

Your 3D file
STEP, STL or OBJ. SolidWorks users: export to STEP or STL first.

What the part has to survive
Temperature, chemicals, load, flame rating, ESD. This picks the material, so the more detail the better.

Quantity and deadline
One prototype or a short production run. Tell us when you need it in hand.

Your sharing preference
Full story, show-only, vague mention or nothing public. Your call, right on the form.

Rather email it?

printservice@visionminer.com

Attach the files and a line about what the part does.

Rather talk it through?

Call 833-774-6863

Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Pacific
23 quick questions · scroll inside the form · file upload is near the end

What we print in

The world's highest-performing polymers

The top of this list prints at 400ºC and up, in an actively heated chamber, on a hot build plate. That's exactly why most print shops won't touch them -- and why we built the 22 IDEX to run them every day.

Ultra-performance

PEEK

The benchmark for replacing metal. Tough, stiff, and close to chemically inert. Annealed after printing for full crystallinity and strength.

143ºC  glass transition · 343ºC melt

Ultra-performance composite

CFPEEK

PEEK with chopped carbon fiber. Stiffer, lighter for the strength, and noticeably less warp on big flat parts.

143ºC  glass transition · PEEK base

Ultra-performance

ULTEM™ 1010 PEI

The highest heat resistance of the PEI family. Holds its shape where most plastics soften -- tooling, under-hood parts, fixtures that see a lot of heat.

217ºC  glass transition

Ultra-performance

ULTEM™ 9085 PEI

Flame retardant and tougher than 1010. The aerospace interior material -- ducts, brackets and enclosures.

186ºC  glass transition · flame retardant

High-performance

PPSU

Tough, with great impact strength, and it handles steam and repeated sterilization. Medical and fluid-handling parts.

220ºC  glass transition

High-performance

PSU

Clear-amber, stiff, and hydrolysis resistant. A lower-cost step down from PPSU when you need heat and hot water, not impact.

185ºC  glass transition

High-performance

PPS

Shrugs off fuels, solvents and most acids. Dimensionally stable and inherently flame retardant. Chemical-processing parts.

280ºC  melt · chemical resistance

Engineering composite

CF Nylon (CFPA6)

Carbon-fiber nylon 6. Strong, stiff and much cheaper than PEEK -- the right call for most jigs, fixtures and brackets that don't see extreme heat.

PA6  base · carbon fiber filled

Not sure which one you need?

Honestly, a lot of parts don't need PEEK. Tell us what the part has to survive and we'll recommend the material that does the job for the least money. Need something else -- PEKK, glass-fiber, PC, ASA? Ask.

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Also in our shop

SLS and SLA sample parts

High-temp is what we do best. But if your part is a better fit for SLS nylon or SLA resin, we can run sample parts on our Formlabs machines too -- handy if you're deciding which technology to bring in-house. Just pick it on the form.

SLS · powder

Fuse 1+ 30W

Tough nylon parts with no support structures, so complex internal geometry prints as easily as a block.

See the Fuse 1+ ›

SLA · resin

Form 4

Fine detail and a smooth surface finish. Good for fit checks, small housings and presentation models.

See the Form 4 ›

SLA · large format

Form 4L

The same resin detail at full size. Big prototypes, or a batch of small parts in one run.

See the Form 4L ›

Why these materials

Where regular plastic gives up

Heat resistance

Parts that hold their shape and strength well past the point where ABS and nylon soften. Under-hood, near engines, inside ovens and autoclaves.

Chemical resistance

Resistance to fuels, solvents, grease, oils, abrasion and radiation. Parts that live in a reactor, a fluid line or a wash-down environment.

Metal-level strength

Strength and stiffness that let a polymer part replace an aluminum one -- often lighter, often cheaper, and with no machining lead time.

Carbon fiber composite · layer detail

Carbon fiber impeller

 

ULTEM™ PEI flange

ULTEM™ PEI elbow

 

Carbon fiber edge

Why use our print service

The parts, without the learning curve

High-temp printing takes a heated chamber, dry filament and a lot of dialed-in settings. We've spent years on that so you don't have to.

01

Skip the learning stages

Drying, annealing, warp control, first-layer adhesion on PEEK. We've already made those mistakes. You get the good part first time.

02

No initial investment

No printer, no dryer, no half-used spools of PEEK sitting on a shelf. Pay for the parts you need, when you need them.

03

One-on-one with an expert

A real person who runs these machines reviews your part. Not a quoting bot, not an upload-and-pray web portal.

04

Big savings in low volume

No mold and no fixturing. For one-offs and short runs, complex PEEK and ULTEM™ geometry often costs less than machining it from billet.

No matter the complexity, we make it work with you

Dimensional accuracy -- tuned to your fit and tolerance

Layer adhesion -- chamber and plate temps set per material

Tool paths -- oriented for strength where the part is loaded

Crystallization -- PEEK annealed for full strength

How it works

From file to part in four steps

1

Upload your part

Send the file through the form, or email it to printservice@visionminer.com.

2

We review it

We check printability and pick the material. If something should change, we tell you why.

3

You get a quote

We email you within two business days to finish the quote. Approve it and it goes in the queue.

4

We print and ship

Printed, post-processed and annealed where needed, then packed and shipped to you.

What people send us

Prototypes, production and R&D

Rapid prototyping

Test fit and function in the real material, not a PLA stand-in. A PEEK prototype tells you how the PEEK part will behave.

Part production

End-use parts, jigs, fixtures, welding fixtures and tooling. Low-volume runs without paying for a mold.

Research & development

Material trials, test coupons and one-off experiments. R&D packages are made to order -- tell us what you're testing and we'll build one around it.

Thinking about printing in-house?

Prove the part first. Buy the printer second.

Print the part with us, put it through your own testing, and when you know it works, bring the process in-house.

Step 1

Order the part

Get real parts in PEEK or ULTEM™ and test them in your application. No machine, no commitment. (Weighing SLS or SLA instead? We can sample those too.)

Upload your part

Step 2

Print it yourself on the 22 IDEX

The same printer your service parts come off. Dual 500ºC hotends, a 100ºC+ actively heated chamber and a 200ºC build plate -- in your own shop, with American support from the team that printed your first part.

See the 22 IDEX

Request a quote ›

Worth a watch

Before you pick a material

Start here. PEEK is amazing, but it's not always the answer -- this one walks through when a cheaper polymer does the same job. The rest dig into the materials we print most.

More on our YouTube channel ›
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Why engineers stopped using metal

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How CF PEEK pushes the limits

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Why ULTEM 9085 rules aerospace

Your IP stays yours

You decide what we show

We love showing real customer parts in our videos -- it shows what these materials can really do, and it can give your company some nice exposure. But it's always your choice, and we never publish your 3D files, drawings or design details.

Need it locked down? Email contact@visionminer.com with "NDA Request" in the subject and we'll send our standard mutual NDA.

Full story

We show the part, explain the application and credit your company. Best for a real case study.

Show only

The part coming off the printer. No application, no drawings, no company name.

Vague mention

We talk about the use case in general terms ("a customer in aerospace") but never show the part.

Nothing public

Totally private. We evaluate and print, you keep everything internal.

FAQ

Common questions

How fast will I hear back?

Within two business days. We review the part for printability and pricing, then email you to finish the quote.

What file types do you take?

STEP, STL and OBJ work best. If you design in SolidWorks, export to STEP or STL before you upload.

Is there a minimum order?

No. One prototype is fine, and so is a short production run. Put the quantity on the form and we'll price it.

Do you do SLS or resin parts?

Yes, as sample parts. We run a Formlabs Fuse 1+ for SLS nylon and a Form 4 and Form 4L for SLA resin. Pick the technology on the form, or let us pick the best one for your part.

Which material should I pick?

Tell us what the part has to survive -- temperature, chemicals, load, flame rating -- and we'll recommend one. A lot of parts don't need PEEK, and we'll tell you when a cheaper material does the job.

Will you sign an NDA?

Yes. Email contact@visionminer.com with "NDA Request" in the subject and we'll send our standard mutual NDA. This may affect pricing on some parts.

Will my part end up in a video?

Only if you say so. The form asks how much we can share, from a full case study to nothing public at all. We never publish your files or drawings.

Do you have R&D packages?

Yes, made to order. Tell us what you're testing in the comments on the form -- materials, number of parts, what you need to learn -- and we'll put a package together around it.

Can I buy the printer you used?

Yes. Our high-temp parts come off the 22 IDEX, and we sell the Fuse 1+, Form 4 and Form 4L too. Prove the part with us first, then bring it in-house.

Got a part that has to survive?

Give us a call, shoot us an email. We help people figure this out every single day.

Upload your part

Call 833-774-6863

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22 IDEX high-temp printer ›

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Formlabs SLA & SLS ›

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