Future enhancements to 3D printing and real time production

Joseph Landa; Jeffery Jenkins; Jerry Wu; Harold Szu

doi:10.1117/12.2051256

24 June 2014 Future enhancements to 3D printing and real time production

Joseph Landa, Jeffery Jenkins, Jerry Wu, Harold Szu

Proceedings Volume 9118, Independent Component Analyses, Compressive Sampling, Wavelets, Neural Net, Biosystems, and Nanoengineering XII; 91180C (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051256
Event: SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The cost and scope of additive printing machines range from several hundred to hundreds of thousands of dollars. For the extra money, one can get improvements in build size, selection of material properties, resolution, and consistency. However, temperature control during build and fusing predicts outcome and protects the IP by large high cost machines. Support material options determine geometries that can be accomplished which drives cost and complexity of printing heads. Historically, 3D printers have been used for design and prototyping efforts. Recent advances and cost reduction sparked new interest in developing printed products and consumables such as NASA who is printing food, printing consumer parts (e.g. cell phone cases, novelty toys), making tools and fixtures in manufacturing, and recursively print a self-similar printer (c.f. makerbot). There is a near term promise of the capability to print on demand products at the home or office... directly from the printer to use.

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Joseph Landa, Jeffery Jenkins, Jerry Wu, and Harold Szu "Future enhancements to 3D printing and real time production", Proc. SPIE 9118, Independent Component Analyses, Compressive Sampling, Wavelets, Neural Net, Biosystems, and Nanoengineering XII, 91180C (24 June 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2051256

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