Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
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Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
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Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#2Related:
"According to a study completed by a team at the Illinois Institute of Technology, typical desktop 3D printers emit particles and compounds during printing that federal agencies say could cause cancer or other ailments."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-3d-printe...
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#3Unclear what a "laser 3D printer" means--possibly selective laser sintering, but that doesn't produce carbon monoxide to my knowledge. Possibly a homegrown machine. Tragic reminder of the importance of proper workspaces.
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#4Unclear what a "laser 3D printer" means--possibly selective laser sintering, but that doesn't produce carbon monoxide to my knowledge. Possibly a homegrown machine. Tragic reminder of the importance of proper workspaces.
Might be a laser cutter/engraver. Would make more sense since those actually do burn the material.
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#5Unclear what a "laser 3D printer" means--possibly selective laser sintering, but that doesn't produce carbon monoxide to my knowledge. Possibly a homegrown machine. Tragic reminder of the importance of proper workspaces.
Glowforge marketed their laser cutter as a 3D laser printer, didn't they?
As someone waiting for their Glowforge to ship, I really hope their device wasn't involved in all this.
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#6Unclear what a "laser 3D printer" means--possibly selective laser sintering, but that doesn't produce carbon monoxide to my knowledge. Possibly a homegrown machine. Tragic reminder of the importance of proper workspaces.
Might be a laser cutter/engraver. Would make more sense since those actually do burn the material.
I don't know anything specific in this case (I have been following it since it was first reported, since it's local, and mysterious). But my first suspicion would be the CO2 gas supply to the laser. Low-quality CO2 gas has CO impurities. I think a leak in the gas supply, combined with really poor ventilation, could possibly lead to this situation, but I'm still surprised there would be enough CO to fatally poison 2 people and 2 cats.
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#7Related: "According to a study completed by a team at the Illinois Institute of Technology, typical desktop 3D printers emit particles and compounds during printing that federal agencies say could cause cancer or other ailments." http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-3d-printe...
Though this is marketed as a "laser printer" its most likely a laser cutter. Glow forge was the first I know of to start this stupid fad of calling them printers to be associated with the 3D printer market.
Laser cutters burn materials at high energy and need to be properly vented.
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#8Related: "According to a study completed by a team at the Illinois Institute of Technology, typical desktop 3D printers emit particles and compounds during printing that federal agencies say could cause cancer or other ailments." http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-3d-printe...
At this point living seems to cause cancer...
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#9Related: "According to a study completed by a team at the Illinois Institute of Technology, typical desktop 3D printers emit particles and compounds during printing that federal agencies say could cause cancer or other ailments." http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-3d-printe...
At this point living seems to cause cancer...
I mean....it does
Re: Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have killed Berkeley couple
#10Unclear what a "laser 3D printer" means--possibly selective laser sintering, but that doesn't produce carbon monoxide to my knowledge. Possibly a homegrown machine. Tragic reminder of the importance of proper workspaces.
at other sources it is said that they had "laser cutter and 3D printers".