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title: "FABULOUS: Filtration Parts for Food Production | AMT PostPro"
description: "FABULOUS makes 3D-printed strainers in blue detectable material for food and pharma lines. Vapor smoothing seals their rough, unsealed surface."
canonical: https://amtechnologies.com/resources/case-studies/fabulous-advancing-food-safety-with-filtration-solutions/
updated: 2026-10-06
type: case-study
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Case study · Industrial & food processing

# FABULOUS: advancing food safety with vapor-smoothed filtration parts

In food and pharmaceutical production, every component on a production line, from strainers and grippers to scrapers and nozzles, must meet rigorous safety standards. Many must be made from blue detectable materials, so foreign bodies or plastic fragments can be found visually and optically in the product.

[Read the full case study (PDF, opens in a new tab)](https://6983077.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6983077/Website/Case%20Studies/AMT_CS_FABULOUS%20BLUECARE%20ADVANCING%20FOOD%20SAFETY.pdf?ver=2) [Test your parts](https://amtechnologies.com/test-your-parts/)

Published May 21, 2024 Free download, no form

![Blue 3D-printed strainer with a perforated, egg-shaped body](https://amtechnologies.com/img/resources/cs-fabulous-800.webp)

Photo · A FABULOUS strainer part in blue detectable material.

- **Customer**: FABULOUS
- **Industry**: [Industrial & food processing](https://amtechnologies.com/industries/industrial/)
- **Application**: Strainers and filtration parts in blue detectable material
- **Printing**: 3D printing
- **Material**: Blue detectable material
- **Finishing**: [PostPro vapor smoothing](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/)
- **Published**: May 21, 2024

## The challenge

As printed, 3D-printed parts have a rough, unsealed surface, which stands in the way of food contact use. Vapor smoothing unlocks this application by reducing surface roughness and sealing the surface of the material.[PDF](https://6983077.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6983077/Website/Case%20Studies/AMT_CS_FABULOUS%20BLUECARE%20ADVANCING%20FOOD%20SAFETY.pdf?ver=2)

## Food contact, validated

FABULOUS and AMT later validated food contact compliance for 3D-printed parts in DETECT PA11 smoothed with PostPro Pure. Extractables well within regulatory limits under US FDA 21 CFR §177.1500[1]. Read the [announcement](https://amtechnologies.com/news/fabulous-and-amt-validate-3dprinted-food-contact-compliance/).

Result

Vapor smoothing reduces roughness and seals the surface, unlocking the application[PDF](https://6983077.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/6983077/Website/Case%20Studies/AMT_CS_FABULOUS%20BLUECARE%20ADVANCING%20FOOD%20SAFETY.pdf?ver=2)

Full case study

The complete story as a PDF. Free, no form to fill in.

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Test your parts

## Send us a part. See it smoothed.

We vapor smooth your own parts and send them back with the results. No cost to evaluate · Parts returned · Typical turnaround 2–3 weeks[2]

[Test your parts](https://amtechnologies.com/test-your-parts/) [See the systems](https://amtechnologies.com/products/vapor-smoothing/)

## Sources

1. [Fabulous and AMT validate food contact compliance for 3D-printed parts using DETECT PA11 and PostPro Pure](https://amtechnologies.com/news/fabulous-and-amt-validate-3dprinted-food-contact-compliance/) · AMT · Apr 7, 2026
2. [PostPro benchmarking: send us your 3D printed parts](https://benchmarking.amtechnologies.com/) · AMT · read Oct 6, 2026