What’s next in 3D printing?
A tutorial on viscous (paste) material additive manufacturing
Andrew Finkle (CTO, Structur3d Printing)
September 5th, 2018
Todays Outline
• 1) AM Background• Thermoplastic FDM, Slicing, Limitations
• 2) Paste Extrusion• Technologies, Products
• 3) Material Fundamentals• Viscosity, Elastomers, Electronics, Bioprinting, Food
• 4) Advanced Functionality• Medical, Aerospace, 4D printing, composites
• 5) Discov3ry Complete
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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
1. CAD Model
2. Layering Software (Slicing and GCODE)
3. Modeler Controller(XYZ & Extrusion Control)
4. Build Platform(Heated Bed)
5. Filament Feedstock
6. Extrusion Head
7. Layer-by-Layer Fabrication
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
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Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
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1. CAD Model
2. Layering Software (Slicing and GCODE)
3. Modeler Controller(XYZ & Extrusion Control)
4. Build Platform(Heated Bed)
5. Filament Feedstock
6. Extrusion Head
7. Layer-by-Layer Fabrication
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
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1. CAD Model
2. Layering Software (Slicing and GCODE)
3. Modeler Controller(XYZ & Extrusion Control)
4. Build Platform(Heated Bed)
5. Filament Feedstock
6. Extrusion Head
7. Layer-by-Layer Fabrication
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
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1. CAD Model
2. Layering Software (Slicing and GCODE)
3. Modeler Controller(XYZ & Extrusion Control)
4. Build Platform(Heated Bed)
5. Filament Feedstock
6. Extrusion Head
7. Layer-by-Layer Fabrication
Slicing and GCODE
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
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Slicing and GCODE
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G1 X137.2 Y132.181 E0.045
Slicing and GCODE
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
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• A major limitation of 3D printing is materials
• typically plastic & metals.
• The opportunity for high-value soft materials, like silicone, polyurethane, and epoxies is simply not well addressed.
• Traditional manufacturing methods (i.e., molds):=> more $$$=> less flexible=> more time-consuming
This limits market opportunity!
Manufacturers are actively seeking ways to reduce cost and time to market, and increase customization. One of the key tools used to
achieve these aims is 3D printing.
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Limitations of Thermoplastic FDM
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Auger Air Pressure
Physical Pressure
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Paste Extrusion Technologies
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1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Paste Extrusion Products
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Tan, C., Toh, W. Y., Wong, G., & Lin, L. (2018). Extrusion-based 3D food printing – Materials and machines. International Journal of Bioprinting, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.18063/ijb.v4i2.143
Pusch, K., Hinton, T. J., & Feinberg, A. W. (2018). Large volume syringe pump extruder for desktop 3D printers. HardwareX, 3, 49–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.OHX.2018.02.001
Food Printers
Customized and Open Design Paste Extruders
Commercial Paste Extruders
Fab@Home
MakerbotFrostruder
EnvisiontecBioplotter
Richrap
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Soft (Paste) Material Parameters
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* Muth, J. T., Vogt, D. M., Truby, R. L., Mengüç, Y., Kolesky, D. B., Wood, R. J., Lewis, J. A., Embedded 3D Printing of Strain Sensors within Highly Stretchable Elastomers, Adv. Mater. 2014, 26, 6307–6312
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Glove One – 3D Printed Smart Phone by Brian CeraImages from 3DPrint.com
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Flexible Electronics
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Hutmacher, D. W., Scaffolds in tissue engineering bone and cartilage, Biomaterials, 21, 2000, 2529-2543; DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00121-6
Duan, B., Hockaday, L. A., Kang, K. H., and Butcher, J. T., 3D Bioprinting of Heterogeneous Aortic Valve Conduits with Alginate/Gelatin Hydrogels, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. A, 2013, 101(5), 1255-1264; doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34420
Nature 520, 273 (16 April 2015) doi:10.1038/520273a
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Tissue Engineering
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* Bakarich, S. E., Gorkin, R., Panhuis, M. i. h. and Spinks, G. M. (2015), 4D Printing with Mechanically Robust, Thermally Actuating Hydrogels. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 36: 1211–1217. doi: 10.1002/marc.201500079
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1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Edible Electronics and Robotics
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Adam E. Jakus, Katie D. Koube, Nicholas R. Geisendorfer & Ramille N. Shah, Robust and Elastic Lunar and Martian Structures from 3D-Printed Regolith Inks, Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 44931 (2017)doi:10.1038/srep44931
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Aerospace
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A. Kirillova, R. Maxson, G. Stoychev, C. T. Gomillion, L. Ionov, 4D Biofabrication Using Shape-Morphing Hydrogels, Adv. Mater. 2017, 1703443. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201703443
Average printed vessel diameter = 20 µm!
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4D Printing
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S. W. Pattinson, A. J. Hart, Additive Manufacturing of Cellulosic Materials with Robust Mechanics and Antimicrobial Functionality, Adv. Mater. Technol., 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admt.201600084
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Advanced Materials and Composites
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Biodegradable electronic implants
Mire, C. A., Agrawal, A., Wallace, G. G., Calvert, P., and Panhuis, M. i. h., Inkjet and extrusion printing of conducting poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) tracks on and embedded in biopolymer materials, J. Mater. Chem., 2011, 21, 2671-2678. DOI: 10.1039/C0JM03587D
PEDOT/PSS
chitosan
1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Medical Applications
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1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Designing from Experience
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Discov3ry Complete
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1) AM Background > 2) Paste Extrusion > 3) Material Fundamentals > 4) Advanced Functionality > 5) Discov3ry Complete
Discov3ry Capabilities
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Discov3ry Capabilities
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1. Chen, Q., Cao, P.-F., & Advincula, R. C. (2018). Mechanically Robust, Ultraelastic Hierarchical Foam with Tunable Properties via 3D Printing. Advanced Functional Materials, 28(21), 1800631. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201800631
2. Sultan, S., & Mathew, A. P. (2018). 3D printed scaffolds with gradient porosity based on a cellulose nanocrystal hydrogel. Nanoscale, 10(9), 4421–4431. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR08966J
3. Kim, T., Trangkanukulkij, R., & Kim, W. S. (2018). Nozzle Shape Guided Filler Orientation in 3D Printed Photo-curable Nanocomposites. Nature Scientific Reports, 8(1), 3805. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22107-0
4. Areir, M., Xu, Y., Zhang, R., Harrison, D., Fyson, J., & Pei, E. (2017). A study of 3D printed active carbon electrode for the manufacture of electric double-layer capacitors. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 25, 351–356. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JMAPRO.2016.12.020
5. Angjellari, M., Tamburri, E., Montaina, L., Natali, M., Passeri, D., Rossi, M., & Terranova, M. L. (2017). Beyond the concepts of nanocomposite and 3D printing: PVA and nanodiamonds for layer-by-layer additive manufacturing. Materials & Design, 119, 12–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.MATDES.2017.01.051
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Discov3ry 2-pt Complete
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Discov3ry 2-pt Complete
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Thank you!
Andrew Finkle (CTO, Structur3d Printing)
www.structur3d.io
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