Extrusion-based 3D Bioplotter

•  Make: EnvisionTec

•  A liquid, melt, paste or gel is dispensed from a material cartridge through a needle tip from a 3-axis system to create a 3D object

•  Individual temperature control of each printing head, both in the parking positions, as well as during printing

•  Designed for use in a sterile environment within a biosafety cabinet.

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Biomedical Printer

Extrusion-based 3D Bioprinter

•  Make: RegeMat

•  Nozzle diameter: 0.1 - 0.5mm

•  Build volume: 150mm x 150mm x 110m

•  Vertical resoultion: 400nm

•  Printing platform: Crystal or petri dishes

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Biomedical Printer

3D bio-Printer

•  Model/Make: Biobots

•  3D bio-printer based on Extrusion based technology

•  In addition it has blue light based crosslinking capability for bio hydrogels

•  Layer Thickness: 0.2mm

•  Model material: Hydrogels like alginate, gelatin, collagen, hyaluronic acid.

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Biomedical Printer

Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM)

•  Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing setup for large sized components

•  Setup developed at IITH by retrofitting a Cold Metal Transfer (CMT) GMAW system with a CNC machine

•  Components upto size 600mm x 400mm x 400mm possible.

•  Minimum features upto 4mm possible.

•  Materials: All weldable materials

•  CNC Model: AGNI BMV 45, BFW (along with trunnion table setup)

•  Weld-Deposition: CMT, Fronius

 

Metal 3D Printer

Twin-Wire WAAM

•  Twin-wire based WAAM setup for functionally gradient components.

•  Setup developed at IITH by integrating a twin-wire welding system with a Kuka robot.

•  Components upto size 1200mm x 1200mm x 600mm possible.

•  Minimum features upto 6mm possible.

•  Materials: All weldable materials

•  Robot Model: KR 30-3 Robot, Kuka

•  Weld-Deposition: TimeTwin Digital, Fronius

Metal 3D Printer

Powder Bed Fusion

•  Model/Make: GE, Mlab 200R

•  Laser Power: Fibre laser 200 W (cw)

•  Build volume: 100 x 100 x 100 mm

•  Layer thickness: 15-30 microns

•  Scanning speed: max 7 m/s

•  Materials: aluminum alloys, tool steels, inconel alloys, titanium alloys

•  Machine yet to be installed; expected to be ready by Mar 2020.

Metal 3D Printer

Direct Energy Deposition (DED)

•  Laser + Powder based Direct Energy Deposition system.

•  Laser: 2kW fiber laser, Coherent

•  Cladding: YC 52 Precitec Cladding head

•  Kinematic setup capable of 5-axis deposition

 

Metal 3D Printer

Composite (Carbon Fiber & Fiberglass) 3D Printer

•  Specifications of a MarkTwo printer are:

•  Build Volume 320 mm x 132 mm x 154 mm

•  Plastic Materials Onyx

•  Fiber Materials, Carbon Fiber, Fiberglass, Kevlar, HSHT (High Strength High Temperature) Fiberglass

•  Z Layer Resolution: 100 micron

Composite 3D Printer

Multi-Colour Binder Jetting 3D Printer

•  HP Jet Fusion 580 Color 3D Printer.

•  Binder Jetting technology based 3D printing capable of Multi-Colour components

•  Minimum Build Volume: 300mm x 150mm x 200mm

•  Layer thickness: 0.1mm

•  Resolution: 1200dpi

•  This machine is available in the i-TIC facility on the IITH premises.

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Polymer 3D Printer

Stereolithography (SLA)

•  ProJet6000, 3D Systems, USA.

•  Stereolithography (SLA) based 3D printing technology

•  Capable of printing transparent designs at 6 micro resolution and 0.2% accuracy

•  Resin material is bio-compatible (non-toxic and autoclave-able)

•  In the purchase procedures; expected to be available in IITH in near future.

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Polymer 3D Printer

FDM based 3D Printer: Nylon material

•  Make: Stratasys

•  Model: Fortus 450 MC

•  Build Volume: 406 x 355 x 406 mm

•  Accuracy: ± 0.127 mm

•  Materials: ABS ESD7, ABS M30, Antero800NA, FDM Nylon 12, PC-ABS, PC -ISO, ULTEM 9085, ULTEM 1010, ST 130.

Polymer 3D Printer

FDM based 3D Printer: ABS material

•  Model/Make: uPrint SE, Stratasys

•  3D printer based on Fused deposition modelling technology

•  Capable of creating complex shapes from a CAD file

•  Maximum Build Size: 203 mm x 152 mm x 152mm

•  Layer Thickness: 0.254mm

•  Model material: ABS plastic

Polymer 3D Printer

FDM based 3D Printer: OpenSource based

•  Alfatek printer

•  Fused deposition modeling based 3D printer

•  Capable of printing ABS , PLA and other polymers

•  Capable of printing at micrometer range ( 750 -800 micron with 2% accuracy)

Polymer 3D Printer

Vat Polymerization based 3D Printer

•  Make: Formlab

•  Capable of printing various biocompatible resins including transparent resin

•  Devices can be printed with approximately ( 300 micron with 2 % accuracy)

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Polymer 3D Printer

3D Reverse Engineering System

•  Model/Make: FaroArm Fusion

•  CMM Type: 7-axis portable arm type

•  Measuring Range: 1.8 meters

•  Scan Method: Both contact (probe) and non-contact (Laser)

•  Laser Scanner Rate: 19,200 points per second

•  Softwares: CAM 2 Measure 10, Geomagic Studio 2012

Characterization

Transmission Electron Microscope

•  JEOL 2100FX, operating voltage 200 kV, LaB6 filament

•  Microstructural characterization at nanometer scale

•  STEM mode for high resolution scans and maps

•  EDS for composition analysis and mapping

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Characterization

Scanning Electron Microscope

•  JEOL 7800F FE-SEM

•  Nanometer level resolution

•  EDS, WDS and EBSD detectors for composition and crystal orientation analysis and mapping

SEM

Characterization

Immersion ultrasonic system:

•  Immersion scanning system supplied Blue Star Engg.

•  Tank size- 1000 mm x 600 mm x 400 mm

•  Scanning axes- X, Y, Z and R

•  Scanning speed 50mm/sec

•  Motion control software

•  Immersion probes 2.25 MHz, 5 MHz, 7.5 MHz.

•  Material characteristics: Delamination, porosity, Thickness, cracks.

Characterization

Phased array ultrasonic system:

•  Olympus MX2 Phased array system.

•  Electronic beam steering, Dynamic depth focussing

•  Phased array probes 2.25 MHz, 3.5 MHz, 5 MHz

•  Curved phased array probes

•  A, B , C and sectorial scans

•  Composite and sandwich structure inspection

•  Weld inspection

Characterization

Non-contact ultrasonic system:

•  Ultran air coupled ultrasonic system

•  Pulser voltage: 400 V

•  Frequency range: 20 KHz to 6 MHz

•  Scanning area: 600 mm x 600 mm

•  Scanning speed: up to 1 m/s

•  Sampling rate: up yo 50 MS/sec

•  Material characteristics: Delamination, porosity, Thickness, cracks

Characterization

Mimics (software for Medical AM)

•  Mimics is an acronym for Materialise Interactive Medical Image Control System

•  Used to create 3D surface models from stacks of 2D image data (CT/MRI Scan data)

•  These 3D models can then be used for a variety of studies including FEA analysis, implant design etc.

Software

Simufact Additive

•  Meant for simulation of the additive manufacturing process

•  Simufact Additive covers the simulation of

•  Powder Bed Fusion processes,

•  Electron Beam Melting (EBM)

•  Directed Energy Deposition (DED)

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