What is an FDM filament coloring’s purpose but to be an aesthetic choice? As it turns out, the additives that create these changes in coloring and transparency also affect the base properties of the ...

Countless industrial tools and robots need to grip things, and because we humans learn to grip since infancy, we can easily ...

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Consulting firm’s report lists lack of recycling infrastructure as one problematic aspect of polylactic acid bioresin. While products made from bioresins may carry recyclability or compostability ...

DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers is generally credited with synthesizing polylactic acid (PLA) in 1932 — admittedly, he is best known for his research that led to the development of nylon — but it ...

A lot of claims have been made about the purported benefits of adding chopped carbon fiber to FDM filaments, but how many of these claims are actually true? In the case of PLA at least, the [I built a ...

Cargill Dow, Minnetonka, mn, is teaming up with Amprica SpA., Castelbelforte, Italy, and Wei Mon Industry, Tapei, Taiwan, to foster packaging use of the company’s NatureWorks pla (polylactic acid) ...