I tried making a gasket with soft material that can be used with FDM!
[Mitarepo] 'Overcoming the Weaknesses of 3D Printers' Tried Printing with Extremely Soft Materials Using FDM!
"Mitarepo" is a series that introduces what can be done using various products with the concept of "I tried doing this!" We deliver useful information each time from the wide range of product genres handled by System Create. The theme of Vol. 20 is "We tried making a packing with soft materials that can be used with FDM!" This time, we challenged 3D printing using a unique material that "stretches and shrinks like rubber" among the various functional materials for FDM 3D printers. Using "soft materials," which are difficult to shape due to the structure of 3D printers, we attempted to 3D print a packing that mimics the pre-made packing included with glass containers and examined how well the waterproof function can be maintained. "Can you really shape such a soft material?" "Isn't rubber not that impressive?" We summarize how well soft materials, which FDM 3D printers struggle with, can be shaped with different 3D printers, along with an explanation of the mechanisms of 3D printers. *You can download the materials from the button below.
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■What I tried ■Focus on the 3D printer to be used! ■About the packing model to be tested ■Dropped into a bucket filled with water! What was the result?
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Please use this as a hint for those interested in manufacturing utilizing 3D data or those struggling with 3D printing of rubber materials.
