InSPIREd - advances in Conformal Printing: 3D printing onto unknown uneven surfaces

Nils Bausch; David P. Dawkins; Regina Frei

doi:10.1109/AIM.2017.8014055

InSPIREd - advances in Conformal Printing: 3D printing onto unknown uneven surfaces

Nils Bausch, David P. Dawkins, Regina Frei

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Abstract

The term Conformal Printing refers to 3D printing onto uneven surfaces. Whilst some very high priced solutions exist for known uneven surfaces, where the toolpath is generated in advance, based on CAD data of the object to be printed onto, there is nothing available yet for conformal printing onto unknown uneven surfaces that are scanned on-the-fly. A low-cost prototype named 'InSPIREd' was recently developed to achieve this, made possible with a combination of multi-disciplinary expertise, ingenuity and problem tackling knowhow, and the latest improvements are presented in this paper. The prototype now includes more capable scanning technology and a simplified calibration procedure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	430-435
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1509059997
ISBN (Print)	978-1509059980
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2017.8014055
Publication status	Published - 24 Aug 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) - Munich, Germany Duration: 3 Jul 2017 → 7 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name	IEEE AIM Proceedings Series
Publisher	IEEE
ISSN (Electronic)	2159-6255

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Conference	2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	3/07/17 → 7/07/17

Keywords

InSPIREDd
conformal printing
3D printing
CAD data
scanning technology
calibration

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Bausch, N., Dawkins, D. P., & Frei, R. (2017). InSPIREd - advances in Conformal Printing: 3D printing onto unknown uneven surfaces. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) (pp. 430-435). (IEEE AIM Proceedings Series). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2017.8014055

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Bausch, N, Dawkins, DP & Frei, R 2017, InSPIREd - advances in Conformal Printing: 3D printing onto unknown uneven surfaces. in Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM). IEEE AIM Proceedings Series, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 430-435, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Munich, Germany, 3/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/AIM.2017.8014055

InSPIREd - advances in Conformal Printing: 3D printing onto unknown uneven surfaces. / Bausch, Nils; Dawkins, David P.; Frei, Regina.
Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 430-435 (IEEE AIM Proceedings Series).

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