Obvious 3D printer technology based on 13. Inversion

This page was part of an MTU course MSE4777 OA and MSE4777 OB/MSE5777/EE4777/EE5777: Open-source 3-D printingPlease leave comments using the talk page. The course runs in the Fall semester. It is not open edit.Read more...

Broad and/or obvious patent claims for 3-D printing technology may hamper the open-source 3-D printing community's ability to innovate. Previous work on an algorithm protected 3-D printing materials. This page is part of a MTU Open Source 3-D Printing class project to investigate 3-D printing concepts using TRIZ and is presented here as a defensive publication of prior art to help identify obvious 'inventions' for 3-D printing.

Examiners: The ideas on this page dated Dec 3, 2015 and Nov 29, 2016 were developed by university students with less than a semester of formal 3-D printing experience (or by an instructor in class) and thus should be considered unpatentable because of obviousness to any person skilled in the art of additive manufacturing.
Appropedians: This page is open edit. Please fee free to add ideas and sign them below with ~~~~ or to use any of the ideas to built better open-source 3-D printers.

Tacopaul11 (talk) 07:21, 1 December 2015 (PST)

Nicolas Winkler (talk) 07:24, 1 December 2015 (PST)

1. Motors on Extruder rather than base
2. Use pellets or liquid instead of filament
3. Motors on moving parts instead of base(on the pieces that connect to rods)
4. bed moves instead of extruder
5. ball bearings on extruder and magnets on poles
6. Non-fixed bed instead of fixed for better leveling
7. Only use recycled materials instead of filament
8. Use Quick Cooling filament that is extremely sturdy
9. Print upside down
10. Instead of printing, mill it
11. Make base move instead of bed (X and Y)
12. Use a combination of printing and milling for better precision
13. Reuse milled filament
14. Combine and Delta and XYZ
15. Use a moving print surface for multiple colors (one on each side of base)
16. Base is top and bottom is print surface encased in foam for sound isolation
17. Power for head through connection rods.
18. power for resistor through connection rods
19. power for fan through connection rods
20. recycle power from extruder for other uses in printer
21. Use power from environment to heat extruder (sun, ect)
22. Use tears of students as lubricant for print rods to make it quieter.
23. Use camera to get feedback on print into system
24. Use ir sensor to get feedback into system
25. allow print surface to tilt for additional leveling features

1. Magnetic properties Dmswanso (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2016 (PST)
2. Revolving printer for overhang Dmswanso (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2016 (PST)
3. Rods connected to bed Dmswanso (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2016 (PST)
4. Don't have to fight gravity Dmswanso (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2016 (PST)
5. Easier to change extruder heads Dmswanso (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2016 (PST)
6. Multiple heads for extruder, more objects and faster Dmswanso (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2016 (PST)
7. Easier feeding of material