Marybeth, We've been 3d printing the first version of our sensor enclosure, for our environmental monitoring sensor, and we did quite a bit of research on what materials would be appropriate for a collections environment. Happy to connect you with our engineer Nathan who has all the knowledge.
Best, Austin ------------------------------ Austin Senseman CEO @ Conserv Birmingham AL (205) 222-2847 [email protected] ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------- Original Message: Sent: 10-25-2019 10:18 From: Marybeth Tomka Subject: Materials used on 3D printing Thank you! Marybeth Marybeth S. F. Tomka, M.A., PS Cert CM Head of Collections TARL The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station R7500 Austin, Texas 78712 512-475-6853 direct line 512-232-6563 fax 512-471-5960 TARL main phone https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/tarl <https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/tarl> https://texasbeyondhistory.net <https://texasbeyondhistory.net> State Certified Repository Original Message------ Hi Marybeth, If you haven't already, I would suggest Googling "rapid prototyping", "additive manufacturing" and "plastics".. You will get zillions of hits, but that is because you are then in the huge industry which makes products using 3D printing processes every day, and not in the limited conservation literature. I don't think that they would understand the word "stable" in the same way we do in the conservation world (that is, the same time frame), but I think talking to a few companies in your neighborhood would put you in the right direction. Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio also does some work in this area. Yours, Bill ------------------------------ W (Bill) Wei Senior Conservation Scientist Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed Amsterdam +31 33 421 7183 ------------------------------ Reply to Sender : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&SenderKey=07a6f0a4-1124-481e-8b08-a0ebcfe4be56&MID=9444&MDATE=756%253e46547%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e Reply to Discussion : https://community.culturalheritage.org/eGroups/PostReply/?GroupId=481&MID=9444&MDATE=756%253e46547%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions&MDATE=756%253e46547%253c&UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e&GroupKey=757a8f16-505f-4323-8e74-e376757aa9f7.
