Development of a Multi-Material Selective Laser Sintering-Based 3D Printer
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Ali, Md. Hazrat; Zhantlessov, Yerbol; Zhagiparova, Aibike; Adair, Desmond; Shehab, Essam
- Source
- 2023 IEEE 11th Conference on Systems, Process & Control (ICSPC) Systems, Process & Control (ICSPC), 2023 IEEE 11th Conference on. :177-181 Dec, 2023
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
General Topics for Engineers
Geoscience
Nuclear Engineering
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Transportation
Powders
Additives
Laser sintering
Prototypes
Sintering
Printers
Fiber lasers
Additive Manufacturing
Selective Laser Sintering
Polyamide 12
- Language
This paper highlights the development of a multi-material Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)-based 3D printer for polymer powder. It elaborates on the technical approach of the design of an additive system on the utilization of polymer powder. This type of SLS printer is rare in the market due to its difficulties in controlling chamber temperatures as well as determining a specific laser power for sintering polymer powder. The novel design consists of a few sub-systems such as laser, and optical devices. For each subsystem, the best printing parameters are investigated in the laboratory. In addition, a multi-layer sample part printed with this developed printer is demonstrated in this paper.