Soft Elastomeric Materials for
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)

CUSTOM FIT OXYGEN FACE MASK:

This picture shows the seal of a custom fit aircrew oxygen mask, fabricated by FDM using 72 Shore A thermoplastic elastomers.

The elastomeric part was built using 0.010" (0.25 mm) slices, 0.012" (0.30 mm) wide roads, 0.8"/s (20 mm/s) head motion, and a 0.012" (0.30 mm) extrusion die. The transparent nature of the build material makes the part surfaces seem rougher than what they actually are. The horizontal line through the part is due to a material loading problem that lasted while fabricating those two layers.


http://cadserv.cadlab.vt.edu/bohn/rp/elastomer/mask.html
August 4, 1997