A 3D printed model submarine with a Lego pilot survived an expedition 200 meters down into a lake in Italy. Maker Martin Baumers wanted to test whether 3D printed materials would be valuable on underwater machines, and his small submarine certainly survived the test. Baumers printed it out of Nylon, the same material used for prototyping and for some elements of automotive and aerospace products, using a Selective Laser Sintering process.
The sub was equipped with LED lights and a camera on the boom attaching it to the surface. The sub didn’t seem at all perturbed by the high pressure in the depths of Lake Iseo, showing that 3D printed objects can have underwater applications.
Deep-Z Tests if 3D Printed Objects Can Survive at 200 Meters Below the Surface of the Water
We all know that 3D printed objects can function in outer space, as NASA and Made In Space have proven the fact, earlier this year. For one man, named Martin Baumers, he elected to stay on earth, and explore the depths of the this planet’s large bodies of water, and the potential that 3D printing has for creating components for deep water applications …
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