2026-09-20T04:59:42Zhttps://dspace.mit.edu/server/oai/requestoai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/921302022-01-13T07:54:05Zcom_1721.1_7582com_1721.1_7581col_1721.1_131023
Wojciech Matusik.
Ramos-Maltés, Javier Eduardo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
2014-12-08T18:50:57Z
2014-12-08T18:50:57Z
2014
2014
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92130
896121503
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-64).
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..
by Javier Eduardo Ramos-Maltés.
S.M.
64 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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