UV 3D printed parts

[steinietrabi]

Does anyone know these 3D print parts? I would like to be interested in how they are made. The parts are from the MFH Ferrari GTE and MFH refers to them as UV 3D print parts. But how are they made - they are bendable but not silicone.

[bestbalsakits]

In sla printing, there are numberous materials. Not only colours, but also re fexibility, hardness, easily to melt etc etc.
Just make design, select correct material to work with, and there you go.

Not sure about stiches/decal, but there are printers that can work with different colours at same time.

So there must some that can combine all of the above.

I think.

Wim

[steinietrabi]

This is definitely an interesting topic and I am always surprised what kind of things there are.
And how and for what you can use it!

[MoFo]

Most likely, it's not actually "3D" printed, but rather 2.5D printed on something like a Mimaki or Mofrel printer.

Basically, a lot of large-format flatbed printers (the kind that print out billboards, etc) already use UV-cured inks, to allow a wider, more resilient range of colours. Recently, manufacturers realized they could combine that with existing multijet 3D printing technology that uses (essentially) modified inkjet nozzles and UV light to deposit and cure layers of resin (like Shapeways' frosted detail). The result are a few different ink printers that have added the capability to build a thin, textured layer onto a print surface, before adding the coloured image on top.

See also: Quinta Studios, releasing 2.5D colour printed cockpit panels for aircraft modellers. The 'tell' here is that it's printed on paper, which "proper" 3D SLA printers can't do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqdVYw6olR8