MultiFab : a multi-material 3D printing platform
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896121503-MIT.pdf
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Author(s)
Ramos-Maltés, Javier Eduardo
Advisor(s)
Wojciech Matusik.
Alternative Title
Multi Fab : a multi-material 3D printing platform
Multi-material 3D printing platform
Multi-material 3-dimensional printing platform
Multi-material three-dimensional printing platform
Date Issued
2014
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
This thesis presents the development of MultiFab, a multi-material 3D printing architecture that is high-resolution, scalable, and low-cost. MultiFab enables the 3D printing of parts with materials that interact optically and mechanically. The hardware is low-cost since it is built almost exclusively from off-the-shelf components. The system uses commercial piezoelectric printheads that enable multi-material 3D printing with a resolution of at least 40 [mu]m. This thesis presents the design and fabrication of MiniFab, a 3D printer that implements the MultiFab architecture, and its key subsystems, including novel material feeding and UV LED curing systems. Additionally, results show that the printer is capable of producing multi-material parts for a wide variety of applications..
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-64).
Subjects
Mechanical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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