Weave-Inspired Digital Fabrication for Textile-Form

This research explores the possibilities of combining additive manufacturing and weaving of textiles to create a novel textile-form. In recent years, additive manufacturing has revolutionized manufacturing processes by enabling the creation of complex three dimensional geometries with precision. Conversely, weaving, a traditional method of...

3-D printable flexible diamond electrodes

Additive manufacturing technologies are widely gaining more attention, resulting in the development or modification of 3D-printing techniques and materials. At the same time, economical and ecological aspects force the industry to develop materials that are easier and quicker to manufacture, while attaining their desired properties. The...

Influence of Automated Fiber Placement in Fused Deposition Modelling with reinforced thermoplastic materials

Fused deposition modeling (FDM) is one of the fastest-growing additive manufacturing processes in recent years. Nevertheless, the mechanical properties cannot be matched to those of traditional manufacturing methods such as injection molding.The research presented in this report aims to demonstrate the limitations of fusion deposition models and...

Joining chemically incompatible materials for fused deposition modeling

This report shows the development of a method that joins two chemically incompatible materials during Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). State of the art FDM printers can extrude more than one material during the printing process. Due to chemical incompatibility of many polymers, the selection for combining materials is limited. This gives the...

3D Printing with Bioplastics

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is undergoing a radical evolution. AM businesses such as Ultimaker (UM) are speeding up industrial production through digital design and local manufacturing to enable industries to produce “what they need, where they need it, and when they need it” (“Ultimaker”, 2019), while also being cost-effective. AM is perceived...

Opening the bottle: designing openable surfaces in a mono material construction of recycled PET

A proposal is made on how to design and create an openable surface in a mono material 3D printed tiny house that consists out of recycled PET.

Fused Deposition Modelling in Industry 4.0: Extend the capabilities of fused deposition modelling to industry 4.0 standard

The fourth Industrial Revolution stands for the current trends of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies - which comes with a considerable amount of opportunities as most manufacturers attempt to stay ahead of the competition. One of the possibilities is the addition of FDM printing - one of the types of additive...

The structural feasibility of 3D-printing houses using printable polymers

At this point in time, 3D-printing techniques in general, but especially applied for the building industry, still are in a phase of early experiments. One of the experimental attempts is to print a full-scale, three-story high, house in Amsterdam, using an up scaled version of a FDM-printer that is able to print blocks of 1.8 x 1.8 x 3.0 meters...

The Structural Feasibility of 3D-printing houses using printable polymers

At this point in time, 3D-printing techniques in general, but especially applied for the building industry, still are in a phase of early experiments. One of the experimental attempts is to print a full-scale, three-story high, house in Amsterdam, using an up scaled version of a FDM-printer that is able to print blocks of 1.8 x 1.8 x 3.0 meters...