Acoustic Materials Additive Manufacturing System
Abstract
This project completed the acquisition and assembly of a system for additively manufacturing advanced viscoelastic materials for undersea applications. A large scale system (with a build area of 3 ft x 3 ft x 1 ft) was designed and built in order to enable the production of undersea parts. Material deposition is done using a two-part mixing extruder that enables the printing of standard existing resin materials as well as the ability to extrude novel materials that are tailored for specific material properties and processing requirements. This machine is controlled using standard 3D printing gcode for motion control, allowing for both the use of open-source machine motion control generation and/or custom control that allows for process and geometry optimization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 03, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1159284
Entities
People
- Benjamin S. Beck
- Callie F. Zawaski
- Christopher Coughlin
- Eric Nulton
- Matthew J. Kelly
- Thomas Juska
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University