https://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Grants/A_Fundamental_Engineering_Study_Designed_to_Increase_the_Utilization_of_Open-Source_3D_Printing&feed=atom&action=historyGrants/A Fundamental Engineering Study Designed to Increase the Utilization of Open-Source 3D Printing - Revision history2024-03-28T09:27:11ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.30.0https://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Grants/A_Fundamental_Engineering_Study_Designed_to_Increase_the_Utilization_of_Open-Source_3D_Printing&diff=41867&oldid=prevJesseWeinstein: add explanation2010-09-16T00:03:47Z<p>add explanation</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|description=This project is an engineering study designed to improve the functionality of open-source 3D printers by standardizing their operating parameters.  The polymer media used by 3D printers is a complex and processing-sensitive material that can easily frustrate the operator and produce poor quality products when used improperly.  This work will utilize concepts of polymer science, extruder design and advanced characterization techniques to identify the best operating parameters for a variety of print materials in order to produce high quality prints, a positive user experience, and information necessary to develop new print media.  This project will contribute technical information to The Commons.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|impact=This work will contribute technical scientific information to The Commons.  Advancements in open-source 3D printing enable other communities.  This work will contribute scientific content that, in addition to improving 3D printer operation, will also serve as a foundation for the development of new print materials and new printer applications.  This project will also make an educational contribution by providing simple explanations of the physical concepts behind polymer extrusion.  Finally, by simplifying the initial set up and operation of open-source 3D printers, this work will make 3D printing more accessible to artists, designers, teachers and others who make important cultural contributions.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|tech needs=This work will utilize advanced rheological and mechanical instrumentation to determine the best operating parameters as well as measure improvements in part performance.  Instrumentation used by this project includes:</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''ARES Rheometer'' – Rheometers are used to study how changes in temperature and shear force affect polymer behavior.  Every type of polymer has different rheological characteristics.  Open source 3D printer operators can easily control the shear force and temperature of the material flowing through the extruder barrel.  Optimizing these parameters is critical to obtaining good prints as well as reducing the amount of waste plastic and energy consumption.  Rheological testing will also help mitigate the effect of die swell (a phenomenon where the polymer expands to a size larger than diameter of the die after extrusion causing unexpected deformation of the finished product).  Rheological testing will also ease the adoption of compostable print materials which tend to be more sensitive to processing conditions in addition to other novel print media.  (The Wikipedia entry on rheology provides additional information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheology)</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)'' – DSCs are used to precisely determine the temperatures at which the physical properties of polymers change.  Knowing the exact melting temperature is important to ensure that the polymer is sufficiently heated by the extruder barrel.  DSC will also be used to detect the glass transition temperature while cooling – the temperature at which the polymer changes from a “rubbery” state to a solid state.  This information is important to ensure each deposited layer has sufficient time to heat and adhere to the layer below it but not enough time to significantly deform.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_scanning_calorimetry)</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA) with inline FT-IR'' – TGAs are used to understand how polymers degrade and to investigate the composition of blended materials.  TGAs with inline FT-IR are capable of detecting the degradation products.  TGA analysis will give the exact temperature needed to burn out an extruder while inline FT-IR will detect harmful or carcinogenic degradation products that operators should be aware of.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogravimetric_analysis ;  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FT-IR)</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Mechanical Testing''  – Mechanical testing is the best way to measure the physical performance of a material.  Mechanical testing will be used to quantify the impact of changes in processing parameters.  Additionally, variables such as the orientation of deposited filament in successive layers has a marked affect on part performance.  Mechanical testing will be used to determine what orientations give the best desired physical properties.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Cupcake CNC'' from MakerBot Industries - The Cupcake CNC is probably the most user-friendly and accessible open source 3D printer.  Test specimens will be printed with a Cupcake CNC.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I am currently an upper-level Ph.D. track student in Polymer Science and Engineering.  I have completed multiple advanced courses in polymer physics, materials analysis and extruder design.  Additionally, the work proposed here is similar to another study I have performed regarding the optimization of processing parameters for high performance thermosetting epoxy resins.  I have ready access to the instrumentation required to carry out this study and use it frequently in my daily work.  Finally, I have completed business planning and technology transfer courses and have organized a legal entity (CS Composite Materials) to handle the licensing of my research with the full support of my university and my research advisor.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I currently have possession or access to the minimum required technical needs.  Funds from this grant will be used to purchase test materials, rent time on the instruments and pay for the disposables required for their operation.</del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|output=The knowledge gained through this work will be presented in a wiki-style website that shares the results of the engineering study while providing a clear and concise explanation of how individual operators can use the information to improve the quality of their prints.  The website will include important polymer processing parameters such as melting temperature, glass transition temperature, optimum flow rates, optimum pressure drop, etc. for a variety of printable materials.  Additionally, this wiki will explain these important polymer science and polymer processing concepts to interested non-scientists.  The results of this study will also be submitted for publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|output=The knowledge gained through this work will be presented in a wiki-style website that shares the results of the engineering study while providing a clear and concise explanation of how individual operators can use the information to improve the quality of their prints.  The website will include important polymer processing parameters such as melting temperature, glass transition temperature, optimum flow rates, optimum pressure drop, etc. for a variety of printable materials.  Additionally, this wiki will explain these important polymer science and polymer processing concepts to interested non-scientists.  The results of this study will also be submitted for publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|community relationship=I am currently a Ph.D. track student studying Polymer Science and Engineering.  I also operate a MakerBot open-source 3D printer and communicate with other members of the operator community.  I have an extensive knowledge of polymer physics, rheology and extruder design that the typical operator simply does not have.  Additionally, I have easy access to and am an expert in the operation of the advanced instrumentation required to accurately determine the processing parameters that yield the best final product and easiest operation.  Finally, this work is very similar to prior work I have done to identify the optimum processing parameters for epoxy resins used in high performance composite materials.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|community relationship=I am currently a Ph.D. track student studying Polymer Science and Engineering.  I also operate a MakerBot open-source 3D printer and communicate with other members of the operator community.  I have an extensive knowledge of polymer physics, rheology and extruder design that the typical operator simply does not have.  Additionally, I have easy access to and am an expert in the operation of the advanced instrumentation required to accurately determine the processing parameters that yield the best final product and easiest operation.  Finally, this work is very similar to prior work I have done to identify the optimum processing parameters for epoxy resins used in high performance composite materials.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Csahagunhttps://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Grants/A_Fundamental_Engineering_Study_Designed_to_Increase_the_Utilization_of_Open-Source_3D_Printing&diff=36096&oldid=prevCsahagun at 20:34, 24 June 20102010-06-24T20:34:56Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I currently have possession or access to the minimum required technical needs.  Funds from this grant will be used to purchase test materials, rent time on the instruments and pay for the disposables required for their operation.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>I currently have possession or access to the minimum required technical needs.  Funds from this grant will be used to purchase test materials, rent time on the instruments and pay for the disposables required for their operation.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|challenges=This is a technical engineering project that will yield technical engineering results which may be intimidating to some operators.  For this project to be successfully executed the end results must be presented in an easily comprehensible and useful way.    The goal of this project is to not produce a dull list of numbers meant to be followed blindly but rather to produce a dynamic knowledge base that is accessible to operators with a wide variety of skill sets and is adaptable to future advances in printer design and extrusion technology.  This will be done by openly communicating with people in the open source 3D printing community and addressing questions as they arise.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|challenges=This is a technical engineering project that will yield technical engineering results which may be intimidating to some operators.  For this project to be successfully executed the end results must be presented in an easily comprehensible and useful way.    The goal of this project is to not produce a dull list of numbers meant to be followed blindly but rather to produce a dynamic knowledge base that is accessible to operators with a wide variety of skill sets and is adaptable to future advances in printer design and extrusion technology.  This will be done by openly communicating with people in the open source 3D printing community and addressing questions as they arise.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The impact of this project is also scalable.  Improving the utility of open source 3D printers will enable advancements in fields that use 3D printing.  Improving the mechanical properties of the final product will allow rapid prototypers to build stronger, more useful parts.  Better <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">controlling </del>material deposition and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reducing </del>unintended deformation will allow artists and designers to create more intricate works.  Finding common themes in the parameters required to successfully extrude diverse materials will allow electrical engineers to print novel circuit boards or biologists to print unique agar plates for cell growth, bone cements, or pastes consisting of living cells among many other interesting options.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The impact of this project is also scalable.  Improving the utility of open source 3D printers will enable advancements in fields that use 3D printing.  Improving the mechanical properties of the final product will allow rapid prototypers to build stronger, more useful parts.  Better <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">control of </ins>material deposition and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the reduction of </ins>unintended deformation will allow artists and designers to create more intricate works.  Finding common themes in the parameters required to successfully extrude diverse materials will allow electrical engineers to print novel circuit boards or biologists to print unique agar plates for cell growth, bone cements, or pastes consisting of living cells among many other interesting options.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|sustainability=This project has been designed to be fully completed with the budget provided.  Continuing expenses will likely include web hosting fees and other minor expenses that I am willing to pay out of pocket.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|sustainability=This project has been designed to be fully completed with the budget provided.  Continuing expenses will likely include web hosting fees and other minor expenses that I am willing to pay out of pocket.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The impact of this project is also scalable.  Improving the utility of open source 3D printers will enable advancements in fields that use 3D printing.  Improving the mechanical properties of the final product will allow rapid prototypers to build stronger, more useful parts.  Better controlling material deposition and reducing unintended deformation will allow artists and designers to create more intricate works.  Finding common themes in the parameters required to successfully extrude diverse materials will allow electrical engineers to print novel circuit boards or biologists to print unique agar plates for cell growth, bone cements, or pastes consisting of living cells among many other interesting options.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The impact of this project is also scalable.  Improving the utility of open source 3D printers will enable advancements in fields that use 3D printing.  Improving the mechanical properties of the final product will allow rapid prototypers to build stronger, more useful parts.  Better controlling material deposition and reducing unintended deformation will allow artists and designers to create more intricate works.  Finding common themes in the parameters required to successfully extrude diverse materials will allow electrical engineers to print novel circuit boards or biologists to print unique agar plates for cell growth, bone cements, or pastes consisting of living cells among many other interesting options.</div></td></tr>
</table>Csahagunhttps://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Grants/A_Fundamental_Engineering_Study_Designed_to_Increase_the_Utilization_of_Open-Source_3D_Printing&diff=36094&oldid=prevCsahagun at 20:28, 24 June 20102010-06-24T20:28:56Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|scalability=This work and the impact of this work are both scalable.  This project will identify standard protocols for testing future innovations in printing materials giving individual operators the knowledge and tools required to expand usable print media – examples include clays, waxes, biological material and gels.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>|scalability=This work and the impact of this work are both scalable.  This project will identify standard protocols for testing future innovations in printing materials giving individual operators the knowledge and tools required to expand usable print media – examples include clays, waxes, biological material and gels.</div></td></tr>
</table>Csahagunhttps://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Grants/A_Fundamental_Engineering_Study_Designed_to_Increase_the_Utilization_of_Open-Source_3D_Printing&diff=36093&oldid=prevCsahagun at 20:26, 24 June 20102010-06-24T20:26:53Z<p></p>
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</table>Csahagunhttps://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Grants/A_Fundamental_Engineering_Study_Designed_to_Increase_the_Utilization_of_Open-Source_3D_Printing&diff=36092&oldid=prevCsahagun at 20:24, 24 June 20102010-06-24T20:24:45Z<p></p>
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</table>Csahagunhttps://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Grants/A_Fundamental_Engineering_Study_Designed_to_Increase_the_Utilization_of_Open-Source_3D_Printing&diff=36091&oldid=prevCsahagun at 20:21, 24 June 20102010-06-24T20:21:33Z<p></p>
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