3-D Printing By: Ahmed Kotb Senior Mechanical Engineering Student Higher Tech. Institute June. the 27 th.2014

Objectives  Increasing our knowledge about 3-D printing.  Getting to know the types of 3-D printing.  Knowing why and how 3-D printing is done.  Getting to know the impact of using 3-D printing on the future.

Outline  Introduction  History  Additive Processes  General principles  3-D printers types  3-D printing materials  3-D printing applications  Commercial and personal 3-D printers

Outline  The Impact of 3-D printing on engineering and production  Challenges facing 3-D printing  Conclusion

Introduction  What is 3-D printing?  How it done  Can anyone use 3-D printers?

History  First 3-D printer prototype  Development timeline

History  3D-Printers appearance in movies

Additive Processes  What is additive manufacturing  How it works  Why is it used

General principles  Modelling  Printing  Finishing

3-D printers types  Selective laser sintering (SLS)  Fused deposition modeling (FDM)  Stereolithography (SLA)  PolyJet photopolymer  Syringe Extrusion  Other Methods

3-D printers types  Selective laser sintering (SLS)

3-D printers types  Fused deposition modeling (FDM)

3-D printers types  Stereolithography (SLA)

3-D printing materials  Plastic  NYLON: (Polyamide)  RESIN  STAINLESS STEEL  GOLD & SILVER  TITANIUM  CERAMIC  GYPSUM

3-D printing materials

3-D printing applications  Aerospace and defense  Surgical implants  Prosthetics  Jewelry  Toys  Construction  Other applications

3-D printing applications

Commercial and personal 3-D printers  Commercial printers  Personal Printers  Prices comparison

Challenges facing 3-D printing  Relatively expensive price  Time consuming process  Nearly anything can be made by 3D-printers  Still new technology

The Impact of 3-D printing on engineering and production  Saves time  Extremely accurate  No restrictions on industry  Significant decrease in product development cycle and costs  Can be used to print almost anything  Very dependable technology

Conclusion  3-D printing is the future  Huge impact on industry and life in general  If you can draw it, you can print it  A new technology facing challenges  Time consuming process

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