FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SFF Processes B. Khoshnevis
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Application Areas Small batch actual production of parts or assemblies Prototyping of products to test functionality, fit for assembly, marketability, and other factors Mold, die, and other tool making for other manufacturing processes such as casting, extrusion, etc. Solid imaging of 3D data in domains such as mathematics, chemistry, medicine, etc. Sculpturing and other forms of art work.
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Advantages Possibility of unattended operation Significant reduction in product design cycle Ability to produce parts with unlimited geometrical complexity Radically new possibility of designing the internal structure of parts Possibility of wasteless and environmentally sound fabrication
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Commercialized RP Technologies
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Selective Inhibition Sintering (SIS)
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The working of sintering inhibitor Sintered powder Sintered powder Particles treated with sintering inhibitor Break- away surface
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Preliminary experiment Built in one afternoon with an electric heater filament and a light dimmer.
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Preliminary Results Sintered layerHoles due to inhibitor Printed inhibitorSeparated sections Single-layer experiments with polystyrene powder Inhibitors: - Cooking oil - Water+alcohol
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The Alpha Machine Drive electronics Use of a halogen lamp heater
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Sintering by Nichrome Pivoting Heater
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The Alpha Machine Desk top size
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Driver software Interface
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Sample Parts
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2.5 D Parts
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3D parts
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Moldless Powder Metallurgy (MPM)
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FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA The MPM-Metal machine
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Elementary parts Simple copper part made with ceramic inhibitor Copper Part with complex geometry and sharp edges
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Scaling up From Fabrication to Construction
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CC Contour Crafting
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Flow analysis for nozzle design Comparison of flow patterns with simulation result and actual process. Side views with a square orifice (top pictures), and side views with an elliptical orifice (bottom pictures)
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 3D ceramic parts
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Ceramic and Plastic parts
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Application in building construction Cavities made with CC and filled with concrete.
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Imbedding Reinforcement
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Co-extrusion of outer and filler materials A 6DOF Nozzle Assembly
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Conventional Structures
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Adobe structures
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Multiple mobile robotics approach
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CC – The Sass Method
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IT issues
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Lunar construction – From Earth to Moon
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Deployable CC
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NASA Trials
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Nozzle for corrugated internal structure
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Nozzle for corrugated internal structure
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Adjustable width nozzle
FAB 4 - August 2007 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Imbedding sensors and IT components Conductive concrete may be used to power densely imbedded sensors and actuators.