the trick of using a gel to act as support is clever!
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
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.
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.
I'm curious about materials safety, some platinum/tin 2 part hardners are pretty nasty...
I’d love a support material that disolves in water. I’ve ruined a lot of prints with the supports not coming off easily.
the trick of using a gel to act as support is clever!
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
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.
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.
Exactly, for small runs of injection moulding, often the tooling is prohibitively expensive. Each part could cost you say $10k.