Additive tooling is the process of using a 3D printed part for tooling purposes. For this project, the 3D printed part will be used to manufacture injection molded parts. While additive tooling has many restrictions …
Year: 2019
Electronic Component Embedding in a FFF Printed Part
Abstract Wearable medical devices are becoming more and more important in today’s society such that patients are not required to have extended stays in hospitals or have to carry around large medical equipment with them …
Polycarbonate Enclosure for Dishwasher-Safe Retainers
Project Overview This project is a complimentary design to two of our group members’ capstone project, using different polymers to create dishwasher safe retainers. This project will be an enclosure, that is also dishwasher safe, …
iPhone 7 Case Optimization
Explanation: For our project, we have decided to optimize the design and 3D printing of an iPhone 7 case that maintains a balance of protection of the device and grip for the user. We feel …
Single Print Rubber Band Gun Proposal
Project Overview Additive manufacturing processes have the benefit of creating assemblies with moving components that require no post-manufacturing assembly. The printing of these assemblies can be more difficult than just creating a single component because …
Limited Hand Dexterity Multi-Tool
Purpose The purpose of our project is to create a tool that can aid people with limited dexterity or strength in their hands. Many people suffer from disabilities which can cause limited hand usage. …
SLA Effects on Polymer Springs
Project Overview: Additive manufacturing provides many diverse and highly flexible processes to manufacture geometries that are difficult or impossible to recreate with traditional manufacturing methods. For example, with SLA, we can create highly customizable geometries …
FFF Printing Failure Criteria
Explanation of the FFF Printing Failure Criteria Project The primary focus of this project is to determine the tensile failure criteria for additive manufactured parts made with an FFF (fused filament fabrication) printer. As additive …
Friction Surfacing of Stainless Steel 304
Friction Surfacing (FS) is a solid state process used to produce fine grained coatings with superior surface and corrosion properties; eliminate subsurface voids and cracks. Bulk melting does not occur, allowing us to join dissimilar …
Mini VAWT Optimization Proposal
GOAL The goal of this project is to utilize additive manufacturing to adjust a series of parameters of scaled down vertical axis wind turbines’ blades, in order to identify an optimal design. WHY Although, horizontal …