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New Material Brings More Flexibility To 3D Printing

March 22, 2013

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from webpronews.com

Most 3D printed objects are made out of hard plastic. While its great for some projects, others require a material with more elasticity. There’s already a few flexible materials on the market, but one 3D printing company thinks it has the best flexible material yet.
Materialise 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:
 

The material’s application in fashion has already been explored as Materialise made a dress out of TPU 92A-1 earlier this year:


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