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Development of 3D printer heating block using clad plate material (클래드 판재를 사용한 3D 프린터 히팅 블록 개발)

  • Won, Dae-Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.199-205
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    • 2017
  • In this study, the design analysis and the explosion welding were made into a clad sheet by the convergence method in order to solve the problem of heat transfer to the guide due to the heating of the 3D printer heating block. The shear strength of the clad plate material was tested and the results were analyzed by thermal analysis, thermal conductivity and thermal imaging. The following conclusions were obtained. 3D modeling of the heating block made of copper and titanium clad plate material The thermal analysis showed that the surface temperature of the filament guide area was lower than the heating block surface temperature. The average shear strength of copper and titanium clad plate material was measured and the average value of 195.6MPa was obtained. The thermal conductivity of the heating block made of copper and titanium clad plate material was measured three times and the average value was $62.52W/m{\cdot}K$. The surface temperature of the heating block made of copper and titanium clad plate material was measured by a thermal imaging camera at a maximum of $107.3^{\circ}C$ and $183.2^{\circ}C$ at the filament guide. The temperature distribution was $89^{\circ}C$ lower than that of the existing filament.

A Study on Manufacturing System Integration with a 3D printer based on the Cloud Network (클라우드 기반 3D 프린팅 활용 생산 시스템 통합 연구)

  • Kim, Chi-yen;Espaline, David;MacDonald, Eric;Wicker, Ryan B.;Kim, Da-Hye;Sung, Ji-Hyun;Lee, Jae-Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2015
  • After the US government declared 3D printing technology a next-generation manufacturing technology, there have been many practical studies conducted to expand 3D printing technology to manufacturing technologies, called AMERICA MAKES. In particular, the Keck Center, located at the University of Texas at El Paso, has studied techniques for easily combing the 3D stacking process with space mobility and expanded these techniques to simultaneous staking techniques for multiple materials. Additionally, it developed convergence manufacturing techniques, such as direct inking techniques, in order to produce a module structure that combines electronic circuits and components, such as CUBESET. However, in these studies, it is impossible to develop a unified system using traditional independent through simple sequencing connections. This is because there are many problems in the integration between the stacking modeling of 3D printers and post-machining, such as thermal deformations, the precision accuracy of 3D printers, and independently driven coordinate problems among process systems. Therefore, in this paper, the integration method is suggested, which combines these 3D printers and subsequent machining process systems through an Internet-based cloud. Additionally, the sequential integrated system of a 3D printer, an NC milling machine, machine vision, and direct inking are realized.

Structural Design of 3D Printer Nozzle with Superior Heat Dissipation Characteristics for Deposition of Materials with High Melting Point (고 용융점 소재의 압출적층성형을 위한 우수한 방열특성을 갖는 3차원 프린터 nozzle부 기구설계)

  • Kim, Wan-Chin;Lee, Sang-Wook
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.313-318
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    • 2020
  • Since the engineering plastics having a melting point of higher than 300 degrees have a high mechanical rigidity, chemical resistance, friction and abrasion performance, those are being highlighted as metal replacement materials in various industries. In this study, 3D printer nozzle with excellent heat dissipation characteristics are designed and analytically verified to form engineering plastics with high melting points in 3D printers based on the melt-lamination modeling method. In order to insulate between the heat block heated to a melting point of filament material and the upper part of the nozzle where the filament is transferred, the heat brake part with low thermal conductivity was designed to have two separate parts, and a cooling fin structure is further applied to the heat brake part to lower steady-state temperature by air convection. Optimized structural design on FDM nozzle part reduces the temperature at the heat sink and at the end part of heat brake by 50% and 14% respectively, compared to the conventional BCnozzle structure.

Development of Peripheral Devices on the Endoscopic Surgery System (내시경 수술시스템의 주변장치 개발)

  • Lee, Young-Mook;Song, Chul-Gyu;Lee, Sang-Min;Kim, Won-Ky
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1995 no.05
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    • pp.164-166
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    • 1995
  • The objectives of study are to develop a peripheral device on the endoscopic surgery system. These systems are consist of the following units. They are a color monitor of high resolution, light source, computer system and endoscopic camera with a C-mount head, irrigator, color video printer, Super VHS recorder and a system rack. The color monitor is a NTSC monitor for monitoring the image projected of the surgical section. The lightsource is necessary to irradiate the interior of a body via an optic fiber, The light projector will adapt the brightness in accordance with changing distance from the object. A miniature camera using a color CCD chip and computer system is used to capture and control an image of the surgical section[1]. The video printer is a 300 DPI resolution using thermal sublimation methods, which is developed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The specification of the endoscopic data management system is consist of storage of a captured image and pathological database of patients [2-4].

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Bond Graph/Genetic Programming Based Automated Design Methodology for Multi-Energy Domain Dynamic Systems (멀티-에너지 도메인 동적 시스템을 위한 본드 그래프/유전프로그래밍 기반의 자동설계 방법론)

  • Seo, Ki-Sung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.677-682
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    • 2006
  • Multi-domain design is difficult because such systems tend to be complex and include a mixtures of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and thermal components. To design an optimal system, unified and automated procedure with efficient search technique is required. This paper introduces design method for multi-domain system to obtain design solutions automatically, combining bond graph which is domain independent modeling tool and genetic programming which is well recognized as a powerful tool for open-ended search. The suggested design methodology has been applied for design of electric fitter, electric printer drive, and and pump system as a proof of concept for this approach.

Development of a new thermal inkjet head with the virtual valve fabricated by MEMS technology (멤스기술을 이용한 가상밸브가 있는 새로운 잉크젯 헤드 개발)

  • Bae, Ki-Deok;Baek, Seog-Soon;Shin, Jong-Woo;Lim, Hyung-Taek;Shin, SuHo;Oh, Yong-Soo
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.1892-1897
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    • 2003
  • A new thermal inkjet printer head on SOI wafer with virtual valve was proposed. It was composed of two rectangular heaters with same size. So we could call it T-jet(Twin jet). T-jet has a lot of merits. It has the advantage of being fabricated with one wafer and is easy to change the size of chamber, nozzle, restrictor and so on. However, above all, It is the best point that T-jet has a virtual valve. And it was manufactured on SOI wafer. The chamber was formed in its upper silicon whose thickness was 40um. The chamber's bottom layer was silicon dioxide of SOI wafer and two heaters were located underneath the chamber's ceiling. And the restirctor was made beside the chamber. Nozzle was molded by process of Ni plating. Ni was 30um thick. Nozzle ejection test was performed by printer head having 56 nozzles in 2 columns with 600NPI(nozzle per inch) and black ink. It measured a drop velocity of 12m/s, a drop volume of 30pl, and a maximum firing frequency of 12KHz for single nozzle ejection. Throwing out the ink drop in whole nozzles at the same time, it was observed that the uniformity of the drop velocity and volume was less than 4%.

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A FSK Radio-telemetry System for Monitoring Vital Signs in UHF Band (UHF 대역 FSK에 의한 생체신호 무선 전송장치의 개발)

  • Park D.C.;Lee H.K.
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.21 no.3 s.61
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    • pp.255-260
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    • 2000
  • This paper presents a radio-telemetry patient monitor. which is used for intensive cal?e units. emergency and surgical operation rooms to monitor continuously patients' vital signs. The radio-telemetry patient monitor consists of a vital sign acquisition unit. wireless data transmission units and a vital sign-monitoring unit. The vital sign acquisition unit amplifies biological signals, performs analog signal to serial digital data conversion using the one chip micro-controller. The converted digital data is modulated FSK in UHF band using low output power and transmitted to a remote site in door. In comparison with analog modulation. FSK has major advantages to improve performance with respect to noise resistance with fower error and the potential ability to process and Improve quality of the received data. The vital sign-monitoring unit consists of the receiver to demodulate the modulated digital data, the LCD monitor to display vital signs continuously and the thermal head printer to record a signal.

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A Study for Improving the Durability of Print Heads in Binder Jet 3D Printers Method (바인더 젯 3D 프린터의 프린팅 헤드 내구성 향상을 위한 연구)

  • Jung-Chul Hwang;Tae-Sung Kim
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.153-158
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    • 2023
  • This research was conducted to reduce the defect rate caused by nozzle clogging of printing heads used in binder jet 3D printers. The binder jet 3D printing technology may adhere to the printing head nozzle by dispersing powder due to mechanical operation such as transferring the printing head and supplying powder, and may cause nozzle clogging by natural curing at the nozzle end depending on the type of binder used. To solve this problem, this study created a cleaning module exclusively for printing heads to check whether the durability of printing heads is improved through analysis of printing results before and after using the cleaning module. To this end, this research used a thermal bubble jet printing head, and the used powder was studied using gypsum powder.

Fabrication of Microscale Wrinkles on a Curved Surface Using Weak-Polymerization and Thermal Curing Process (약한 광중합과 열경화를 이용한 곡면 미세 표면주름 제작)

  • Yang, Jung Ho;Zhao, Zhi Jun;Park, Sang Hu
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.33 no.10
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    • pp.875-880
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    • 2016
  • In this study, we proposed an effective and simple way to directly generate wrinkle patterns on a curved surface. A curved surface was prepared using a 3D printer and an UV (Ultraviolet)-lighting system was utilized to weakly polymerize the UV-curable thin resin layer coated on the surface, resulting in a gradient of material properties in the layer thickness. Subsequently, a thermal curing process was conducted to generate microscale wrinkles by compressive forces that were generated during complete curing. Wrinkle shapes from 5, 15, 25 sec of UV-light exposure were compared. With increasing UV-exposure, the line-width of wrinkles became thicker due to much higher strength of skin zone. The results indicated that the proposed fabrication process could be utilized for surface modification in diverse research fields.

Numerical Study on Bubble Growth and Droplet Ejection in a Bubble Inkjet Printer (버블 잉크젯에서의 기포성장 및 액적분사에 관한 수치적 연구)

  • Suh, Young-Ho;Son, Gi-Hun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.30 no.11 s.254
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    • pp.1107-1116
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    • 2006
  • The droplet ejection process driven by an evaporating bubble in a thermal inkjet printhead is investigated by numerically solving the conservation equations for mass, momentum and energy. The phase interfaces are tracked by a level set method which is modified to include the effect of phase change at the interface and extended for multiphase flows with irregular solid boundaries. The compressibility effect of a bubble is also included in the analysis to appropriately describe the bubble expansion behaviour associated with the high pressure caused by bubble nucleation. The whole process of bubble growth and collapse as well as droplet ejection during thermal inkjet printing is simulated without employing a simplified semi-empirical bubble growth model. Based on the numerical results, the jet breaking and droplet formation behaviour is observed to depend strongly on the bubble growth and collapse pattern. Also, the effects of liquid viscosity, surface tension and nozzle geometry are quantified from the calculated bubble growth rate and ink droplet ejection distance.