Floating floor drain cover

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PLEASE RESPECT THE LICENSE AND GIVE CREDIT TO THE DESIGNER

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170mm diam, 20mm thick design/logo cover for floor drains

This lid floats if water enters the drain, normally it will prevent the water trap from drying out to fast... And it looks nicer than the original

Also added a blank cover for you to add your own logo (stl + step)

I designed the floor drain cover to be printed with my own conductive PI-ETPU 95-250 Carbon Black filament ( http://rubber3dprinting.com/ ) because it results in:

• An exclusive look with its matte carbon black surface finish.

• A nice print with a minimum of stringy cobwebs (the TPU and carbon black mix makes for a favorable rheology and retraction settings can be optimized).

• A cover that will not crack/break when stepped on.

• Less energy used when printing since it does not need a heated bed (like ABS etc).

To prevent the cover from compressing too much under the foot I made some internal ribs, that way the infill (20%) can still be low and the final part will do a great job as a float.

I used a 0.7mm nozzle at 230 deg C for this print. To use a bigger nozzle than the commonly used 0.4mm gives the 3D print so many pros, for instance lower pressure in the melted material -> higher speed. The biggest advantage is the much stronger parts due to the better bonding between the layers (also makes it more likely to be water tight).

The conductivity is sometimes a main feature for using the PI-ETPU 95-250 Carbon Black but in this case the surface finish and ease of 3D printing were the main drivers (the fact that conductivity is not a drawback in this case helped of course).

I designed this for a friends restaurant, link to photos I took there:

http://palmiga.com/opening-night-2015-httpvastragard-se/

The restaurant: http://vastragard.se/

Please also check out my unuiqe UV-stable, flexible and conductive filament called ETPU 95-250 Carbon Black filament.

Don´t need the conductivity? Well the conductivity is great for some things but perhaps not your first choice? Then consider this:

This filament will give you some really nice benefits if the conductivity is not an disadvantage for your 3D printed design:

•The material composition eliminates “stringing / webbing” issues.
•The hardness of 95 shore A and the carbon black filler makes for great print abilities.
•The carbon black filler is an excellent UV stabilizer thus the prints are built to last in very harsh environments.
•The matte black surface finish has a very exclusive look.
•The material feels very nice and dry to touch.
•It´s not too stretchy and will do great for timing belts etc.

http://rubber3dprinting.com/

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