{"id":648149,"date":"2013-03-21T16:21:52","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T20:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=221938"},"modified":"2013-03-21T16:21:52","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T20:21:52","slug":"new-material-brings-more-flexibility-to-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648149","title":{"rendered":"New Material Brings More Flexibility To 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most 3D printed objects are made out of hard plastic. While its great for some projects, others require a material with more elasticity. There&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/3d-printing-is-getting-pretty-flexible-these-days-2012-11\">already a few flexible materials<\/a> on the market, but one 3D printing company thinks it has the best flexible material yet. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/materialise.com\/press\/launch-of-the-first-fully-functional-flexible-material-in-3d-printing\">Materialise<\/a> announced last week the launch of a new material called TPU 92A-1. The material is extremely flexible and can be used to create a variety of innovate objects: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H2kLEG_RBRw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Besides offering excellent elasticity, TPU 92A-1 also offers high tear resistance, high resistance to dynamic loading, high abrasive resistance, snappy response and a temperature range of -20\u00b0C to 80\u00b0C. <\/p>\n<p>So, what kind of things is this material most well-suited for. Materialise says that engineers, medical professionals and consumers can use TPU 92A-1 to make: <\/p>\n<li>Small series of seals and gaskets<\/li>\n<li>Complex tubes, hoses and manifolds<\/li>\n<li>Elastic lightweight structures<\/li>\n<li>Components for the shoe, fashion and leisure industry<\/li>\n<li>Cushioning and shock absorption<\/li>\n<li>Rapid Prototypes of elastic components<\/li>\n<p>The material&#8217;s application in fashion has already been explored as Materialise made a dress out of TPU 92A-1 earlier this year: <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"616\" height=\"347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNpbLRrdJxQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see what designers do with all the new materials, including TPU 92A-1, being made available to them. <\/p>\n<p>[h\/t: <a href=\"http:\/\/fabbaloo.com\/blog\/2013\/3\/21\/materialise-announces-flexible-material.html\">Fabbaloo<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=K7CVaWKFf68:zrE0hFl6oTk:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/K7CVaWKFf68\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most 3D printed objects are made out of hard plastic. 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