Obviously sugar isn't plastic, but this technique seemed most relevant for this section
Just found this article using isomalt to develop structures:
[
news.illinois.edu]
Isomalt:
Costs approx £10/kg
Melts at around 150degC
Cools rapidly enough it can be printed in midair.
Dissolves rapidly in water
(would probably be recyclable if you break off and reform the syrup, although I suspect would yellow with repeated use, and you might get hard "burnt" deposits which could clog the nozzle)
This is a bit about preparing syrup: [
www.wikihow.com]
I'm just wondering if anybody is working on anything like this?
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/29/2018 08:50AM by dgm3333.
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