From a friend,
the material used in 3D printers will NOT be suitable for use near
petrol. most use an ABS or an acrylic type of material which will
just dissolve.
It would be possible to get something done 3d printers are just
becoming capable of printing a mould tool that could then be used to
injection mould the swirl pot in a more suitable material. would be
ideal for this sort of thing low volume complex part. i guess what would
be a £8k+ mould could be done for sub £1k
Qless.
The information source can not undertake this work so please don't ask.
On 20/07/2012 10:21, TonyV wrote:
If you do decide to get one of those then please report back on the
swirl pot setup - I'd be interested in one myself at that price.
Like Jim, I think they'll probably be pattern, but their claim that
it's as good as OEM suggests otherwise.
Just thinking with my fingers, but 3d printers are becoming relatively
commonplace nowadays.
I wonder whether the plastic they extrude would be fuel proof?
If so, it would be relatively easy to get some swirl pots made,
probably for not too much money.
With a bit of clever design, it might even be possible to design one
which would fit through one of the available orifices, meaning you
don't have to butcher and re-weld the tank to fit it.
TonyV.
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