“DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF 3D

PRINTED WOODEN STRUCTURE FROM

WASTE(PARALI)”
Synopsis
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the award
of
Bachelor of Technology
in
Mechanical Engineering
By
DILEEP YADAV -1716440039
DIVYANSHI CHANDRA -1716440040
HARDIK SINGH CHAUHAN -1716440045
MAYANK SRIVASTAVA -1716440057

Under the supervision of

Mr. DEEPAK AWASTHI
Asst. Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology

Bhauti, NH-2 Kanpur
1 Introduction
3D printing technology has shown extraordinary growth over the past few years. It
enables users to create real objects based on a virtual computer model and thus
opens up an almost unimaginable number of possibilities. 3D printing is classified
as an additive manufacturing process, where the material is added in layers,
allowing users to create a real product directly from a 3D computer model. In this
way, we can create complex shapes that are not otherwise possible by forming and
moulding. First, cellulose is the most abundant natural polymer on earth and, at the
macro- or microscale, is composed of chains of glucoses compacted together as
fifibrils and microfifibrils oriented with specifific angles, forming both crystalline
and amorphous regions. Both cellulose nanofifibrils (CNFs) and cellulose
nanocrystals (CNCs)have been widely exploited as a new generation of
nanomaterials in various disciplines, mainly but not exclusively limited to
biomaterials in hydrogel form and nanofifillers in advanced composite
materials.Our objective in this project is to work with agricultural waste(Parali) in
combination with engineering materials like PLA, ABS, Polypropylene and PS to
get various geometries to be tested for static loading. Further we envisage a
technology demonstration on fabricating wooden work-piece using 3D printing
technology. We intend to study the wooden composition analysis, mechanical
performance variation in presence of moisture and strength under cyclic loading.[i]

2 Relevance of topic

i. The main novelty lies in the aspect of 3D printed composite wooden

structure is to get any desired shape which may have industrial, rural and
sports related applications.

ii. Other important feature lies with utilizing such structures in rural households
and small scale industries to uplift rural economy.

iii. In this project is to work with agricultural waste (Parali) in combination with
engineering materials like PLA, ABS, Polypropylene and PS to get various
geometries to be tested for static loading.[ii]

iv. Filaments produced from wood flour compounded with polyethylene or

polypropylene are used to make a variety of commercial products because
 they are less expensive and provide unique mechanical properties when
compared to neat resins.

v. Further we envisage a technology demonstration on fabricating wooden

work-piece using 3D printing technology. We intend to study the wooden
composition analysis, mechanical performance variation in presence of
moisture and strength under cyclic loading.[iii]

3 Abstract

Rapid advances in digital fabrication technologies and new materials development

allow for direct control and programmability of physical material transformations.
Our objective in this project is to work with agricultural waste(Parali) in
combination with engineering materials like PLA, ABS, Polypropylene and PS to
get various geometries to be tested for static loading. Further we envisage a
technology demonstration on fabricating wooden work-piece using 3D printing
technology. We intend to study the wooden composition analysis, mechanical
performance variation in presence of moisture and strength under cyclic loading. It
allows for greater control and intensifified wood transformations through the
precise design of multimaterial prints composed of both synthetic wood and
polymers.[iv]

4 Proposed work methodology with supporting diagram

The methodology comprises converting agricultural waste(parali) powder in

combination with polymeric engineering materials like PLA, ABS, Polypropylene,
PS etc, into usable structures . Strength of structures can be validated using shear,
tensile and compressive strengths.
Figure 1. Schematic demonstration of various 3D printing techniques: (a) 3DP, (b)
SLA, (c) DIW, (d) FDM, and € inkjet printing.[v]

5 References

i. Le Duigou, M. Castro, R. Bevan, N. Martin. 2016. 3D printing of wood fibre

biocomposites: From mechanical to actuation functionality. Materials &
Design 96, 106-114.
ii. Yao Lining, Ou Jifei, Wang Guanyun, Cheng Chin-Yi, Wang Wen, Steiner
Helene, Ishii Hiroshi. 2015. bioPrint: A Liquid Deposition Printing System
 for Natural Actuators. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing 2:4, 168-
179.
iii. Kalia, S.; Dufresne, A.; Cherian, B. M.; Kaith, B.; Averous, L.; Njuguna, J.;
Nassiopoulos, E. Cellulose-based bio-and nanocomposites: a review. Int. J.
Polym. Sci. 2011, 2011, 1.
iv. Melocchi, A.; Parietti, F.; Maroni, A.; Foppoli, A.; Gazzaniga, A.; Zema, L.
Hot-melt extruded filaments based on pharmaceutical grade polymers for 3D
printing by fused deposition modeling. Int. J. Pharm. 2016, 509 (1), 255.
v. Melnikova, R.; Ehrmann, A.; Finsterbusch, K. 3D printing of textile-based
structures by Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) with difffferent polymer
materials; IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering; IOP
Publishing.
vi. Kempaiah R, Nie Z. From nature to synthetic systems: Shape transformation
in soft materials. J Mater Chem B 2014;2:2357–2368.
vii. Erb RM, Jonathan SS, Roman G, et al. Self-shaping composites with
programmable bioinspired microstructures. Nat Commun 2013;4:1712.

Checked & Approved by:

(MR. Deepak Awasthi)
Asst. Professor
ME, PSIT