-Additive Layer Manufacturing How Does 3D Printing Work? Filament Resin Binder Hot-End Nozzle Extruder Stepper Motors Layer-By-Layer - Always Materials PLA Polylactic Acid ABS - Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Nylon Polyurethane - NinjaFlex Resin Methacrylated - Oligomers & Monomers; Photoinitiators How Does 3D Printing Work? More Materials Resin Binder Chocolate? Other Pastes? Machines Available in the Lab MakerBot Replicator 2 and 2X Flashforge Creator Pro Stratasys UPrints, and Uprint SE-Plus Formlabs Form 2 How Do You Decide Which? Material Choice Primarily up to you! Do some Research! ABS is very strong and water-proof May need supports that have to be dissolved Sodium Hydroxide PLA degrades in water over time May need supports that have to be torn-away Nylon is very strong but difficult to print with Supports are unknown for this material Resin is still in its experimental stages Polyurethane is very strong and FLEXIBLE Two types of flex Water-Proof Can be difficult to print with Machines and Materials MakerBots and FlashForges ABS, PLA, Nylon, Polyurethane Supports will be iffy and may not work Support-1: Same material as printing with Support-2: PVA Polyvinyl Acetate Elmer's Glue Stratasys Machines Fred, Wilma, and SE ABS Supports are great but may need dissolved Form-2 Resin Supports are great but the same resin material Color! MakerBots and FlashForges ABS: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Black, White, Clear, Gold, Silver PLA: Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Black, Clear, Pink Nylon: White Polyurethane: Red, Black, White Stratasys Machines Fred, Wilma, and SE Fred and Wilma: Ivory SE-Plus: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Grey, Black, Ivory Form-2 Resin: Clear Limitations ~2 Cubic Inches of Material Stratasys See me if you need to print with more! Not All Printers are Created Equal Build-Table Heat Size Stickiness General Ability Heat Each material uses different temperature settings for the extruder, build- table, and ambient Software Each device has its own software Sometimes this can get tricky Copyright and Thingiverse Some Tips Dual Extrusion Retraction Material-Choice Machine-Choice Do not make this too difficult Stratasys Machines take the least effort Form-2 takes a medium amount of effort MakerBot & Flahforges takes the most effort Material Properties Hygroscopic/Hydrophilic Absorption of water Hydrophobic Does not absorb water as easily Relative to ABS, PLA, and Nylon Temperature Settings In Celsius ABS Polyurethane Extruder: 230 Extruder: 230-240 Build-Tray: 110 Build-Tray: 0 - 30 Ambient: Closed Ambient: Open or PLA Closed Extruder: 190-220 Build-Tray: ~60 Resin Ambient: Open Extruder: No Settings Nylon Build-Tray: No Settings Extruder: 240 Ambient: No Settings Build-Tray: 80 Ambient: Closed Any Questions?!