Doug Collins, owner of Avid 3D Printing in Loveland, Colo., spoke about the current state of 3D printing at The Riverside in Boulder on December 1, 2015.

1. Doug Collins
Owner, Mechanical Engineer
(970) 541-2536
www.avid3dprinting.com
www.avidpd.com

2.  Mechanical Engineer
 Entrepreneur
 Mountain Biking
 Fly Fishing
 Anything in the Mountains
 Travel
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3.  Additive Manufacturing Technologies
 Rapid Prototypes
 Low Volume Production
 Engineering Expertise
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4.  Contract mechanical design and product
development services to large and small companies,
entrepreneurs, and inventors.
 3D CAD Modeling
 Prototype development
 Concept to Production
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5.  3D Solid CAD Model
◦ SolidWorks, ProE, AutoCAD Inventor
◦ Convert to STL file
 Print Processing Software
◦ Part orientation
◦ Support material placement
◦ Layer slicing, NC layer data
 Print
 Finish
◦ Support removal
◦ Secondary finishing if needed
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6. www.avid3dprinting.com
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 Rapid Prototyping
◦ Photopolymer, SLA and DLP
◦ Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
◦ Selective Laser Sintering (SLS)
◦ Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS)
◦ PolyJet
 Future
◦ Multi Jet Fusion
◦ CLIP
◦ Hybrid Manufacturing

7.  Focused UV Light cures liquid polymer
 Pros:
 Fine detail, surface finish
 Clear material options
 Cons:
 Expensive
 Fragile
 Slow
 Support manually removed
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8.  Thermoplastic extruded layer by layer
 Pros:
◦ Functional parts
◦ Strong thermoplastics
◦ Color options
◦ Complex geometry
◦ Soluble support
 Cons:
◦ Slow
◦ Resolution
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9.  Powdered plastic fused layer by layer with lasers
 Pros:
◦ High strength end use parts
◦ Complex geometry
◦ Low volume production
◦ Rubber like parts
◦ Powder is support material
 Cons:
◦ Limited material and color options
◦ Speed
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10.  Powdered metal fused layer by layer with lasers
 Pros:
◦ High strength end use parts
◦ Complex geometry
◦ Material options
◦ Low volume production
 Cons:
◦ Post processing required
◦ Cost
◦ Speed
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11.  UV cured jetted photopolymers
 Pros:
◦ Material options and multi-material printing
◦ Overmold printing
◦ Fine detail
◦ Full color capability
 Cons:
◦ Durability
◦ Strength
◦ Speed
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12.  HP – first major corporation to enter 3D printing space
 Inkjet technology
 Thermoplastics and other
material options
 Fast (10X)
 Full Color
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13.  Continuous Liquid Interface Production
 Very fast SLA (100X)
 Continuous process that cures a photopolymer with a
UV light
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14.  Metal 3D printing inside CNC machining centers
 AMBIT by Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies
 Mazak 5-Axis Hybrid CNC w/ Fiber Laser AM
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15. www.avid3dprinting.com
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 Product development
 Proof of concept
 Functional test parts
 Design verification
 Marketing samples
 Low volume production
 Questions??