That is a fascinating piece - but how to manufacture it? Injection molding would probably work. It would be a real challenge for a 3D printer because of the many horizontal (or nearly so) unsupported areas. Is there a way to make the hole shapes less horizontal - perhaps with a slightly more rounded opening shape?
Hey Birk!
Thanks for the comment, I did actually FDM 3dprinted that piece with no supports since they are small offsets and it came out nice. Another option is to SLS 3D print the piece.
On the other hand, a good strategy for 3dprinting that I also used once is to perforate the geometry in the z, so that u are reducing printing Time, yet not compromising the need for extra supports and adding qualitative value at the same time.
I'll post a pict of the FDM 3dprinted version
Cheers!
Here is the sample I 3dprinted with Ultimaker 2.0... as u see not a big problem, yet if I were to scale that up I would have to think in SLS 3d printing obviously
That came out better than I expected. And it would be a good candidate for vapor bath finishing. I have not tried that yet but I have seen some very good results. THis part would be an excellent candidate for that.
Birk Binnard
That is a fascinating piece - but how to manufacture it? Injection molding would probably work. It would be a real challenge for a 3D printer because of the many horizontal (or nearly so) unsupported areas. Is there a way to make the hole shapes less horizontal - perhaps with a slightly more rounded opening shape?
Feb 15, 2016
aggadea
Thanks for the comment, I did actually FDM 3dprinted that piece with no supports since they are small offsets and it came out nice. Another option is to SLS 3D print the piece.
On the other hand, a good strategy for 3dprinting that I also used once is to perforate the geometry in the z, so that u are reducing printing Time, yet not compromising the need for extra supports and adding qualitative value at the same time.
I'll post a pict of the FDM 3dprinted version
Cheers!
Feb 15, 2016
aggadea
Here is the sample I 3dprinted with Ultimaker 2.0... as u see not a big problem, yet if I were to scale that up I would have to think in SLS 3d printing obviously
Feb 16, 2016
Birk Binnard
That came out better than I expected. And it would be a good candidate for vapor bath finishing. I have not tried that yet but I have seen some very good results. THis part would be an excellent candidate for that.
Feb 16, 2016