COMPOSITE MATERIAL WIRE PRINTING OF THE PARAMETRIC CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND ROBOTIC FABRICATION

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 43 - 49, 01.04.2019

Hsu Yı - Chıa Hou June - Hao

Abstract

In recent years, 3D printing technology has been continuously refined and applied in various design fields, but at the same time it is also easy to copy due to computer aids. Therefore, the uniqueness of materials and construction methods make the technology irreplaceable. The following is a study of wire print.Wire print ,is a better printing method which partially replaced FDM Fused Deposition Modeling to reduce material and time costs considerably. The purpose of this study is to develop a method that can efficiently generate line segments and paths in three dimensions space and how to transform a digital model into a g-code for 3D printers and robots by simply using parametric modeling software grasshopper , materials experiments and tools design. The research is mainly divided into three parts. The first is about material attempts and the application of effects. The second is about the method of parameterizing the generated paths and the conversion of g-code to the wire print. Third, is about the operation of mechanical equipment and the tool head of robotic arms design modified. This research three dimensions printing technology can be applied to parametric ceramic products or larger-scale spatial designs, enabling architects and designers to conduct more capacity development in future

Keywords

—Parametric software, wire print, Robotic arms fabrication, Composite Filament Additive manufacturing

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