[LINK] 3D Print Toilet Parts to Save the Planet?

[Jim Birch]

On 24 January 2013 17:42, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great for reproducing toy parts and toy soldiers, but little else that
> needs
> to be subject to extreme pressure or force.
>

Or repeated flexing.  Or temperature cycling, impact, abrasion, corrosion,
contact with fluids, etc.

The original vulcanisation patents were issued in 1844 and innovation has
been going on ever since, ramping up with the plastics explosion from
around the 1950s resulting in thousands of different plastics.  In addition
to feed material, variations in the fabrication process, especially
temperature, have profound effects on the durability and flexibility of the
product.

AFAIK current 3d printers use one feed stock and one process.

Jim

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