Avid 3D Printing Presentation December 2015

3D Printing and Product Development

Doug CollinsOwner, Mechanical Engineer(970) 541-2536www.avid3dprinting.comwww.avidpd.com

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Doug Collins

www.avid3dprinting.comwww.avidpd.com

Additive Manufacturing Technologies

Rapid Prototypes

Low Volume Production

Engineering Expertise

Avid 3D Printing


Contract mechanical design and product development services to large and small companies, entrepreneurs, and inventors.

3D CAD Modeling

Prototype development

Concept to Production


Avid Product Design

3D Solid CAD Model◦ SolidWorks, ProE, AutoCAD Inventor◦ Convert to STL file

Print Processing Software◦ Part orientation◦ Support material placement◦ Layer slicing, NC layer data

Print Finish◦ Support removal◦ Secondary finishing if needed

3D Printing Essentials



Rapid Prototyping◦Photopolymer, SLA and DLP◦Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)◦Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)◦Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)◦PolyJet

Future◦Multi Jet Fusion◦CLIP◦Hybrid Manufacturing

3D Printing Technologies

Focused UV Light cures liquid polymer Pros:

Fine detail, surface finish Clear material options

Cons: Expensive Fragile Slow Support manually removed

Photopolymer, SLA and DLP


Thermoplastic extruded layer by layer Pros:◦ Functional parts◦ Strong thermoplastics◦ Color options◦ Complex geometry◦ Soluble support

Cons:◦ Slow◦ Resolution

Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)


Powdered plastic fused layer by layer with lasers Pros:◦ High strength end use parts◦ Complex geometry◦ Low volume production◦ Rubber like parts◦ Powder is support material

Cons:◦ Limited material and color options◦ Speed

Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)


Powdered metal fused layer by layer with lasers Pros:◦ High strength end use parts◦ Complex geometry◦Material options◦ Low volume production

Cons:◦ Post processing required◦ Cost◦ Speed

Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)


UV cured jetted photopolymers Pros:◦Material options and multi-material printing◦Overmold printing◦ Fine detail◦ Full color capability

Cons:◦ Durability◦ Strength◦ Speed

PolyJet


HP – first major corporation to enter 3D printing space Inkjet technology Thermoplastics and other

material options Fast (10X) Full Color

HP Multi Jet Fusion


Continuous Liquid Interface Production Very fast SLA (100X) Continuous process that cures a photopolymer with a

UV light

Carbon 3D CLIP Technology


Metal 3D printing inside CNC machining centers AMBIT by Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Mazak 5-Axis Hybrid CNC w/ Fiber Laser AM

Hybrid Manufacturing



Product development Proof of concept Functional test parts Design verification Marketing samples Low volume production

Questions??

3D Printing Uses