Design of a Throat-extended FDM Extruder for Multi-axis 3D Printing

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LIU, Hao ;LIU, Zhoupeng ;HAO, Siting .
Design of a Throat-extended FDM Extruder for Multi-axis 3D Printing. 
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 67, n.4, p. 180-190, may 2021. 
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/article/design-of-a-throat-extended-fdm-extruder-for-multi-axis-3d-printing/>. Date accessed: 01 dec. 2024. 
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2021.7124.
Liu, H., Liu, Z., & Hao, S.
(2021).
Design of a Throat-extended FDM Extruder for Multi-axis 3D Printing.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 67(4), 180-190.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2021.7124
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Liu, H.,Liu, Z.,Hao, S.
2021 May 67. Design of a Throat-extended FDM Extruder for Multi-axis 3D Printing. Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering. [Online] 67:4
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"Design of a Throat-extended FDM Extruder for Multi-axis 3D Printing." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 67.4 (2021): 180-190. Web.  01 Dec. 2024
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Liu, Hao, Liu, Zhoupeng, AND Hao, Siting.
"Design of a Throat-extended FDM Extruder for Multi-axis 3D Printing" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 67 Number 4 (05 May 2021)

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  • Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, China 1
  • Tianjin University, College of Mechanical Engineering, China 2

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Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering 67(2021)4, 180-190
© The Authors, CC-BY 4.0 Int. Change in copyright policy from 2022, Jan 1st.

https://doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2021.7124

Multi-axis fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printing technology has been paid attention to by more and more people. However, existing FDM extruders are usually short and fat, which significantly restricts the popularization of multi-axis FDM 3D printing technology because one significant trend of additive manufacturing is the use of long and thin extruders to avoid collisions between extruders and workpieces in the printing process. This paper presents the design of a throat-extended FDM extruder to print complex-shaped workpieces with details. The main contributions in this paper include: (i) presenting a novel extruder structure including an extended-throat, a smaller heater block, and a cooling mini-fan; (ii) designing an optimized heater block using the shapes of its components and the milling tool as constraints to make its volume as little small as possible; (iii) Construct experimental and simulation methods to examine the temperature distribution of the throat to optimize the shapes of the heat dams of nozzle throats and the wind speed of the heat-dissipation fan. Based on the throat-extended FDM extruder, a five-axis FDM 3D printer has been developed, and various complex-shaped workpieces have been printed without any support.

3D printing, FDM, extruder, design, multi-axis, throat