The CLT strives to offer a variety of robust and useful technology tools for faculty, students, and staff. At this time our tools are limited to classroom and lab technologies that are geared towards multimedia and software applications. While software and multimedia make up the majority of our educational technology tools we are interested in the growing convergence of technology and physical world. Through the encouragement of O'Reilly Media and the New Media Consortium we see a growing trend in educational technologies for data visualization, mobile computing, and maker oriented technologies. All of these are being driven in an open and collaborative environment largely resembling the tools and communities that developed the GNU/Linux community and its derivatives.
It is in this vein that we see communities developing the resources and tools to make available manufacturing applications that until recently were all but unattainable for the hobbyist/educator. It is because and through these tools that we wish to engage this convergence with the help of the Senior Design Project.
It is our hope that the work that others have done will not detract from the project at hand but will allow creativity and advancement without getting bogged down in the areas unrelated to the goals of this project. In the original project proposal we submitted an idea for a low cost and expandable 3D extruding printer. In our request we suggested sources of input such as Makerbot and RepRap. The initial feedback that we received was positive and offered several concerns and interests that we would like to address.
Q: Would the project be too complicated?
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At this time the CLT would not likely be able to provide any additional financial support so we understand that the cost may be too high to provide for the needed flexibility in material design and testing. It is our hope that this is not the case.
Considerations for Design:
The biggest design challenge that we can think of is increasing the printable area currently offered by the standard kit. While we can certainly work within it's current limitations it is almost always an added benefit to go larger. The second consideration is for the end user. As stated above our goal is to make such a tool available to anyone. This means making it user friendly and robust enough that we can think about the product and not the process.
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With the massive rise in the quality, lower prices and availability 3d printers anybody anywhere in the world now has the ability to produce almost anything they like. Websites like https://www.thingiverse.com/ offer millions of models for almost anything someone needs to produce. Websites like https://www.upwork.com offer online consulting for 3d modelers that will design anything you need. Prior to the availability of 3d printers anything that was designed had to be manufactured at professional production facilities at huge costs relative to 3d printing it. 3d Printing lowers the barriers of entry into a market that was previously dominated by a few people because of the cost of prototyping.
...uct commercialization and to fill emergency orders; custom manufacturing for jewelry and hobby applications; parts for machinery and aircraft, where strength is a major issue; emergency shipments of parts; and situations where inventory carrying costs are high relative to production costs. A secondary promise of 3-D printing lies in separation of product design from product manufacturing. As 3-D printing evolves, consumers will be able to purchase designs online and then build products at home. Appliance companies can also contract out the manufacturing of spare parts to third parties, which will then build parts based on CAD software provided by the appliance manufacturer. Since no inventories will have to be kept, parts costs could decrease. Spare parts availability can also expand, as it is less costly to retain old designs than excess inventories of spare parts.
Computer aided design (CAD) is used in design offices around the world because speed and efficiency is extremely valuable. The idea of Concurrent Design Engineering is a relatively new concept that has improved the speed that designers produce a product. Concurrent Design Engineering is a way to integrate all the processes in design back to a three-dimensional geometric data base or a CAD model. All the steps in designing a product have an opportunity to contribute to and be actively informed of decisions and changes throughout the process of design. CAD has the ability to generate fast, easy to understand models that can be altered with ease and with concurrent design engineering, any changes would be known by everybody involved. Each of the different areas of product design are equally important and some parts of the process may be able to aid another which is why concurrent design engineering is so important. Computer software and hardware is becoming so sophisticated that it may eventually eliminate the need for any analog drawing. With the improving technology the ability to transfer graphic information across the globe has become easy.
Every single program will be able to create a virtual diagram and outline of the concept being implemented on the printer. Then the program divides the concept into digital ...
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This type of technology will help many companies expand and has many pros to it. It is also known that having a small 3D printer at home will be fun and exciting to have, but where it will change the market and revolutionize it is in big corporations and their factories. In order to produce in bulk, and become more time efficient and cost effective. Some of the bigger companies are already using, and if not already using, planning on using the technology to create products. Some examples include: General Electric printing parts for their jets, Boeing is also making parts for many of their plans and even, Hersey's is printing edible treats in different shapes and, in a darker fashion, Defense Distributed uses home 3D printers to create parts for guns.
The aim of this report is to provide an insight to rapid prototyping technologies by discussing various methods and provide the advantages and disadvantages of rapid prototyping itself.
L-D Tool & Die (LDTD) is a small and successful manufacturer in Ontario who specializes in designing and making customized molds as per client’s necessities. It was found by Laurie Dickson in late 1980s. Since its origin, the company has continuously serving its customers by providing quality products and services. LDTD has developed a loyal customer throughout the years in business. Every member of staff takes great pride in his or her work, resulting in superior craftsmanship, quality and delivery. At L-D Tool & Die, they work closely with customers to bring their projects from “Concept to Reality”. The main services of LDTD are transforming synthetic resins and plastic material into a wide range of finished products, parts
...ted with CAD software to show new design details, new fabrics and colours. Design is then converted into a pattern by the system to create a prototype and pattern pieces are developed for a real sample garment. Dramatically reduces the time involved in traditional sampling. Another program which helps speed up production is CAM (Computer Aided Manufacture.)This allows Garment production now to be highly automated. Up to 500 layers of fabric can be cut accurately with advanced CAM systems. CAM systems can also print bar-coded labels and put them on the cut pieces. Optical readers scan the labels during sorting and bundling process, eliminating errors, which allows for less faults and to be delivered to retailers and consumers faster.
There is not a specific study I can point out to that improved the use of computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM). However, over the years, CAD/CAM systems have been improved using new technology. These new ideas have produced higher and more uniform quality material while reducing production cost. The authors point out that this system is ever changing; they propose that in the future we will eliminate impressions and stone model with intramural date scanners and digitizers.
Romano, Richard. "Leading Printing Executives into the Future." Graphic Design: A Recession-Proof Industry? N.p., 10 Feb. 2009. Web. 17 Feb. 2014. .
Every day people read newspapers, magazines, books, comics, etc. and a vast majority of them never stop to think of how these objects are designed and made.
Although it is widely accepted that the act of designing involves a significant amount of problem solving activity, it should be acknowledged that the role of the designer goes well beyond that of merely applying his or her own skills and knowledge to the design problem. The ‘problem solving’ paradigm, which was introduced in the 1960’s, has successfully made a great impact on the world, as it enabled the ‘systemization of existing design process models, tools, methods and techniques, and helped to link them to models of problem solving in fields outside of design’ (Do...
The business model for IDEO began as an open-minded place to design, develop and manufacture new products. The last 20 years of proven product design driven by innovation has translated into profit margins for their clients and continuous refinement for IDEO’s process. IDEO pioneered “concurrent engineering” where design and engineering work together to produce aesthetically pleasing products that are also highly functional. This was different from many other similar companies that placed more emphasis on the industrial design than the engineering. IDEO’s strengths grew out of the ability to master this ability with high tech clients. Corporations came to IDEO because they had a proven system of developing the best products through using their key ingredients for innovative strategy.
A new product on the market may look all shiny and new and be appealing to customers but what is the story behind the product and what is the underlying future for this product. Where were the original materials from? Is it all legalised? Where did the manufacturing take place? How was the product manufactured? These are all questions that are never properly addressed in the design industry and are just simply overlooked. They are the aspects of designing and producing a new product that need to be carefully looked at to make a good design, and to make sustainable products.