Gasket mating surfaces can be… extremely fickle, especially when one of the two sides is stamped sheet metal or even plastic. Too little torque on the fasteners means there won’t be enough clamping force, which means leaking. Too much torque on the fasteners will dimple the stamped or plastic part, which means leaking.
If you’re using this in a low temperature application with beefy mating surfaces, TPU could work fine I guess. It still seems like more effort to get a dimensionall accurate enough design than to grab a roll of gasket material and an exact blade.
I love me some 3D printing, but if you need a fast gasket I would buy a roll of gasket material and cut it to size. Most auto parts stores stock a variety of materials for this use.
Gasket mating surfaces can be… extremely fickle, especially when one of the two sides is stamped sheet metal or even plastic. Too little torque on the fasteners means there won’t be enough clamping force, which means leaking. Too much torque on the fasteners will dimple the stamped or plastic part, which means leaking.
If you’re using this in a low temperature application with beefy mating surfaces, TPU could work fine I guess. It still seems like more effort to get a dimensionall accurate enough design than to grab a roll of gasket material and an exact blade.
I think this can be applied to 70% of 3D printing. But sometimes it’s just fun to make the machine go brrrrrrr.
Na, functional prints are great! You just have to be wary of “now that I have a big hammer, every screw looks like a nail”.
I do a lot of prototyping and one-offs with my printer that I just wouldn’t make without it.
Yes. The other 30% of 3D printing is great. I agree.
There are plenty of gasketed surfaces out there that paper gaskets are unsuitable for these days. And I’ve cut my share of paper ones over the years.