Can we lift THIS? Pushing the limits of STRONG 3D prints

Could we lift a 12-tonne armored vehicle with a 2-kilo plastic 3D print? To find out, we teamed up with Covestro and the Royal Netherlands Navy on a journey that took us far beyond the material data sheet to the cutting edge of additive technology.

[NikClark]

What a great video. Make more like this please!

[aaronsarnat]

This is extremely cool and impressive engineering!

[FOSmedia]

My s5 has been brilliant, who knows one day i'll print some tank lifting parts too !
Awesome experiment, moar plz !

[FranzStrasse]

Strengths-of-materials: So many engineering problems come down to the material properties. Which, of course, is one of the reasons it's so much fun to be an engineer!
PS: Cura is the best.

[davidgruty]

How do you simulate this?
I mean with the layers, the material is not isotropic and how do you know the properties of the layer bonding

[georgemaniatis]

We need this filament available in Australia!

[frennylove]

...en weer regen aan het einde natuurlijk :P

[tkknivesczechrepublicoffic]

TL;DR

Carbon fiber infused plastic exists, that can withstand great pulling forces that happens to be 3D printed in this video with 100% infill(can be made any other way). 2kg of material was used to make it possible. It does not seem to take advantage of 3D printing, they just made 3D printed chain link.

[ydoucare]

At 2 KG of material, that part cost at least $120. You could've made a much smaller link in steel for less. There are times for 3D printing, this isn't one of them.