Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself

conference paper Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself published Zuordnung FB /HS? Franz-Josef Villmer author 14290 Lars Witte author 45920 ElioPadoano editor Franz-JosefVillmer editor DEP1306 department Proceedings5th International Conference Many low-cost 3D printers have been brought to market over the last couple of years. Most of them apply a Fused Layer Manufacturing (FLM) process, and have made 3D printing a great success amongst hobbyists, the maker community and students. One drawback of such inexpensive equipment is a limited build envelope, which prevents this from becoming a significant contributor to industrial production. To overcome these limits, it is not sufficient to simply upscale dimensions, but the overall concept of such machines must be completely re-thought, as well as the concepts behind several building blocks, components and the process software system. Problems such as shrinkage of build material, support material and machine parts in combination with long printer head travels, temperature distribution and moisture effects all have to be solved. In addition, larger parts need longer process times. Therefore, reduction of process times and an increase in productivity are necessary in order to enable economic production. Some of these problems can be solved by using more than one printer head for production, by using new materials and inventing new nozzle systems as distinct solutions for big printers. Nevertheless, to solve all these problems, the development of special machines for large parts is necessary: not component-wise but as a whole system. Large parts could then be successfully produced in several industries, using large, inexpensive FLMmachines. 2015Trieste, Italy eng 3D printingFLMbuild envelopelarge-scalethermoplastic polymers Production Engineering and Management 978-3-941645-11-0 1111-122 https://www.hs-owl.de/fileadmin/diman/Veroeffentlichungen/PEM_Tagung_zusammen2015.pdf Villmer F-J, Witte L. Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself. In: Padoano E, Villmer F-J, Department of Production Engineering and Management, eds. Production Engineering and Management. Lemgo; 2015:111-122. F.-J. Villmer and L. Witte, “Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself,” in Production Engineering and Management, Trieste, Italy, 2015, no. 1, pp. 111–122.

Villmer, Franz-Josef ; Witte, Lars: Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself. In: Padoano, E. ; Villmer, F.-J. ; Department of Production Engineering and Management (Hrsg.): Production Engineering and Management. Lemgo, 2015, S. 111–122

Villmer, Franz-Josef und Lars Witte. 2015. Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself. In: Production Engineering and Management, hg. von Elio Padoano, Franz-Josef Villmer, und Department of Production Engineering and Management, 111–122. Lemgo.

F.-J. Villmer, L. Witte, in: E. Padoano, F.-J. Villmer, Department of Production Engineering and Management (Eds.), Production Engineering and Management, Lemgo, 2015, pp. 111–122. F.-J. Villmer, L. Witte, Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself, in: E. Padoano, F.-J. Villmer, Department of Production Engineering and Management (Eds.), Production Engineering and Management, Lemgo, 2015: pp. 111–122. Villmer F-J and Witte L (2015) Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself. In Padoano E, Villmer F-J and Department of Production Engineering and Management (eds), Production Engineering and Management. Lemgo, pp. 111–122. Villmer, Franz-Josef, and Lars Witte. “Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself.” Production Engineering and Management, edited by Elio Padoano et al., no. 1, 2015, pp. 111–22. Villmer, Franz-Josef/Witte, Lars (2015): Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself, in: Elio Padoano et. al. (Hgg.): Production Engineering and Management, Lemgo, S. 111–122. Villmer F-J, Witte L. Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself. In: Padoano E, Villmer F-J, Department of Production Engineering and Management, editors. Production Engineering and Management. Lemgo; 2015. p. 111–22. Villmer, Franz-Josef, and Lars Witte. “Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself.” In Production Engineering and Management, edited by Elio Padoano, Franz-Josef Villmer, and Department of Production Engineering and Management, 111–22. Lemgo, 2015. Villmer, F.-J., & Witte, L. (2015). Large Scale 3D-Printers: The Challenge of Outgrowing Do-It-Yourself. In E. Padoano, F.-J. Villmer, & Department of Production Engineering and Management (Eds.), Production Engineering and Management (pp. 111–122). Lemgo. 5852019-02-18T14:42:21Z2023-03-15T13:50:02Z