2014 National BDPA Technology Conference
Additive Manufacturing, aka
3D Printing
Jon Bartschi
August 4-9, 2014
Indianapolis, IN
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What is 3D printing?
• 3D printing takes a digitally created
model and creates a solid, usable 3D
object through an additive, layer-by-layer
process.
• Transformation Technology – creates a
new market to support existing ones.
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What is 3D printing?
• Like the replicators
in Star Trek or The
Jetsons!
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The printer
• 3D printers are similar
to inkjet printers.
• Instead of ink, 3D
printers deposit
material in layers.
• Over a dozen types of
printing processes!
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3D Modeling Software
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• Each layer is like a
Post It note!
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• The first layer is
only .1 mm thick!
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ABS Plastic
Acrylonitrile
Butane
Styrene
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It’s the plastic we use every day!
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Polyactic Acid (PLA)
Smells like waffles!
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What is the material made of?
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How much does a 3D Printed 1in cube cost?
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What does it take?
Software
Hardware
• 3D Modeling
• Computer
• Slicing Software
• Control Board(s)
• Computer to Printer
Interface
• Electromechanical
Hardware
• Interpreting Software
• Print Materials
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3D Printing History
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1986: the birth of 3D
printing
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Charles Hull invented the
first working 3D printer
and the .STL format.
Inducted into National
Inventors Hall of Fame in
2014.
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Stereolithography - printing process that enables a tangible
object to be created from digital data.
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Originally very expensive
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3D Printer Prints Itself!
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3D Printing in Space
• European Space
Agency (ESA)
proposing to 3D print
structures on the
moon and Mars.
• Addresses biggest
challenge of bringing
materials to the
moon.
• Can we use the planet's natural resources?
• Currently prototyping with sand and solar power on
Earth
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3D Printing in Space
• NASA is proposing 3D food printers for
astronauts in space.
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GE 3D Printing
• GE will produce 100,000 3D-printed components for the nextgeneration GE9X turbine engine.
• Boeing is producing 3D-printed components on their aircraft.
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3D Printed Clothing, Shoes, and Jewelry
• Order customized
accessories and get them
delivered.
• New Balance and Nike are
adopting 3D printing for
highly customized shoes
for a perfect fit/design.
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3D Printed Food
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3D Print Your House!
• WinSun Decoration Design Engineering in
China has printed 10 houses in 24 hours!
• Use four giant 3D printers to construct
2,100 square foot buildings, cost less
than $5,000 each to construct
• www.contourcrafting.org, University of
Southern California
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3D Printed Organs
• Approximately 3,000 people on
the heart transplant waiting
list on any given day, 2,000
heart donors per year
• Lays down layer after layer of
live cells and human tissue.
• Low level of rejection.
• Organovo has successfully 3D
printed liver tissue!
• A 3D replica of Van Gogh's ear
was printed using family DNA.
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3D printing in the medical field
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3D Printed Cast
• Tarian Orthodics in Charleston, SC is
integrating 3D printing into their athletic
braces.
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IT Jobs in 3D Printing
• Programming
• Product Design
• 3D Modeling or
Drafting
• Computer
Technology
• Marketing
• Research and
Development
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Technical Support
Machine Operation
Manufacturing
Assembling
Sales
Engineering
Servicing
Technician
• More on the way…
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Lastly, 3D printing can be challenging
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Contact Information
Jon Bartschi
IT-oLogy
Jon@it-ology.org
(803) 354-5739
IT-oLogy.org
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