It sounds like something from a 1950s edition of Popular Science about futuristic predictions, but it is now possible for the average person to print three dimensional objects out of plastic, and one local company is creating the fibrous material used in the process. According to Fila-Mint owner Brian Hanzel, of Chester Township, 3D printing can create anything from rubber duckies to prosthetic hands that can be programmed to work almost as well as the real thing. His company, located in a shop in an industrial building at 11711 Chillicothe Road, manufactures the plastic filaments that are used in the...
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