Multi-Material 3D Printing
Daniel Dikovsky, Ph.D.
Digital Materials Manager, R&D
Introduction
3D Printing – a New Way to Make Things
Carving/milling out a model
from a given volume
Creating a solid object by layering
thin slices of material
3D Printing – Digital to Physical
3D CAD File Printing ResultPrint the model
3D Printing – Simulate Complex Objects
3D Printing – Fabricate Complex Objects
3D Printing – Multi-material Fabrication
3D Printing
freedom of form
Multi-material 3D Printing
freedom of composition
Multi-Material 3D Printing Technology
Technology – PolyJet Process
Technology – Connex Process
Material B
Material A
Technology – Digitizing 3D Object
• 1 cubic millimeter – ~20,000 Objet voxels
• The smallest Lego brick – ~4,000,000 Objet voxels
• Full tray – 1012 Objet voxels
Technology – PolyJet Materials
• Color
• Transparency
• Stiffness
• Flexibility
• Dimensional stability
• Impact resistance
• Water absorption
• Density
Digital Materials and Graded Materials
Technology – Digital Materials
Digital Materials are engineered materials manufactured from two or more different
constituent materials, according to a digitally encoded three dimensional phase structure
design (the DM code), and produced by an additive manufacturing process.
• Heterogeneous/Homogeneous
• Anisotropic/Isotropic
• Geometry Dependent
Technology – Digital Materials
Digital Materials are engineered materials manufactured from two or more different
constituent materials, according to a digitally encoded three dimensional phase structure
design (the DM code), and produced by an additive manufacturing process.
• Heterogeneous/Homogeneous
• Anisotropic/Isotropic
• Geometry Dependent
Digital Materials – Color
Digital Materials – Anisotropic Materials
Sandwich Y Sandwich ZSandwich X
Digital Materials – Anisotropic Materials
X
Y
Z
X
Y
Z
Digital Materials – Anisotropic Materials
Digital Materials – Composite Materials
High Temperature
Material
Composite Digital
Material
High Toughness
Material
Graded Materials – Imaginary Beings
Graded Materials – Print CT Data
Digital Materials FEA Simulator
VoxCad – Digital Materials Simulator
Anisotropic Material Simulation
Novel Multi-Material 3D Printing Applications
Lighting and Structure Optimization
4D Printing
4D Printing
4D Printing
3D Topography
Lenticular Print
Thank You

Multi-material 3D Printing

Editor's Notes