8 years, 1 month ago

MIT demonstrates 3D printing with cellulose, as an alternative to petroleum based plastics

Plants could be a renewable and biodegradable alternative to the polymers currently used in 3-D printing materials, researchers have found. A new paper, published in the journal Advanced Materials Technologies, found that cellulose might become an abundant material to print with. “We found that the strength and toughness of the parts we got… was greater than many commonly used materials for 3-D printing, including acrylonitrile butadiene styrene and polylactic acid,” he said. In bulk, the material is comparable in price to that of thermoplastics used for injection molding and it’s much less expensive than the typical filament materials used for 3-D printing.

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3-D printing: the shape of things to come
12 years, 8 months ago

3-D printing: the shape of things to come

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