Flexible 3D Printing Filaments

Flexible 3D Printing Filaments

“Flexible 3D printed materials have a lot to offer us. Rather than just make rigid things, flexible materials can let us make wearables, shoe soles, clothing and other things such as buttons. Flexible materials such as FlexPLA, Polycaprolactone and some Nylons have been used. Most popular on the desktop are TPUs (Thermoplastic polyurethane, which may be called TPE depending on where you live). These thermoplastic elastomers are very tough and flexible and have been pioneered through Ninjaflex and Filaflex. These kinds of 3D printing materials have been used for slippers, orthotics and many soft things. Flexible materials and structures greatly expand the realm of the makeable with desktop 3D printers…”

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