As it turns out, soluble support materials for FDM/FFF 3D printing may offer more uses than just support. Customers of Stratasys have been utilizing their machines to take advantage of the unique properties of the soluble support material itself. Most often, soluble support created by their Fortus machines is being used to create soluble cores for the production of composite parts.
If you read the interview with MarkForged CEO, Greg Mark, or if you’re just familiar with composite manufacturing, you’ll know that composite parts are made by laying down or wrapping composite materials and resin over moulds, patterns, cores and mandrels.…
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