This document discusses 3D printing accessories for plastic pipes. It notes that fused deposition modeling is well-suited for producing hollow plastic parts like accessories that come in a variety of sizes and may be composed of multiple parts, as long as high accuracy is not required. The document proposes using 3D printing to develop new nozzles and jets compatible with more types of plastic filaments to increase the range of products that can be made, reduce the need for stocking special sizes and forms, and allow for faster delivery and customized designs.

1. Accesories for plastic pipes
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2. Type of products

3. product caracteristics
 Hollow parts
 PVC, PPSU, … plastic materials are important (no PLA, ABS,..)
 No high accuracy is needed
 Some accesories are composed by different parts
 High amount of sizes and forms

4. AM selected
 fused deposition modeling
 Nozzle and jetts need to be redesigned to use more types of plastic filaments

5. Framework
Path 1 Path 2
Path 3 Path 4
Increase range of products
• Development of new jetts and noozle for
new plastic filaments
• No need of high stockage of special sizes or
forms and short times for delivery
• Raw material should be supply in powder or
filaments
• Posibility to supply far costumers
• Personalised piping design• New design multi parts accesories
• Customization