Description:

Additive manufacturing is a process that creates physical parts directly from 3D CAD files. The 3D CAD data may come from a CAD tool, e.g. Creo, or a 3D scanning/digitising process (using a 3D scanner, or other photographic methods).This project uses an industrial robot, i.e. Kuka for additive fabrication process, i.e. 3D printing. A Kuka robot at the Manufacturing Systems Laboratory will be used as the principal equipment, on which a material applicator is added for fabrication purposes.The key feature of the system is to be able to create self-supported/free-form (SSFF) structures. This is fundamentally different from a typical 3D printing whereby 3D objects are created by laying down numerous 2D profile/layers.

Type:

Undergraduate

Outcome:

An additive manufacturing system that can create self-supported/free-form (SSFF) structures.

Prerequisites

The students are expected to have a good understanding of robotics, image processing, CAD, and geometric modelling.

Specialisations

• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering

Categories

• Industry 4.0 Smart Manufacturing Systems

Supervisor

• Xun Xu

Team

• Jackson Hemi
• Riley Toi

Lab

Smart Manufacturing Systems Lab (201.439, Lab)