You would be forgiven to believe that 3D printing is only about rolls of filament as well as tubs of resin. The truth is, there are numerous much more 3D printing technologies out there. whatever from powders to paper can be utilized to manufacture a 3D model. [Jure]’s Hackaday prize entry is implied to check out those weirder 3D manufacturing techniques. This is a printer that lays down binder over a reservoir of powder, slowly building up objects made out of minerals.

The essential concern with a powder printer is precisely what material this printer will use. For this project, [Jure] is planning on printing with hydroxyapatite, a mineral that makes up about 70% of bones by weight. printing bones — yes, they do that — is rather costly as well as has diverse applications.

The style of this printer is about what you would expect. It’s a Cartesian style with a roller to distribute powder, a piston to decrease the part down into the frame, as well as an industrial inkjet printhead developed for broad style printers. It’s a amazing piece of work as well as one of the much better powder printers we’ve seen, as well as we can’t wait to see what [Jure] is able to create with this.

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