3D Printz Partners with Fishy Filaments to Distribute Recycled Nylon 3D Printing Filament10/30/2020 3D Printz Partners with Fishy Filaments to Distribute Recycled Nylon 3D Printing Filament https://ift.tt/35Ks3vq There are plenty of unique, and even strange, materials out there that innovative people have figured out how to 3D print with, from a wide variety of food products like chocolate, meat and fake meat, sugar, salt, pancake batter, and even grapes, to nearly every metal imaginable, such as aluminum, titanium, stainless steel, copper, cobalt chromium, and gold. Obviously, we 3D print with a lot of plastic materials, and plenty of biomaterials, and people are 3D printing materials like ceramics, glass, diamonds, fabric, and even cannabis! Cornwall-based startup Fishy Filaments provides another interesting 3D printing material: it turns recycled nylon fishing nets into engineering-grade filament in an effort to save marine life .
By the time Fishy Filaments receives the nets from its independent third party labs, they’ve been used by Cornish fishers for several months already, but that’s all, since the net surfaces become cloudy and stop catching fish. The nylon from these nets is a little salty, and sometimes even has bits of seaweed clinging to it, but the business says “the underlying high quality polymer is still there.” They aim to keep it that way as well, by not over-processing the material and wrecking its value by adding chemical modifiers. Since officially releasing its recycled fishing net filament onto the market last year, the Cornish startup says that artists, hobbyists, professional product designers, and even heavy industries have put the material to good use.
Another UK company that clearly shares the startup’s values is Telford-based 3D Printz Limited, headquartered in the county of Shropshire, which borders Wales to the west. The two recently signed an eco-friendly distribution deal, which will benefit 3D Printz by helping to grow its 3D printing product range.
3D printing has the potential to be a more sustainable method of manufacturing, and this factor is often discussed in the industry. There’s less energy usage and wasted material, more sustainable material options, and often reduced shipping needs as well. So a partnership between a 3D printing specialist and supplier like 3D Printz and Fishy Filaments, which is centered on sustainability, is pretty advantageous for both. You can purchase Fishy Filaments’ premium Porthcurno blend, on 750 g spools, for £59.99 (including VAT) on the sales portal of the 3D Printz website. Named after a spectacular beach in the UK, according to the startup, Porthcurno is good for use in applications where flexibility and translucency are needed, and its light blue-green color means it will take many off-the-shelf dyes pretty well. 3D Printz offers free delivery on orders over £50. (Source: Shropshire Live / Images: Fishy Filaments) Printing via 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing https://3dprint.com October 30, 2020 at 08:01AM
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