3D Printing Fabric With Polyurethane

[Brian_Krassenstein]

Israeli designer and 3D print professional David Mussaffi has demonstrated yet another step being taken toward 3D printing as a standard technique for the production of fabric. It began as an experiment while working with thermoplastic polyurethane. He was interested in examining the possibilities for printing the material in thin enough sheets that it would constitute a fabric. This isn't the first effort to 3D print fabric, but it is interesting in that it doesn't require a special machine but rather uses a standard 3D printer to fabricate the textile. Read more about his design efforts at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/94652/3d-printing-tpu-fabric/

[curious aardvark]

yep two layers of 0.1mm give you a pretty tough 0.2mm thick flexible sheet.

Not sure why this is news :-)

I've made flexible sling pouches the same way.

polyflex is the toughest mayerial I've used. A single 0.2mm layer is almost impossible to tear by hand.