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Industries That Use Filamet™ Metal 3D Printing

Applications and solutions for a wide range of Industries

FFF Metal by The Virtual Foundry offers a development platform that reaches across industries. Researchers in the lab, students working on a thesis project, prosumers at home and our military troops are all benefitting from this innovation that allows them to make metal, glass and ceramic into new shapes using regular, off-the-shelf equipment.

What industries are using Filamet™?

3D PRINTER MANUFACTURERS
BIOMEDICAL INNOVATORS
JET ENGINE TECHNOLOGY
RADIATION SHIELDING
SPACE EXPLORATION
NUCLEAR POWER
SPECIAL EFFECTS
EDUCATORS
FASHION DESIGN
DENTAL
ARTISTS
Planetary habitat model designed for lunar exploration, showcasing 3D-printed structure using Basalt Moon Dust Filamet™, emphasizing innovative applications in space technology and research.

Lunar Exploration

With Basalt Moon Dust Filamet™, you can 3D print the moon!

Get ready to blast off into the cosmos without leaving your lab!
Discover Basalt Moon Dust Filamet™, the game-changing filament made from lunar regolith simulant, courtesy of Astroport Space Technologies and The Virtual Foundry.

Just imagine printing lunar-inspired creations with your regular 3D printer! Basalt Moon Dust Filamet™ lets you dive headfirst into the lunar experience, right from your workbench.

Looking for something Moon-ish to print?

Try this Planetary Habitat Model created by Exploration Architecture Corp, the people behind Astroport Space Technologies. Clicking the image will take you to a Google Drive download for the stl file.

Planetary Habitat Model Created by Exploration Architecture Corp

Examples of 3d prints using Filamet™ and Applications.

Antarctic Drilling

This drill bit is used to drill through ice in the Antarctic for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. It’s about 4lbs of copper.

Hot water is run through the bit to melt the ice, rather than cutting like a normal drill bit. It has internal structure for managing water flow which makes it extremely difficult to machine or cast, but pretty easy to 3D print – at a quarter of the cost.

3D printed copper drill bit designed for Antarctic ice drilling, showcasing unique internal structure for water flow management, relevant to IceCube Neutrino Observatory project.
3D printed cylindrical container with lid, made from tungsten for transporting radioactive medicine, showcasing high density and weight, relevant to radiation management applications.

Radiant Sheilding

This is a 3D print of a bottle with lid used for transporting radioactive medicine it is equal (or very close to) the density of pure lead.

This print is about 94% metal by mass. It’s made with tungsten, which is 1.6 times heavier than lead. The whole point of this product is weight, to make the heaviest filament humanly possible. It will be used mostly in radiation management, vibration control and counterweights, marketed under a brand name that already has traction as an injection moldable, super high mass material.

This print weighs about a half pound. The container is 8.4cm high without the lid and 8.7cm with it. The outer diameter measures 4cm.

I just wanted to write a quick email to tell you how much I am enjoying your product. I found the copper based filament I got from you to be so easy to use and without issue from the very first print I tried. I was initially worried that it would be hard to get good results or difficult to print correctly. Nothing could be further from the truth, it prints easy and smoothly on my Prusa i3 mk2 without any funny setup issues or special problems I have experienced with other specialty filaments.

Thanks for a great product!
— Gordon Novak