I Hope all good with you guys. I find some 3d plastic made from PLA (Polylactic Acid) plastic, and I’m a bit confused if it’s Halal or not. Heard different things, so I’m asking here for thoughts and info. If anyone know, please share. Thanks.
JazakAllah khair!
It should be from my understanding.
cassava is haram No?
Can you explain why it would be?
haram is forbidden.
…are you eating it? It’s fine to work with if that’s your question.
I am not Muslim nor an expert, but my understanding is that the fermentation does not make it haram since you are not injesting it, and as such you would not be najis for touching it. Please correct me if I am misunderstanding.
Cassava is a root vegetable as well and should be halal, it would be the fermentation that would be a problem, but only if you ate it.
You are correct, to my understanding.
I will ask imam and update. thank you
A brief search of halal PLA resins brought me to this company immediately. I’m sure there are others from the various results I noticed, but this seems to fit your needs accordingly.
thank you brother, do I look at PEEK or PEK as alternative?
PEEK is a huge step up in price, print complexity, and strength from a material such as PLA. It requires much more expensive machines to print, as the nozzle temperature needed is typically a bit above 400c, and a bed temp of over 100c. a much closer but still reasonable step up would be materials such as ABS, ASA, or PETG. Though if you have print capability of PEEK, go for it, its super strong.
I’d note that ABS and ASA have some pretty harmful fumes when printing–and in the case of ASA, lower temps mean you can’t just blow a fan to extract that somewhere. (All filaments will yield some fumes, and you should really have some steps to improve air quality. I have a HEPA air purifier with an activated carbon pre filter that lives directly beside mine, inlet pointed at the printer.)
For someone who came into the thread asking about PLA, PETG is 100% the next thing to try.
For the purpose of the thread, I honestly still don’t see a reason why PLA wouldn’t be allowed, or that PETG would be any different. As long as you aren’t eating it, which would be problematic for a slew of reasons, PLA should be fine.
With my very limited understanding of the halal side, you are correct.
My post was coming from the entry-level 3D printing side, because going from PLA straight to ABS/ASA is a pretty significant infrastructure leap.
Don’t be scared away by the word “ferment”. That’s just any chemical reaction that reduces carbohydrates in the absence of oxygen. Alcohol production is just one of many, many types of fermentation. Yogurt, yeast bread, pickles, even your own body’s metabolism use non-alcohol fermentation.
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