SEMINAR

ON
3-D PRINTING

Submitted by:
Sathish D
20UME052
TABLE OF CONTENT

Introduction
Printing Techniques
3-D Printing
General Principle
Printing Method
Application
Challenges
Conclusion
References
INTRODUCTION

Printing is a process for reproducing text and

images, typically with ink on paper using a master
form or template on print press.
PRINTING TECHNIQUES

 Subtractive Manufacturing

Computerized Numerical Control(CNC) Machining

Additive Manufacturing

3-D Printing
Subtractive Manufacturing

Creates a product by removing sections from a block

of material.
Generates waste through the excess material that is
removed.
Limited design capabilities
COMPUTERIZED NUMERICAL
CONTROL(CNC) MACHINING
A method of
Subtractive
Manufacturing
that removes
sections from a
block of material
by cutting or
drilling the excess
material away.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

Creates a product
through adding
materials to the
object.
Adds material layer by
layer until printing is
finished.
Allows for complex
and intricate designs.
3-D PRINTING

A method of applying 2-d image on a 3-d

surface.

In 3D printing, additive processes are used.

These objects can be of almost any shape or
geometry, and are produced from a 3D model or
other electronic data source. A 3D printer is a
type of industrial robot.
3-d models
GENERAL PRICIPLE

Modeling
Printing
Finishing
Modeling

3D printable models may be created with a computer

aided design (CAD) package or via a 3D scanner or
via a plain digital camera and photogrammetric
software.
The 3D model then needs to be converted to either
a.STL or a .OBJ format, to allow the printing
software to be able to read it.
Printing

Before printing a 3D model from an STL file, it must

first be examined for “manifold errors”.
Once that's done, the .STL file needs to be processed
by a piece of software called a "slicer" which converts
the model into a series of thin layers and produces a
G-code file.
This G-code file can then be printed with 3D printing
client software.
Finishing

Though the printer-produced resolution is sufficient

for many applications, printing a slightly oversized
version of the desired object in standard resolution,
and then removing material with a higher-resolution
subtractive process can achieve a higher-resolution.
Some additive manufacturing techniques are capable
of using multiple materials in the course of
constructing parts.
Printing Procedure
PRINTING METHODS

Several different 3D printing methods have

been invented since the late 1970s. Some
popular method are

1) Selective laser sintering (SLS)

2) Stereo lithography

3) Fused deposition modeling (FDM)

4) Laminated object manufacturing

Selective laser sintering(SLS)

Selective laser sintering(SLS)

is an additive
manufacturing technique
that uses a high power laser
to fuse small particles of
plastic, metal (direct metal
laser sintering),ceramic or
glass powders into a mass
that has a desired 3-
dimensional shape
Stereo lithography

Stereo lithography
is an additive
manufacturing
process using a vat
of liquid UV-
curable
photopolymer
“resin” and a UV
laser to build parts
a layer at a time.
Fused Deposition Modeling(FDM)

Fused deposition
modeling (FDM) is
an additive
manufacturing
technology
commonly used for
modeling,
prototyping, and
production
applications
Laminated Object Manufacturing

Laminated object
manufacturing (LOM) is
a rapid prototyping
system. In it, layers of
adhesive-coated paper,
plastic or metal
laminates are
successively glued
together and cut to
shape with a knife or
laser cutter.
APPLICATION

3-D printing means creating any 3-dimentional object

by just it’s 2-d image. So it’s application area is very
wide. Some are

Spare parts
Machinery
Automobile
Artistic items
Graphic Representation
Achievements

The Mysteriously sunken HMS Erebus resurrected

with 3-D printing.
Syrian soldier successfully fitted with Titanium 3D
printed jaw.
A leopard tortoise given new shell with 3-d printing.
Reebok’s CHECKLIGHT Safety Cap “Not possible
without 3D printing”.
World’s First 3D Printed Plane Takes Flight.
Some 3-d Models
CONCLUSION

In paper 3-d printing may look an attractive and

very useful technology and indeed it is. It can create
almost anything you want but greater the advantages
of a technology greater it possess the risk of danger
to the society and world. 3-d printing can solve our
many problems effectively and can create a one too.