jack_christie
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3-D Printed Car Is as Strong as Steel, Half the Weight
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/3d-printed-car/
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/02/3d-printed-car/
Ain't no way ABS is as strong as steel, especially when printed
"Steel" spans a huge gamut of materials. I'm sure there's at least one grade of steel geared towards ductility instead of hardness, so that, technically, ABS has greater tensile or compressive strength than it.
"Steel" spans a huge gamut of materials. I'm sure there's at least one grade of steel geared towards ductility instead of hardness, so that, technically, ABS has greater tensile or compressive strength than it.
Ain't no way ABS is as strong as steel, especially when printed
Certainly none that I can think of. It's just the whole view of RP being the future that just irks me, especially when people like this try to cash in on it. Without any pressure applied, or controlled cool down rate, a printed part will never be as strong as say an injected molded part, let alone a metal part. I find that the strength of parts is typically cut (at least) in half over an injected molded part of the same material. The time and cost it takes to print a single part is still ridiculous too. It's completely unfeasible for any sort of mass production of load bearing parts, and will be for a long time.