Concept of modular 3D printer construction

10th International Symposium Machine and Industrial Design in Mechanical Engineering

工业技术;机械制造

Stopka, M.^1 ; Kohár, R.^1 ; Weis, P.^1 ; Šteininger, J.^1

University of ilina, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Univerzitná 1, ilina

010 26, Slovakia^1

关键词: 3d prints;    Current situation;    Increasing costs;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/393/1/012092/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/393/1/012092

学科分类：工业工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The current situation on a field of 3D print does not allow significant changes in the printer's construction. 3D printer's build area is often a limiting factor. The goal of this project is the design of a modular construction of a 3D printer. In the future, that would mean, that after purchase and after query for increasing build area, it would be necessary just to connect another unified block. All the changes could allow rapid modification of the printer's properties without increasing cost or rebuilding construction. As a result, it was able to develop a construction that is able to expand the build area at one axis. It is able to expand the build area with almost no limit in one direction.