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.

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Blue 3D-printed strainer with a perforated, egg-shaped body
PhotoA FABULOUS strainer part in blue detectable material.
Customer
FABULOUS
Industry
Industrial & food processing
Application
Strainers and filtration parts in blue detectable material
Printing
3D printing
Material
Blue detectable material
Finishing
PostPro vapor smoothing
Published

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

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 §177.15001. Read the announcement.

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