A Step into the Unthinkable ThreeDimensional Printing By
A Step into the Unthinkable Three-Dimensional Printing By Joe Logsdon
How Technology is Advancing • Communication with others is depending more and more on technology • IPhones and Androids
What is Three-Dimensional Printing? • Defined as: “the making of parts and products using a computer-driven, additive process, one layer at a time. ” • Subtractive vs. Additive
What is Three-Dimensional Printing? http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Xq 0 d 0 WRsk. EU
The Individual vs. the Company
The Individual vs. the Company
The Makerbot Replicator 2 • Why makes the Replicator 2 stand out among the crowd? – resolution capability of 100 microns – 410 cubic inch build volume – relatively small body – Maker. Ware – Thingiverse. com
Thingiverse. com • Created by Maker. Bot Industries so users could share their creations with the world www. thingiverse. com
Dollars and Cents • $2199 price tag • $48 PLA filament • Equation: 2199 + 48 x + 61 y + 13 z – (a little satisfaction) = WY 2 MCH $
Comparison Chart Fully Assembled 3 D Printers Company Model Price Solidoodle SD 1001 -A $499 3 D Systems Cube $1299 Leapfrog Creatr $1588 Makerbot Replicator Industries 2 Aleph Lulzbot Build Material Envelope Used Cost Accuracy ABS $22 per lb. . 014 in ABS, PLA $71 per lb. . 010 in ABS, PLA $14 per lb. . 008 in 6 x 6 x 6 (Inches) 5. 5 x 5. 5 12 x 10 $2199 11 x 6 PLA $22 per lb. . 004 in $2500 8 x 8 x 4 ABS, PLA $18 per lb. . 004 in http: //www. additive 3 d. com/3 dpr_cht. htm
Future of Three-Dimensional Printing • It is unknown how much wear and tear the PLA filament can handle • The year long buzz
Summing Up the Pieces • Hubs or workstations would be much more economically efficient • Hefty price tag
References 1. http: //www. csmonitor. com/Innovation/Tech/2012/1109/M aker. Bot-Replicator-2 -Print-your-own-objects-at-home 2. http: //www. pcmag. com/encyclopedia_term/0, 1237, t=3 D+p rinting&i=37077, 00. asp 3. http: //news. cnet. com/8301 -17938_105 -57368277 -1/whowill-get-the-biggest-slice-of-3 d-printed-pie/ 4. http: //www. additive 3 d. com/3 dpr_cht. htm 5. http: //www. makerbot. com/tutorials/pla/ 6. https: //store. makerbot. com/replicator 2. html 7. http: //downloads. makerbot. com/replicator 2/Maker. Bot_Re plicator 2_features_list. pdf
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