In the fast-paced world of food and beverage manufacturing, companies are constantly seeking ways to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and innovate their production processes. Additive manufacturing has emerged as a powerful tool to meet these demands, offering flexibility and speed in creating custom parts and tooling and keeping lines up and running. However, one critical barrier has restricted its adoption in this industry: the limited availability of food-contact certified filament materials.
For food and beverage manufacturers, ensuring production parts that are in direct contact with food or are in close proximity to it comply with strict food safety regulations is not just important—it's a requirement. A common necessity is that these parts must be made from materials that are food-contact certified. Without certified materials, parts typically cannot be used in areas that involve direct or even indirect contact with food products. This limits the potential of additive manufacturing to applications that are safely away from food such as secondary and tertiary packaging.
That’s about to change. We are excited to introduce a food-contact certified additive manufacturing material designed specifically for the food and beverage factory floor. This material opens up new possibilities for manufacturers to more deeply integrate 3D printing into their operations, providing compliance with food safety standards while delivering the benefits of additive manufacturing.
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