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Polypropylene

1 variant, thicknesses: 0.8 mm. Cut on the P1–P3 formats, price shown live while you design.

  • Laser cutting
  • Vector engraving
  • Raster engraving
Cutting vaporizes a little material — this cutting gap is called
kerfThe laser vaporizes material — the cutting gap varies with material and thickness. Cuts run centered on the drawn line; for shape.tools products we factor the kerf into your dimensions automatically.More in the glossary →
and depends on material and thickness. For shape.tools products we factor it into your dimensions automatically; for your own files the laser cuts centered on your line.
Delivery comes on the
P1–P3 sheet formatsOur three sheet formats: P1 = 181 × 181 mm, P2 = 384 × 384 mm, P3 = 790 × 384 mm. Your design has to fit on one of the sheets. For scale: a vinyl record cover sits between P1 and P2.More in the glossary →
— your design has to fit on one of the three sheets.
Material photo: Polypropylene

How Polypropylene lasers

Standardised photos of the real material — same motifs, same light, so you can compare materials.

  • Test cuts in Polypropylene: lasered tongues and slots in various widths
    Test cuts
  • Polypropylene sheet against a light background — shows translucency and surface
    Transparency
  • Top view of a Polypropylene sheet
    Top view
  • Engraving demo on Polypropylene: light, medium and heavy raster and vector engraving
    Engraving
  • Close-up of laser-cut edges in Polypropylene
    Cut edges
The engraving demo shows
raster engravingThe laser fills an area line by line — like a printer. Ideal for logos and larger motifs. In your file: black filled areas, RGB(0, 0, 0).More in the glossary →
and
vector engravingThe laser traces a line and engraves it into the material — precise, ideal for fine contours. In your file: red hairlines, RGB(255, 0, 0).More in the glossary →
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Good to know

Description

Extraordinarily tough and tear-resistant — that makes polypropylene extremely versatile. It is light, antistatic, fairly scratch-resistant, resistant to many chemicals, UV-stabilised and temperature-stable from approx. −10 to +110 °C.

Compared to other plastics, polypropylene contains few additives of concern and, under favourable conditions, burns down to water and carbon dioxide.

Typical applications: cladding and covers — and anything that needs to be thin and flexible but must not be paper.

Joining

Gluing polypropylene is harder than with other plastics. Small-area joints work with primer pre-treatment and superglue — but that is not enough for structural use. Better: mechanical joints such as rivets, snap fits or hook-and-loop tape, whose adhesive holds well on this material.

Good to know

Polypropylene melts under the laser: fragile designs are left with melted edges and sometimes fine strands, for instance at very sharp corners. Plan generous shapes and enough distance between objects — at least 7–10 mm is a good rule.

For engraving we only recommend the medium raster or vector setting — a heavy engraving melts the material, as the engraving demo above shows.

Variants & sheet prices

All variants of Polypropylene with thickness and sheet price per format
Color / finishThicknessP1 (181 × 181 mm)P2 (384 × 384 mm)P3 (790 × 384 mm)
Material photo: Polypropylene — black, opaqueblack, opaque
0.8 mm€1.50€5.60€9.81

Sheet prices incl. VAT. Your cut costs sheet plus laser time — you see the fixed price live when uploading or modelling.

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