[HN Gopher] Rapid Liquid Print: Patented Gravity Free Manufacturing
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       Rapid Liquid Print: Patented Gravity Free Manufacturing
        
       Author : yincrash
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2024-10-16 16:38 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | Palomides wrote:
       | the trick of using a gel to act as support is clever!
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       | you can tell it's not a consumer product when they call it
       | "solutions"... shame, the 3d printing options for flexible
       | materials are very limited right now
        
         | JumbledHeap wrote:
         | This is actually a pretty easy system to DIY for small scale
         | prints, I've done it with photocurable hydrogels. The gel is
         | available off the shelf (Pluronic F-127), and it's no problem
         | to rig up a pressurized syringe to any moddable 3-axis printer.
        
       | robomartin wrote:
       | Interesting concept. Likely useful for a limited set of
       | applications. Speed is a problem. That's OK, not everything
       | requires high speed or high volume manufacturing.
        
         | jimnotgym wrote:
         | Exactly, for small runs of injection moulding, often the
         | tooling is prohibitively expensive. Each part could cost you
         | say $10k.
        
       | bilsbie wrote:
       | I'd love a support material that disolves in water. I've ruined a
       | lot of prints with the supports not coming off easily.
        
       | jimbooonooo wrote:
       | I'm curious about materials safety, some platinum/tin 2 part
       | hardners are pretty nasty...
        
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