2. Contents
• Introduction
• 3D Food Printer vs Robots
• Process, Parameters & Applications
• Types of Food 3D Printers
• Food Printing platforms & Materials
• 3D Printing Technologies
• Advantages & Challenges
• Examples
• Future & Conclusion
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3. Introduction
• Aging Population- Mastication Problem.
• 3D food printing is a potential solution to
overcome drawbacks such as
1. lower production efficiency
2. high manufacturing cost.
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4. 3D vs Robotic Food Manufacturing
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3D FOOD PRINTING ROBOT FOOD
MANUFACTURING
Aims on users creativity and interest Aims at reducing workload of
Humans.
Integrated 3D Printing and digital
gastronomy technique to
manufacture food printing
techniques.
Automates various manual process.
Allows user to design and fabricate Very little relevance to nutrition
control and customized fabrication.s
10. Food Printing Platforms
• Food Printing based on commercial
platforms
• Food Printing based on self developed
platforms.
• User Control Interface design.
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16. Post processing Process
• No high energy source required to completely remove liquid
ingredient.
• Fabricated layers do not need to be completely solidified, but has
sufficient rigidity and strength to support its own weight and the
weight of subsequent layers without a significant deformation or
shape change.
• The majority of traditional edibles need post-deposition cooking after
shapes are constructed, such as baking, steaming or frying.
• The printed complex internal geometries using a cookie recipe with
cocoa modified material could retain its shape after baking process
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31. Legal aspect to consider
• Most 3D printers are not certified for food production.
• Some edible prints may even be dangerous for your
health!
• In some countries, it’s also illegal to produce food this
way, especially when you share or sell it to others.
• This is why most of the practical applications of 3D
printing so far are still experimental or artistic.
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32. Creative, Thoughtful and Practical
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https://www.insidescience.org/news/3d-printers-turn-mush-meals
Robots and software have been significantly improving our daily lives by rendering us much convenience. And 3D printing is a typical example, for it is going to usher in a new era of localized manufacturing that is actually based on digital fabrication by layer-by-layer deposition in three-dimensional space. In terms of food industry, the revolution that three-dimensional printing technologies is bringing to food manufacturing is convenience of low-cost customized fabrication and even precise nutrition control. This paper is aimed to give a brief introduction of recent development of food printing and material property of food ingredients that can be used to design the 3D food matrix and investigate the relationship between process parameters and resulting printed food properties in order to establish a food manufacturing process with this new food production approach.
As manned missions to Mars become an ever-increasing possibility, astronauts might be spending much more time in space. To save space-goers from the drudgery of choking down freeze-dried, pre-packaged “space food” day after day, month after month, NASA decided it was time to develop a way to cook in space.
