Maritime non-profit Island Missions Support has begun using a Slice Engineering hotend to produce more robust 3D printed prosthetics for amputees in isolated areas of Guatemala.
Utilizing Prusa i3 MK3S+ and Raise3D E2 3D printers, the group previously tried to create prosthetics from PETG, but the country’s hot climate caused their material to warp and prints to fail. Having upgraded the latter with a Slice Engineering Copperhead Hotend, however, the team is now able to print child and adult-sized hands and arms, which restore the ability of users to precisely grip everyday objects.
“With the Copperhead on it, I can really do a lot more with the E2,” explained Eric Lamoray, President of Island Missions Support. “The last forearm I made before our upgrade, it was a sixteen hour print, and I had to sit there and monitor it because the printer had six clogs. Now there’s…
