{"id":108574,"key":"242_TRIZ_3D_printers","title":"242 TRIZ 3D printers","latest":{"id":1224348,"timestamp":"2026-01-09T00:37:58Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"{{242 notice}}\n\n'''TRIZ''' a Russian acronym, literally: \"theory of the resolution of invention-related tasks\") is \"a problem-solving, analysis and forecasting tool derived from the study of patterns of invention in the global patent literature\". TRIZ relies on [http://www.triz40.com/aff_Principles_TRIZ.php 40 inventive principles].\n\nTo give this a try as an engineering student please do the following:\n\n# Form groups of 2\n# Each group will take 3 principles and attempt to apply it to forecasting obvious inventions for future and (possibly) existing 3-D printer technologies. For more information on your principle click [http://www.triz40.com/aff_Principles_TRIZ.php here] or more examples [http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~jps7/Lecture%20notes/TRIZ%2040%20Principles.pdf here].\n# Add to Triz principles wiki pages by clicking on the links below.\n# Each person sign it with <nowiki> ~~~~ </nowiki> on the page\n# '''List at least twenty-five ways to make a novel 3-D printer for each of your 3 principles.'''\n# TRIZ uses this technical [http://www.triz40.com/aff_Matrix_TRIZ.php contradiction matrix], you can use these technical problems to find problems for your solutions:\n## improve resolution (atomic)\n## improve print speed (instantaneous)\n## enhance material availability (all)\n## reduce parts of the printer (1?)\n## reduce costs of printer (free)\n## reduce costs of materials (free)\n## make it easier to use (McDonald's screen)\n## make it easier to assemble (self)\n## make it easier to maintain (none, unbreakable, self healing)\n## make fully assembled products (anything - computer, car, smartphone, dinner)\n## use functional printing materials (e.g. electronics)\n## reduce waste (zero)\n## use less energy (zero or ambient)\n## quieter printing (soundless)\n## ubiquitous printing (everywhere)\n## print smaller (nanoscale)\n## print bigger (apartment complex, Great Wall of China, planet?)\n## enable auto calibration\n## enable auto leveling\n## enable auto monitoring\n## enable quality control\n## enable real-time feedback\n## make it safer (infant approved)\n## make is smell good (designer imposters?)\n## make it from current waste products (CO2, flyash, spent fuel rods?)\n\n== Jellybox improvement ==\n\n{{List\n| category = 242 TRIZ 3D printers\n}}\n\n{{Page data\n| authors = User:MarieFarson\n| description = TRIZ ideas applied to 3D printing are outlined on Appropedia, showing how simple creative methods can support better design choices in sustainable fabrication projects.\n}}\n\n[[Category:ENGR242]]\n[[Category:242 TRIZ 3D printers]]"}