3D printing ppt
-
Upload
azharhussain19 -
Category
Engineering
-
view
86 -
download
4
Transcript of 3D printing ppt
Printing :
Printing is a process for reproducing text and images, typically with using ink or paper using print press
3D Printing:
It is also called as ‘Additive Manufacturing’
It is a method of Additive Manufacturing that adds material to an object layer by layer to create the final product.
It was developed in 1984
Working :
A 3D file is checked by software to see if it is printable.
The software then slices the file and sends it to a machine.
A plastic filament is fed through the printing head. The filament melted and the head then deposits it
on a build platform. The head moves around depositing the material so
that it makes up the bottom slice of the object. The head returns to its starting position and the
build platform is lowered. The head then builds the new layer on top of the
first and this is repeated until the object is done.
Continuation…..
When the model is finished,it is suspended in the powder to cure
At the end of the curing time,the machine automatically removes the most of the powder around the model by vacuum pressure
Methods :
There are three main methods of 3D Printing.
1) Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
2).Stereolithography (SlA)
3).Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM)
SLS :
Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) is an additive manufacturing (AM) technique that uses a LASER as the power source to sinter powdered material (typically metal), aiming the laser automatically at points in space defined by a 3D model , binding the material together to create a solid structure.
LASER used in SLS is CO2 laser
SLA :
Stereolithography is an additive manufacturing process which employs a vat of liquid ultraviolet curable photopolymer "resin" and an ultraviolet laserto build parts' layers one at a time. For each layer, the laser beam traces a cross-section of the part pattern on the surface of the liquid resin. Exposure to the ultraviolet laser light cures and solidifies the pattern traced on the resin and joins it to the layer below.
FDM :
A plastic filament or metal wire is unwound from a coil and supplies material to an extrusion nozzle which can turn the flow on and off. There is typically a worm-drive that pushes the filament into the nozzle at a controlled rate
Various polymers used
ABS
Poly carbonate(PC)
Poly acetic acid(PLA)
High density polyethylene(HDPE)
Polyphenylsulfone(PPSU)
ABSplus:
ABSplus is a production grade thermoplastic That gives models the ability to perform just like production parts in real world.
This is commonly used polymer in three dimensional printers.
ABS plus
Advantages:
3D printing uses non-harmful chemicals
3D printing generates almost no waste during the process.
It can be used for making replacement parts.
Limitaions :
The machines are too expensive and not reliable.
Materials are not strong enough.
It is too hard to design for 3D printing.
Machines are not fast enough.