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Great stuff. Also, heads up, there's a pretty wide variance in in between MFRs. Some have more pliability than others.

The misleading thing is most FDM TPUs still have a Shore A hardness of like 90-95, so its not pliable, just flexible. However you can really change how flexible and sort of simulate pliability based on the infil density and pattern, as well as the structural pattern of the object. We have made a lot of different type of grabbing intake wheels and lfappers and stuff for robotics with it. A great combo is TPU dual-head printed with ABS as a solid structure, then with Dycem stick pliable sheets on top.


One thing that is both kinda neat and a huge pain, is that a lot of things won't stick to TPU.


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