Dual Extrusion Flexible Pliers

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* Print-in-place models are a 3D printing concept where **fully functional objects with movable parts** can be designed and printed in a way that they work immediately after removal from the print bed with no post-processing or assembly required. * The capabilities of **dual extrusion 3D printing** can be leveraged to incorporate multiple filaments with different material properties into a single functional part, including flexible materials such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU). * To demonstrate the capabilities of dual extrusion 3D printing for functional print-in-place parts, flexible needle nose pliers were created using both PLA and TPU.