Ivory Made Using 3D Printer, Suitable Replacement For The Real Thing

Photo credit: Garreth Brown on Pixabay. Article by Margaret Davis. The Science Times – April 15, 2021.

Scientists from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and 3D printing company Cubicure GmbH created an ivory substitute that can replace the real one and possibly restore many museum artifacts, Free News reported.

Ivory trade has been banned across the world because of the declining populations of majestic animals. The team of scientists explained that the ivory substitute, called ‘Digory,’ consists of synthetic resin and calcium phosphate particles that are processed in a hot, liquid state and hardened in a 3D printer using UV rays in the desired shape. Digory can also be polished and color-matched. […]

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Video: A brief history of the ivory trade – November 26, 2015.