Obvious 3D printer technology based on 02. Extraction

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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.

Bllafata (talk) 07:17, 1 December 2015 (PST) WayneHelminen (talk) 07:19, 1 December 2015 (PST)

1. Smart slicing based on the printer, uploading the model to the printer should slice and create the gcode locally. Bllafata (talk) 07:53, 1 December 2015 (PST) WayneHelminen (talk) 07:44, 3 December 2015 (PST)
2. Remove print head and use concentrated sunlight on a powder/gel to build the print WayneHelminen (talk) 07:52, 1 December 2015 (PST) Bllafata (talk) 07:32, 3 December 2015 (PST)
3. Remove the motors, replace the mechanical pulley system with electromagnets to move the belt up and down. Bllafata (talk) 07:51, 1 December 2015 (PST) WayneHelminen (talk) 07:53, 1 December 2015 (PST)
4. To make it safer, remove the hotend and print with foam (or other low temp materials)Bllafata (talk) 07:32, 3 December 2015 (PST) WayneHelminen (talk) 07:44, 3 December 2015 (PST)
5. Subtractive 3D printing with syringe from gel WayneHelminen (talk) 07:34, 3 December 2015 (PST) Bllafata (talk) 07:37, 3 December 2015 (PST)
6. Reduce the cost of the printer by removing most of the electronics and having the computer have more direct control of the printer Bllafata (talk) 07:37, 3 December 2015 (PST) WayneHelminen (talk) 07:44, 3 December 2015 (PST)
7. Reduce waste by having none. Recycle failed prints right back into the printer with a built in recyclerBllafata (talk) 07:43, 3 December 2015 (PST) WayneHelminen (talk) 07:44, 3 December 2015 (PST)
8. Remove atmosphere to reduce friction so that you can print fasterBllafata (talk) 07:47, 3 December 2015 (PST)
9. Remove atmosphere to improve print quality because less containments in the airBllafata (talk) 07:47, 3 December 2015 (PST)
10. Remove hotend print with lasers Bllafata (talk) 07:47, 3 December 2015 (PST)
11. Remove extruder drive, use gravity system instead Bllafata (talk) 07:47, 3 December 2015 (PST)
12. Remove the complicated bits (assembling the printer and making models) of 3D printing to make it more widely adopted and thus everywhere Bllafata (talk) 07:49, 3 December 2015 (PST)
13. Remove printer bed as the constraint for volume, print anywhere with a mobile 3D printer frame Bllafata (talk) 07:50, 3 December 2015 (PST)
14. Remove the print bed, allow the printer to print on any surface Jrjarvis (talk) 06:50, 4 December 2018 (PST)
15. Reduce the number of parts/motors by using lasers to heat up/deposit printing material Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
16. Move excess heat from the stepper motors to create a heated bed Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
17. Take out the connected PC interface by sending designs to the printer wirelessly, and monitoring it on a screen Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
18. Create joints and other printed components with high tolerances and structural rigidity to eliminate the use of the extra wood components Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
19. Reduce heat/noise from motors by eliminating them and using a stepped magnetic track to control axis movement Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
20. Implement snap joints and press fits to eliminate the use of fasteners Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
21. Implement magnetic joints to eliminate fasteners Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
22. Have the printer create the g-code of the model dynamically (layer by layer) to allow for quick adjustments on the fly and removing the use of a third party slicer Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
23. Have the printer use low temp materials to eliminate the use of the hot-end Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
24. Use stainless steel guide rods to prevent rusting instead of using grease Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
25. Use sonic levitation too allow the printer to print on a thin strip of air, removing use of print bed. Jrjarvis (talk) 07:08, 4 December 2018 (PST)
26. Use of higher resolution stepper motors to print at a higher resolution and with less noise Jrjarvis (talk) 07:13, 4 December 2018 (PST)
27. Use excess noise and vibration to run a small generator to make extra power to run the printer Jrjarvis (talk) 07:13, 4 December 2018 (PST)
28. Use E-mag waves in the air from power lines, cell phone towers, radio towers to power the printer, eliminating the wall plug. Jrjarvis (talk) 07:13, 4 December 2018 (PST)
29. Place high efficiency solar cells to the printer to eliminate the power supply Jrjarvis (talk) 07:13, 4 December 2018 (PST)
30. Use human energy to run Jrjarvis (talk) 07:13, 4 December 2018 (PST)
31. Remove part cooling fan, use excess heat from hotend to heat a thermal powered fan to cool part Q. I. Kaspriak (talk) 07:27, 4 December 2018 (PST)
32. Use horizontal lazer/UV field to instantaneously cure liquid resin from FDM nozzle Q. I. Kaspriak (talk) 07:27, 4 December 2018 (PST)
33. Remove extruder motor, Use gravity driven filament driver gear and electrically controlled brake to feed filament Q. I. Kaspriak (talk) 07:27, 4 December 2018 (PST)
34. Remove auto bed leveling, use floatation to level printer and print bed, then fix mechanically in place Q. I. Kaspriak (talk) 07:27, 4 December 2018 (PST)

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Authors	Brad Lafata, Jacob Jarvis, Wayne Helminen, Quinn Kaspriak
License	CC-BY-SA-3.0
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Aliases	Obvious 3D printer technology based on 2. Extraction
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Created	December 1, 2015 by Brad Lafata
Modified	April 11, 2023 by Pedro Kracht
Cite as	Brad Lafata, Jacob Jarvis, Wayne Helminen, Quinn Kaspriak (2015–2023). "Obvious 3D printer technology based on 02. Extraction". Appropedia. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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