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E-Mail IMAGE: A NEW DYNAMICALLY-CONTROLLED BASE FOR 3-D PRINTING (LEFT) WILL REDUCE THE NEED FOR PRINTED SUPPORTS (CENTER), CUTTING WASTAGE AND SAVING TIME. view more Credit: Yong Chen 3-D printing has the potential to revolutionize product design and manufacturing in a vast range of fields from custom components for consumer products, to 3-D printed dental products and bone and medical implants that could save lives. However, the process also creates a large amount of expensive and unsustainable waste and takes a long time, making it difficult for 3-D printing to be implemented on a wide scale. Each time a 3-D printer produces custom objects, especially unusually-shaped products, it also needs to print supports-printed stands that balance the object as the printer creates layer by layer, helping maintain its shape integrity. However, these supports must be manually removed after printing, which requires finishing by hand and can result in shape i ....
Dynamic platform cuts 3D printing waste by 35% 06 Apr 2021 Professional Engineering The dynamically controlled surfaces (a) reduce the need for printed supports (b) to cut waste material (Credit: Yong Chen) A dynamically controlled surface with moving metal platforms can cut material usage in 3D printing by reducing the need for “wasteful” printed supports, its developers have said. Printing times could also be shortened thanks to the new technique, said the researchers from the University of Southern California (USC). As conventional 3D printers create custom objects layer-by-layer, they often need to print supports to balance the product. These supports are manually removed after printing, which requires finishing by hand and can result in shape inaccuracies or surface roughness. The materials the supports are made from often cannot be reused, so they are discarded and contribute to the growing problem of 3D-printed waste materi ....
Researchers develop moving platform for 3D printing that can cut waste, costs ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 19:40 IST California [US], April 6 (ANI): Researchers from USC Viterbi School of Engineering have developed a unique low-cost dynamically controlled surface for 3D printers that reduces waste and saves time. The work, led by Yong Chen, professor of industrial and systems engineering, and PhD student Yang Xu, has been published in Additive Manufacturing. 3-D printing has the potential to revolutionize product design and manufacturing in a vast range of fields from custom components for consumer products to 3-D printed dental products and bone and medical implants that could save lives. However, the process also creates a large amount of expensive and unsustainable waste and takes a long time, making it difficult for 3-D printing to be implemented on a wide scale. ....