3D-Paintbrush

Melting and cooling plastics

Master thesis (2018)

Authors

W.L. Hofman Industrial Design Engineering

Contributors

K.M.B. Jansen (graduation committee member)
Jo M.P. Geraedts (mentor)
Faculty
Industrial Design Engineering, Industrial Design Engineering
Copyright: © 2018 Leander Hofman
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Published Date

17-12-2018

Language

English

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Faculty

Industrial Design Engineering

Abstract

This thesis describes the process of redesigning the 3D-paintbrush. It looks into extruder screws for plastics and finds the best design variables for the 3D-paintbrush. Vortex cooling has been used to cool the extruded plastics fast and efficient. With the findings for melting and cooling the thesis looks at human-machine interaction and combines these findings into a final redesign. A mockup is made of the redesign to validate the interaction between the user and the 3D-paintbrush