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Fusing Plastic Sheets With A 3D Printer (Sort Of)
3dPrinterHacks Fusing Gcode Inflatable Plastic
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If you want to experiment with pneumatic devices, you’ll likely find yourself in need of custom inflatable bladders eventually. These can be made in arbitrary 2D shapes by using a soldering iron to fuse the edges of two plastic sheets together, but it’s obviously a pretty tedious and finicky process. Now, if only there was some widely available machine that had the ability to accurately apply heat and pressure over a large surface… Realizing his 3D printer had all the makings of an ideal bladder fusing machine, [Koppany Horvath] recently performed some fascinating experiments to test this concept out in...
Fusing Plastic Sheets With A 3D Printer (Sort Of)
3dPrinterHacks Fusing Gcode Inflatable Plastic
![Fusing Plastic Sheets With A 3D Printer (Sort Of)](http://pikadeo.com/cdn/shop/articles/4830_1627551302_{width}x.jpg?v=1589484243)
If you want to experiment with pneumatic devices, you’ll likely find yourself in need of custom inflatable bladders eventually. These can be made in arbitrary 2D shapes by using a soldering iron to fuse the edges of two plastic sheets together, but it’s obviously a pretty tedious and finicky process. Now, if only there was some widely available machine that had the ability to accurately apply heat and pressure over a large surface… Realizing his 3D printer had all the makings of an ideal bladder fusing machine, [Koppany Horvath] recently performed some fascinating experiments to test this concept out in...