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It'd be interesting if they could create some sort of laminated or reinforced plastic by also printing a PLA scaffold. It'd reduce the amount of plastic but als
by jszymborski 6y ago
It'd be interesting if they could create some sort of laminated or reinforced plastic by also printing a PLA scaffold. It'd reduce the amount of plastic but also combat some of the brittleness you get with glass.
- _Microft 6y agoOnly the shaping takes place at low temperatures. The material still needs a heat treatment at well over 1000°C for its final form.
- abdullahkhalids 6y ago> The conversion takes place at 700 °C below the temperature for handling of silica melts (~2000 °C) and thus safes [sic] a considerable amount of energy. https://www.glassomer.com/index.php/technology https://www.glassomer.com/index.php/technology
- lucioperca 6y agoInteresting thought but temperatures of 1300 Degree Celcius are reached. Maybe something like high temperature mineral wool would work: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_wool#Kaowool https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_wool#Kaowool