Collaborate Disseminate
While plastics are very useful on their own, they can be much stronger when reinforced and mixed with a range of fibers. Not surprisingly, this includes the thermoplastic polymers which …read more Continue reading Reinforcing Plastic Polymers With Cellulose and Other Natural Fibers
Most 3D printer filament soaks up water from the air, and when it does, the water passing through the extruder nozzle can expand, bubble, and pop, causing all kinds of …read more Continue reading Instant Filament Drying Satisfies an Immediate Need
When you first unwrap a shiny new roll of filament for your FDM printer, it typically has a bag of silica gel inside. While great for keeping costs low on …read more Continue reading Activated Alumina for Desiccating Your Filament
How good are ion membrane dehumidifiers for keeping FDM filament dry and ready for printing? This is the question which [Stefan] at CNC Kitchen sought to answer in a recent …read more Continue reading On the Merits of a Solid-State Dehumidifier Filament Dry Box
How many plastic spoons, knives, and forks do you think we throw away daily? [Stefan] noted that the compostable type is made from PLA, so why shouldn’t you be able …read more Continue reading 3D Printing with Plastic Cutlery
QR codes are a handy way to embed information, but they aren’t exactly pretty. New work from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have a new way to …read more Continue reading Fluorescent Filament Makes Object Identification Easier
What is an FDM filament coloring’s purpose but to be an aesthetic choice? As it turns out, the additives that create these changes in coloring and transparency also affect the …read more Continue reading The Effect of Filament Color on Print Strength and More
At heart, 3D printers are just machines that can melt plastic “wire” into interesting shapes. It’s well-known and oft-lamented that plastic of various sorts has been used to make all …read more Continue reading 3D Printer Filament from Reel-to-Reel Audio Tapes
The world of microwave RF design appears to the uninitiated to be full of unimaginably exotic devices, as engineers harness the laws of physics to tame radio signals to their …read more Continue reading New Part Day: Exotic Filament For RF Dielectric Structures
In Back to the Future, Doc Brown returns to 1985 with a version of his DeLorean time machine that has been modified with technology from the future. After telling Marty …read more Continue reading ERRF 22: Recreator 3D Turns Trash into Filament