3-D Printing

UMN ME owns two of these

UMN ME owns eight of these

3-D Printing or Additive Manufacturing or Desktop Manufacturing

Technologies

Source: Wikipedia

Stratasys: Fused Deposition Modeling

Source: Wikipedia

NYT Desktop Mfg video

We also have high-end printing on campus

Objet 260 Printer

• Multi-material– Hard and flexible

in one print– Multiple colors

• High accuracy– <1 mm

resolution

• Large volume– 250x250x250

mm

Airway model with stiff bones and soft

tissue

Rigid, clear heart model Printed mold, withsilicone molded part

University of Minnesota Medical Devices Center

3D Printing is Routine

Sept. 2010

Dec. 2010

2012

Growing Options

Makerbot, $2900Stratasys uPrint, $10K

Northern Lights Technology Center

3D Systems V-Flash

Ponoko fab service

firstcut CNC machining service

Your assignment is being printed on these machines

Room 177 ME, enter through 171 ME