Title Development of a customizable heated module for rotary 3D printing
Translation of Title Rotoriniam 3D spausdinimui skirto individualizuojamo kaitinamo modulio kūrimas.
Authors Šmatavičius, Mantas
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Pages 61
Keywords [eng] additive manufacturing ; rotary 3D printing ; customizable design ; thermography ; thermal simulations
Abstract [eng] Additive manufacturing offers great flexibility in design, customizability, and on-demand manufacturing. However, the current additive manufacturing technologies based on planar material extrusion processes have several limiting factors including poor mechanical properties, rough surface quality, extensive use of supporting structure etc. In recent years advances in non-planar material deposition were made to solve these limitations for producing the tubular structures. This study focused on solving the lack of heated surfaces in rotary 3D printing and suggested the use of conductive sleeves for printing the variable-diameter tubular structures. In this paper heated print-drum design and rotary module for Prusa MK3S 3D printer were developed. The thermal performance of the print-drum was analysed using theoretical and experimental research methods. The printing capabilities were tested. The assembled rotary module with print-drum achieved the 100°C printing surface temperature per 130 seconds and was able to print at 30 mm/s.
Dissertation Institution Kauno technologijos universitetas.
Type Master thesis
Language English
Publication date 2024