This Lamp Printed 3D From Orange Flowers

Number of objects can be used for 3D printing today. Most people go for common plastics such as ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) or polycarbonate. Krill Design, however, has chosen the fruit. Malalanje. Peel an orange, to say the least.

Milan’s design agency, which works in the field of materials, has taken Sicilian orange leaves and turned them into a natural and clear biopolymer, after which they used these in 3D to print new ones. Ohmie’s Lantern.

Biopolymer has been growing over the years, as a result of the progress of the agency’s work in Autogrill, an Italian restaurant known for its food in airports and on the road. Krill designed his first WasOrange equipment from fruit press, and then used this for 3D printing of sugar candy jewelry, especially plates, for Autogrill last year.

Now Krill has successfully refined its design to create a smooth and lightweight cutting lamp made of the skin of two or three Sicilian oranges that are added to the biopolymeric base from the leaves.

Domiziana Illengo, marketing manager at Krill, says that apart from the fact that oranges are abundant in Italy (Sicily produces about 3% of the world’s oranges), there is a reason why the fruit page is so effective. “The interaction between the basic biopolymer produced by the watering of leafy vegetables and additives from wild plants requires sugar to coalesce,” he says. “Oranges are very rich, not real sugar but food, which is the same in medicine. That is why this helps us to have strong things. ”

Krill’s biggest problem with making lanterns compared to the simple dishes that Autogrill made is the material to support the heaviest part while allowing it to stand securely. The company went through seven stages to reach a final design where the back is straight and allows the head to be tilted horizontally or fall to its side.

Obviously, the thing that distinguishes Ohmie from other lamps, in addition to being made from orange peel, is that, because of its texture, it has a disturbing aroma. “It’s similar to orange cookies, not just oranges, because in doing so they start to heat up,” Illengo said. “Then we’re reminded of cookies, really.”

Krill says his cooking orange plastic can be used to print anything in 3D, but there could be difficulties in editing. The problem is that not all 3D printers are created with the idea that they can print high-quality, high-performance digital prints. “People who want to experiment with housing can find it difficult to get the right temperature,” says Illengo. “Inside the 3D printer there is a chamber where the material melts, and then comes out from the nostrils on the other side. But since there are no 3D printing presses designed for nature, it is difficult for such a temperature to be appropriate. ”