A Sheffield-based 3D printing company has announced it has created a new way for the food industry to identify problems during the production process.
Addition Design, based at the Advanced Manufacturing Park Technology Center, has developed a process that allows food manufacturers to access production parts that meet regulatory requirements for food production components.
Tom Fripp, Director at Addition Design, said: “We are incredibly proud to have found a solution that works for everyone involved and, most importantly, reduces costs for food manufacturers.” The special process we have developed allows us to use our selective Laser sintering machine produces parts on request for manufacturers and then reworks them so that they continue to meet the requirements for food contact.”
The new technique addresses a number of issues affecting the industry’s ability to use 3D printing while complying with food safety regulations that require food contact components to be blue in color.
The new Food Contact Blue parts from Addition Design’s AddParts service.
Components in food production lines are traditionally colored blue so that they can be easily identified if they fail or break and to keep them out of the final food product. This requirement has historically been a barrier to 3D printing because there are few ways to produce low-cost, high-quality, certified blue food contact parts using industrial 3D printing. The new process was developed by Addition Design exclusively for AddParts.
