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Initiation of 3-D printing took place in end 1980s. Fundamentals of 3-D printing were laid by Japanese Professor. Although he was not able to contribute 100% with his idea, but later on, Mr. Charles Huck carried on with this idea and finally came up with a machine that can create prototypes. Later he also co-founded a 3-D manufacturing company that is right now one of the largest 3-D company in the world and contributes a lot to modern era problems. After this initiative, progress on additive manufacturing

usage customization is great in FDM. Hot end temperature need to be adjusted when different material types are used. When required it is possible to mix different materials with different properties to produce a single printed object. By end of this paper one is able to fabricate a 3D printer with low cost. Abstract 3D printers are devices that can create a three-dimensional object from a

printing is the process of three dimensional solid objects from a computer file. The following information is about 3D printing and the processes that it takes to 3D print. There are many pro and cons to 3D printing that I will list below. In this paper I will also talk about what equipment it will take to make a 3D print, But first we will talk about the steps to make a 3D design. There are eight steps to print a 3D design. The first step is to start with making a virtual design of an object

Almost every houshold has a 2D printer. This paper will talk about the 3D printer, and how it has saved lives, made lives easier, allowed people create amazing objects with the printer, made production faster and cheaper, and how the printer will revolutionize the world as we know it. The 3D printer goes back to 1976, around the time that the Inkjet printer was invinted. Charles Hull changed everything by making the first commercial 3D printer. He offered it for sale through his company 3D Sytems

3D printing or additive manufacturing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The creation of a 3D printed object is achieved using additive processes. In an additive process an object is created by laying down successive layers of material until the entire object is created. Each of these layers can be seen as a thinly sliced horizontal cross- section of the eventual object. It all starts with making a virtual design of the object you want to create

Problem Statement Last summer, I started an internship with Shriners Hospital for Children in their Motion Analysis Lab. During my internship there, I realized that many children could not afford to wait the three months necessary for standard ankle braces. In addition, many poorer families struggle to afford such expensive devices. My goal for this invention is to develop a feasible and medically accepted system in which a 3D scan of the patient’s foot will be manipulated on the computer to create

Introduction This essay will convey in depth the definition of 3D printing and how it operates. It will also show some examples of different types of 3D printing as well as show us how it can be useful in the industry of business, professional, education and home time. 3D printing can bring some advantages as well as disadvantages not only to business but also to its employees. Printing this way will become more common as time goes by and can help the industry limit on human error. 3D movies, holograms

2. Review of Literature Basically research in FDM can split into three categories 1. Novel applications 2. Materials 3. System improvements This systems improvements mostly based on software and tool path generation, layer by layer algorithms and part orientation. The basic FDM process changed since 1980’s and it has three Cartesian linear actuators, extruder and temperature controls. To print different materials multiple heads can be used. Research published on FDM extruder so far is very

New Technology Commercial Aviation General Electric GE-90XE Engines In March 2015, GE Aviation was granted the first FAA certification for a 3-D printed part to be installed in a jet engine. According to GE Aviation, the part is a T25 housing for a compressor inlet temperature sensor and will be retrofitted on over 400 of its GE90-94B engines. The part was designed using a CAD program and a rapid prototype was made of metal alloy using an SLS process. The final design was approved, the prototype

As previously defined, a composite material consists of two or more materials where polymers are used as matrix materials usually. These materials behave together to produce the best properties of the scaffold, duplicating the same composite features of bone. In particular, polymer- based composite scaffolds may mimic the structure of natural bone which is mainly made of HA and collagen. Showing better osteoconductivity, HA can be considered the inorganic reinforcing phase of the composite scaffold