3D Printer- A Carrier of Health Risking Elements

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3D Printer- A Carrier of Health Risking Elements
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Introduction

• To make technological inventions easily
  accessible to the general public, many
  electronics companies are coming up with low
  budget products which claim to provide services
  at par with their costly versions.
• These products have flooded the digital market.
  One such product is 3D printers.
• Because of their low costs these products are
  easily making their ways right from homes to big
  corporates who could now ensure availability of a
  3D printer at every desk.
• With the invention of 3D printers now it is
  possible for many to put their imagination and
  creativity to the paper. 3D printing has wide
  spread usage in many industries.

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Concept of Working Of 3D Printers

• But it has been suggested by many recent
  researches in their studies that these low cost
  are carriers of health elements.
• This is mainly because these printers emit the
  ultra-fine particles also termed as UFPs. A
  typical desktop printer function on the concept
  of fused deposition modeling or FDM in which
  solid plastic filament is served through a heated
  nozzle.
• Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and
  polylactic acid (PLA) are the two types of
  plastics that are mainly used in 3D printing.
• PLA is a plant-based material and is
  comparatively more flexible than ABS. ABS can
  emit a toxic and carcinogenic chemical called
  styrene. A chemical named lactide is emitted from
  PLA filament.

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Carriers Of Health Threatening Elements

• The study shows that both PLA and ABS can emit
  extraordinary levels of nano-sized ultra-fine
  particles.
• These emissions of ultrafine particles are a
  possible threat for health.
• Surprisingly UFP emissions can come from many
  household gazettes especially kitchen gazettes
  like cooking using electrical frying pan,
  grilling, and electric stove. But due to lack of
  awareness their health hazards are not clear to
  consumers.
• Studies shows that UFP can cause serious health
  hazard though not necessarily life threatening
  risks.
• Its emission could lead to respiratory system
  malfunctioning like asthma, lung disease or heart
  disease.

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Accessibility in Australian Market

• As these low cost printers have taken the global
  market by storm and also as their health threats
  are not widely spread among masses, these
  printers are becoming more accessible everywhere
  like in Australia.
• Many companies have launched low cost 3D printers
  in Australian market and made them accessible for
  every pocket due its reasonable and economical
  pricing making it easier to converting imaginings
  into actuality.
• The advent of 3D printers are boosting business
  in Australia as it is instrumental in increasing
  the revenues of many companies with its new
  products which are more creative in nature.
• Infinity 3D Printing can print enough dimensions
  of any type at very economical pricing. With such
  a support any business can go greater places.

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Ways to Use 3D Printers

• But at the same time the consumers of such
  products shall be genuinely educated about the
  possible health risks that come readily with the
  usages of such low cost products.
• Research and studies have suggested that there
  are ways by which these 3D printers can be used
  in a more safe ways.
• All you need is to know and apply the right set
  of rules to use these printers.
• These printers can cause harm only when not used
  in a specified ways.
• Researchers suggest that the best way to keep the
  printers is near a window or to a place where
  proper ventilation is there.

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Ways to Use 3D Printers

• Setting up of printers in places where there is
  no proper ventilation or where there is less
  scope of exposure to fresh air should be strictly
  avoided.
• Also avoid installing such products where you
  spend time for relaxation like bedrooms.
• It is very difficult to shun away from technology
  in modern era.
• But its implementation should be wisely done
  where it is a promise and not a threat.