industrial mass production ThreeD Printer

Our project is to make Multi-Extruder Automatic Infinite 3D Printer for Industrial Mass Production. 3D printing is an additive manufacturing process, in which material is joined or solidified under computer control to create a three-dimensional object, with material being added together, typically l

Project Title

industrial mass production ThreeD Printer

Project Area of Specialization

3D/4D Printing

Project Summary

Our project is to make Multi-Extruder Automatic Infinite 3D Printer for Industrial Mass Production. 3D printing is an additive manufacturing process, in which material is joined or solidified under computer control to create a three-dimensional object, with material being added together, typically layer by layer.

3D printing has the potential to democratize manufacturing. Since 3D printers are easy to use and low cost, they allow anyone to make incredibly complex things. The technology has opened new doors to makers and innovators.

However, the capabilities of 3D printers are limited by requirement of human operation. The need of manual part removal prevents 3D printers from being used for mass production purposes. Therefore, the purpose of this project is to build a fully autonomous 3D printer. A 3D printer that can print a continuous stream of parts without user interaction. The finished machine is capable of independently ejecting and starting print jobs. Additionally, the 3D printer's conveyor belt mechanism allows it makes infinitely long prints. Moreover, it will have the ability to print two or more different materials (i.e. PLA and ABS) or two or more different colors in a single print by designing multi-extruder assembly. Print will be monitored with the help of 360-degree camera all the time. This Multi-extruder Automatic Infinite 3D Printer allows any small business, organization, and person to leverage the power of a factory.

Project Objectives

Even though 3D printing is a newly emerging technology, it has rapidly become mainstream in education, manufacturing and many other industries. 3D printers allow anyone to easily produce complex parts.

However, these machines have one critical flaw. After a 3D printer has finished printing a part, a person must physically go to the printer and remove the part from the print bed. A 3D printer cannot start its next print job, until the previous part is removed. This constraint cripples the productivity of 3D printers. If 3D printers could automatically eject their print jobs, then they could print out a constant stream of parts. The efficiency of the machine would drastically increase.

Many businesses already use 3D printers to manufacture products. Currently, their manufacturing capabilities are constrained by the need to manually remove/start print jobs If this task was automated, it would be easier for more companies to use 3D printing for volume manufacturing.

The purpose of this project is to build a fully automated 3D Printer: The Automatic Infinite 3D Printer. The Automatic Infinite 3D Printer has a conveyor belt module that autonomously ejects finished print jobs from the printer. With this novel feature, the 3D Printer is able to print a constant stream of print jobs without human intervention. This is a breakthrough for the 3D printing industry. Automatic part ejection will improve the functionality and capability of 3D printers. Within the next decade, autonomous part ejectors will be as ubiquitous to 3D printers as paper ejectors are to paper printers.

Furthermore, the custom conveyor belt allows users to print infinitely in the y axis. This allows users to make a much wider variety of parts. The Automatic Infinite 3D Printer monitors print jobs with a computer vision program and a series of webcams. In the unlikely event that a print jobs fails; the machine will autonomously eject the failed print and restart the job.

Similarly, moving frame i.e. conveyer belt serves as the bed for the printer that can provide the continuous long printing of the z-axis. This feature helps in printing long parts i.e. prosthetics in a single go. We will not need to print smaller parts to combine later and make big one which decreases the functionality of the print. Instead we can print those parts in a single run.

To have better material control along the X, Y and Z axes, the best thing is to have 3D printer with multi-extruders. With a multi-material feature in this printer, we can print different material at once. Often people like to use one extruder to print dissolvable supports that can easily be removed from the print. But we can also use them to print different colors, or different materials that will be present in the end print.

Project Implementation Method

1) During the first phase after completion of project this 3d       printer will be given to industralists and students for beta testing

2) In second phase the product will be officialy launched and orders will be collected from relate industries

3) This project have key focus on making prosthetic limbs so it will be takenn to the medical facilities in Rawalpindi and Islamabad region such as Shifa international , Fauji foundation e.t.c

4) Universities such as NUST , IIUI , GIKI , IST e.t.c will be engaged for selling this printer

5) As this 3d printer can be used making UAVs so it will be briefed to the related fields such as Air university islamabad and even Institute of space technology

6) Seminars will be arranged and conducted in Institute of space technology , NUST , AIOU , IIUI e.t.c and even in private and government sector schools for the awairness of 3d printing

Benefits of the Project

Over the past few years, people around the world have been empowered by rapid prototyping. Affordable CNC machines allow anyone to easily put together a prototype. All the cool hardware recently developed by makers, students, and startups is only possible because of easy access to these powerful machines. However, mass production still remains out of the reach of most people. Currently, makers can only mass produce by placing an order in an overseas factory. This process is expensive, time consuming and prone to error.

Building an affordable automatic 3D printer will open whole new doors to innovators. An automatic 3D printer will allow any to wield the power of a factory. Once automatic 3D printers become mainstream, conveyor belt lines will not be exclusive to large companies. The technology will truly be democratized. Providing this tool to DIY enthusiasts will once again allow them to make amazing things.

This project will make it more feasible for tinkerers to transition from an idea to a bustling company. It will be easier for libraries, schools, and other organization to offer 3D printing service

The best use of this project is for medical industries. It can make the prosthetic lims in one go because of 45 degree tilted nozzel we get extra overhangs protection so it can make the prosthetics with minimum error possible because all the parts van be printed at the same time and there is no restriction for length of the print.

By the property of infinite length it will be very much easy to make fully functional cheap prototypes of the UAVs and thus allows the avaiation industry to evolve in Pakistan.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

1) build volume 300 x 300 x infinity

2) sturdy aluminium frame

3) power failure resume

4) wireless printing

5) raspberry pi enabled camera for monitoring

6) multiple extruders 

7) could print PLA,ABS,TPU,NYLON,PETG,HIPS,PVA

8) precision HIWIN linear guide rails on all axis

9) 45 degree tilted hotend for overhang support

10) stainless steel convayer belt

11) heated bed 

12) heated build chamber

13) fillament dryer

14) fillament runout sensor

15) touch LCD screen for user interface

16) inductive sensor for bed leveling

17) automatic bed leveling

18) heat failure protection (thermal runaway)

19) fillament clog detection

20) build tray for collecting the printed parts

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Type of Industry

Manufacturing

Technologies

3D/4D Printing

Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Required Resources

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