Development of low-cost open source 3D gel printer "RepRap SWIM-ER"

Kei Sato; Samiul Basher; Takafumi Ota; Taishi Tase; Kyuichiro Takamatsu; Azusa Saito; Ajit Khosla; Masaru Kawakami; Hidemitsu Furuawa

doi:10.1117/12.2257628

17 April 2017 Development of low-cost open source 3D gel printer "RepRap SWIM-ER"

Kei Sato, Samiul Basher, Takafumi Ota, Taishi Tase, Kyuichiro Takamatsu, Azusa Saito, Ajit Khosla, Masaru Kawakami, Hidemitsu Furuawa

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Proceedings Volume 10167, Nanosensors, Biosensors, Info-Tech Sensors and 3D Systems 2017; 101670B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257628
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

Gels are soft and wet materials having low friction, good biocompatibility, and material permeability. It is expected that gel materials will be used as new kinds of industrial materials in the engineering and medical applications. But it cannot build a complicated shape. Soft & Wet Matter Engineering Laboratory developed a 3D gel Printer "SWIM-ER", has enabled modeling of complex shapes of the gel. However, this is expensive. Therefore not all of the gel researchers and the companies have such a device. To solve this problem, we manufacture a low-cost open-source 3D gel printer "RepRap SWIM-ER" from the RepRap. We made the components required to manufacture the “RepRap SWIM-ER” from the 3D printer and chose a light source. In addition, we produced the P-DN gel for RepRap SWIM-ER and conducted the molding test to confirm whether RepRap SWIM-ER can used it.

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Kei Sato, Samiul Basher, Takafumi Ota, Taishi Tase, Kyuichiro Takamatsu, Azusa Saito, Ajit Khosla, Masaru Kawakami, and Hidemitsu Furuawa "Development of low-cost open source 3D gel printer "RepRap SWIM-ER"", Proc. SPIE 10167, Nanosensors, Biosensors, Info-Tech Sensors and 3D Systems 2017, 101670B (17 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257628

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