1999 / Solid Freeform Fabrication Proceedings
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Author Oivind Brockmeier, Christopher Westcott, Jan Helge Bohn, Virginia Tech
Source Solid Freeform Fabrication Proceedings, 1999, pp 679-686
Abstract Rapid prototyping systems have advanced significantly with respect to material capabilities, fabrication speed, and surface quality. However, build jobs are still manually activated one at a time. The result is wasted idle time whenever an operator is not at hand to make a job change. A low-cost auxiliary system has been developed and implemented to automatically load and unload FDM 1600 (and FDM 1650 / FDM 2000) rapid prototyping systems. The modifications to the FDM 1600 system are minimal. The door to the FDM 1600 build chamber has been removed, a new build tray has been developed, and the .SML build files have been slightly modified at both ends to facilitate synchronized operation between the FDM 1600 and the automated loading and unloading systems. (Auth abstract) [References: 8]
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