Avid 3D Printing Presentation December 2015

Doug Collins, owner of Avid 3D Printing in Loveland, Colo., spoke about the current state of 3D printing at The Riverside in Boulder on December 1, 2015.

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1. 3D  Printing  and  Product   Development Doug  Collins   Owner,  Mechanical  Engineer   (970)  541-­‐2536   www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com
2. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ Mechanical  Engineer   ▪ Entrepreneur   ▪ Mountain  Biking   ▪ Fly  Fishing   ▪ Anything  in  the  Mountains   ▪ Travel Doug  Collins
3. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ Additive  Manufacturing  Technologies   ▪ Rapid  Prototypes   ▪ Low  Volume  Production   ▪ Engineering  Expertise Avid  3D  Printing
4. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ 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
5. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ 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
6. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ 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
7. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ 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
8. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ Thermoplastic  extruded  layer  by  layer   ▪ Pros:   ◦ Functional  parts   ◦ Strong  thermoplastics   ◦ Color  options   ◦ Complex  geometry   ◦ Soluble  support   ▪ Cons:   ◦ Slow   ◦ Resolution Fused  Deposition  Modeling  (FDM)
9. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ 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)
10. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ 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)
11. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ UV  cured  jetted  photopolymers   ▪ Pros:   ◦ Material  options  and  multi-­‐material  printing   ◦ Overmold  printing   ◦ Fine  detail   ◦ Full  color  capability   ▪ Cons:   ◦ Durability   ◦ Strength   ◦ Speed PolyJet
12. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ HP  –  first  major  corporation  to  enter  3D  printing  space   ▪ Inkjet  technology   ▪ Thermoplastics  and  other       material  options   ▪ Fast  (10X)   ▪ Full  Color HP  Multi  Jet  Fusion
13. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ Continuous  Liquid  Interface  Production   ▪ Very  fast  SLA  (100X)   ▪ Continuous  process  that  cures  a  photopolymer  with  a   UV  light Carbon  3D  CLIP  Technology
14. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ Metal  3D  printing  inside  CNC  machining  centers   ▪ AMBIT  by  Hybrid  Manufacturing  Technologies   ▪ Mazak  5-­‐Axis  Hybrid  CNC  w/  Fiber  Laser  AM Hybrid  Manufacturing
15. www.avid3dprinting.com   www.avidpd.com ▪ Product  development   ▪ Proof  of  concept   ▪ Functional  test  parts   ▪ Design  verification   ▪ Marketing  samples   ▪ Low  volume  production   ▪ Questions?? 3D  Printing  Uses