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Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by regularfry on Monday March 16, 2020 @05:59AM (#22591345)
Given the temperature constraints, I can imagine exactly those plastics are fairly unlikely to be suited to the traditional extrusion heads on common-or-garden 3d printers.
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Re:Italian hospital saves Covid-19 patients by 3D printing v... by Neil44 on Monday March 16, 2020 @06:54AM (#22591599)
Yes I would think moulding would be the way. One of my clients is a plastics company and I saw a presentation on it a little while back. The new plastic versions of things can be non-disposable but still much cheaper and lighter than metal versions.
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