Iran attains self-sufficiency in supplying raw materials for 3D printing of medical prostheses

Iranian researchers succeeded in the production of raw materials for 3D printing of complicated medical prostheses and made the country self-sufficient in this regard.
"This material which can be applied for precise simulating of body's hard tissues and is a prerequisite to producing complicated medical prostheses and has training applications as well has passed tests successfully and used in the 3D-print machines," Managing-Director of the knowledge-based Nokhbeh Mehvar Fars Company Amiri said on Saturday.
He said that the new 3D printing material is now being produced in Iran at a price one-sixth of the costs that the country incurred when it imported the materials from foreign states.
3D Printing, as the name suggests, is a process wherein a solid three-dimensional object is printed layer by layer from raw material, which could potentially lead to a whole new era in manufacturing. The process is also known as additive manufacturing or desktop fabrication.
Firstly, a three-dimensional design is created and saved in STL format, which is then sent to a 3D printer. The design is then printed layer by layer to fabricate a real object.
ABS and PLA plastic are the cheapest raw materials you can use in a 3D printer. To change colors, you simply switch out one color of filament for another.