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Are any of the available printing filaments capable of withstanding the heat in a food steamer and if so, is it food safe? I’d like to extend the use of my slow cooker and/or rice cooker to steam vegetables etc. But because they’re small one-person size the best option is to print a basket of the right size, also incorporating various features. I don’t want a whole load of cooking gadgets on my kitchen worktop, if 3D printing custom containers can avoid this.
Polycarbonate and Ultem 1010 would survive cooking in a steamer.
Ultem 1010 needs a chamber temperature of about 200 degrees Celsius for FDM printing. Not the right filament for a Robox.
Is it possible to print Polycarbonate filament with proper interlayer adhesion on the Robox?
For poly carbonate use PC+ or PC max. Several of the Taulman filaments should also work for what you are doing.
Is it possible to print Polycarbonate filament with proper interlayer adhesion on the Robox?
@enginwiz I tried with Polymaker PC+ but I also bought some PrimaSelect PC variant too. when I was trying to print ignition sensor cases for one of my car projects. Unfortunately, the PC+ was too close for comfort re seal temperatures, which I thought possibly contributed to a failed head, so I abandoned the experiment.
I would be more comfortable using the DEV1 or SingleX head with PC, and now that I have Cura 3.2.2 post processing OK with post gcode analysis, I will resurrect the project again.
@paulsroom Polycarbonate isn’t food safe … https://www.3dhubs.com/talk/thread/overview-food-safe-3d-printing-materials
I did have some of this lying around, which was going to be my next test re car engine auxiliary parts, because it had a VST of 115ºC. 🙂 and was less hassle than PC+ to use.
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