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What If 3D Printing Was 100x Faster? (carbon3d)
http://carbon3d.com/
Harnessing Light + Oxygen
UV light triggers photopolymerization and oxygen inhibits it. By carefully balancing the interaction of light and oxygen, CLIP continuously grows objects from a pool of resin.
CLIP moves beyond the limitations of 3D printing to offer unprecedented speed, quality, and choice.
Game-Changing Speed
While speed is dependent on various factors, traditional 3D printing takes hours or even days to finish. CLIP is 25 to 100 times faster.
Below is a head-to-head comparison* of producing a 51mm diameter complex object like the one on the left. It can’t be fabricated by traditional manufacturing techniques.
What If 3D Printing Was 100x Faster? | Joseph DeSimone | TED Talks | Published on Mar 19, 2015
Carbon3D's Super Fast 3D Printer Printing an Eiffel Tower
This new type of 3D printing was inspired by Terminator 2
Ford Motor Company on the Road to 3D Manufacturing
The company recently developed a dedicated additive manufacturing research program to explore the potential of new technologies, not just for the rapid development of functional prototypes but also to manufacture final parts that will eventually hit the road. “If we can shave months off of production time and get a new model onto the market earlier, we can save millions,” said Ellen Lee, team leader in additive manufacturing research at Ford.
To date, key challenges have stood in the way of 3D printing becoming a manufacturing tool for the automaker. The first issue is a fundamental one — conventional 3D printing technologies make parts layer-by-layer, slowly crafting one layer at a time, creating parts that aren’t nearly as robust as those stamped or injection molded. While the slow speed of this process is a major drawback, the bigger problem is that the parts produced are not isotropic and not durable enough to be used in production vehicles.
In addition, most parts used in vehicles today must withstand temperature extremes from the hottest desert to the coldest Arctic environments and still maintain their integrity. With only a handful of stock materials available for 3D printers, meeting the automaker’s unique demands has not been possible.
In 2014, Carbon demonstrated Continuous Liquid Interface Production technology (CLIP) to Ford’s additive manufacturing group. “It was really exciting to see the resulting mechanical properties. There were a lot of things we saw in the technology that would address the main challenges, and we decided to investigate,” Lee said. The team was eager to join Carbon’s early access program and begin using one of the devices. Ford has been working with a pre-release version of Carbon’s first device to evaluate its ability to produce commercial-quality polymeric parts by unlocking mechanical properties unattainable with any other 3D printing technology.
Ford has already used the CLIP-based device to grow elastomer grommets for the Focus Electric and test them against those made by traditional 3D printing methods. The soft but sturdy grommets are designed to protect wiring on the inside of the door from being damaged when the door opens and closes. The Ford team used CLIP to produce the grommets in less than a third of the time and with material properties much closer to the final properties desired for the part. In a similar project, several alternative designs were evaluated for a damping bumper part on the Ford Transit Connect. The game-changing manufacturing time of the CLIP process allowed engineers to make design iterations much more quickly than with traditional methods.
Most recently, Ford needed to address a major engineering issue that arose after placing a V8 engine into a new vehicle body design. The vehicle’s design created an unreachable oil filler cap because the engine sat lower and farther back under the hood. The product engineering team realized the opportunity to quickly address the issue using Carbon’s CLIP based device. The team was able to rapidly design, prototype and manufacture an oil connector using rigid polyurethane and elastomer materials to access the oil fill tube without needing major redesigns to several components of the vehicle.
http://carbon3d.com/
Harnessing Light + Oxygen
UV light triggers photopolymerization and oxygen inhibits it. By carefully balancing the interaction of light and oxygen, CLIP continuously grows objects from a pool of resin.
CLIP moves beyond the limitations of 3D printing to offer unprecedented speed, quality, and choice.
Game-Changing Speed
While speed is dependent on various factors, traditional 3D printing takes hours or even days to finish. CLIP is 25 to 100 times faster.
Below is a head-to-head comparison* of producing a 51mm diameter complex object like the one on the left. It can’t be fabricated by traditional manufacturing techniques.
What If 3D Printing Was 100x Faster? | Joseph DeSimone | TED Talks | Published on Mar 19, 2015
Carbon3D's Super Fast 3D Printer Printing an Eiffel Tower
This new type of 3D printing was inspired by Terminator 2
Ford Motor Company on the Road to 3D Manufacturing
The company recently developed a dedicated additive manufacturing research program to explore the potential of new technologies, not just for the rapid development of functional prototypes but also to manufacture final parts that will eventually hit the road. “If we can shave months off of production time and get a new model onto the market earlier, we can save millions,” said Ellen Lee, team leader in additive manufacturing research at Ford.
To date, key challenges have stood in the way of 3D printing becoming a manufacturing tool for the automaker. The first issue is a fundamental one — conventional 3D printing technologies make parts layer-by-layer, slowly crafting one layer at a time, creating parts that aren’t nearly as robust as those stamped or injection molded. While the slow speed of this process is a major drawback, the bigger problem is that the parts produced are not isotropic and not durable enough to be used in production vehicles.
In addition, most parts used in vehicles today must withstand temperature extremes from the hottest desert to the coldest Arctic environments and still maintain their integrity. With only a handful of stock materials available for 3D printers, meeting the automaker’s unique demands has not been possible.
In 2014, Carbon demonstrated Continuous Liquid Interface Production technology (CLIP) to Ford’s additive manufacturing group. “It was really exciting to see the resulting mechanical properties. There were a lot of things we saw in the technology that would address the main challenges, and we decided to investigate,” Lee said. The team was eager to join Carbon’s early access program and begin using one of the devices. Ford has been working with a pre-release version of Carbon’s first device to evaluate its ability to produce commercial-quality polymeric parts by unlocking mechanical properties unattainable with any other 3D printing technology.
Ford has already used the CLIP-based device to grow elastomer grommets for the Focus Electric and test them against those made by traditional 3D printing methods. The soft but sturdy grommets are designed to protect wiring on the inside of the door from being damaged when the door opens and closes. The Ford team used CLIP to produce the grommets in less than a third of the time and with material properties much closer to the final properties desired for the part. In a similar project, several alternative designs were evaluated for a damping bumper part on the Ford Transit Connect. The game-changing manufacturing time of the CLIP process allowed engineers to make design iterations much more quickly than with traditional methods.
Most recently, Ford needed to address a major engineering issue that arose after placing a V8 engine into a new vehicle body design. The vehicle’s design created an unreachable oil filler cap because the engine sat lower and farther back under the hood. The product engineering team realized the opportunity to quickly address the issue using Carbon’s CLIP based device. The team was able to rapidly design, prototype and manufacture an oil connector using rigid polyurethane and elastomer materials to access the oil fill tube without needing major redesigns to several components of the vehicle.
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