Project Change Overview and Summary Our group’s initial proposal was a 3D printed heat exchanger, for increasing the efficiency of a glass furnace, made of a material with a high melting temperature such as steel …
Spring 2022 – Update
Horizontal Suspension System – Project Update
This project update covers the design updates that were made from the initial prototype once the parts were printed and assembled. In this update, we will detail the challenges we encountered and propose solutions. 1. …
Project Update: Overcuring of Stereolithography (SLA) Printed Fishing Lure
Research Overview: Achieving discoloration due to the overcuring process in stereolithographic (SLA) 3D printing requires a resin that is susceptible to color change during material degradation, so research was conducted to find the correct resins …
Botero’s Throat Update
Project Overview To be compatible with granular materials in additive manufacturing, a screw-based extrusion 3D printer was created. However, the pain point of producing any model with this 3D printer is the discontinuous feeding due …
3D Printed Poster Clamp Update
Project Overview Framing a poster can be expensive and can add a lot of weight. This excess weight can make large nails a necessity to hang up any posters in a dorm or apartment, which …
Interventional Lumbar Spine Procedure Model
Emma Hansen, Quinn Kahle, Aris Magoulas, Ryan Lundeen Overview The medical field currently lacks sufficient technology to properly train residents and fellows learning interventional lumbar spine procedures; many trainees begin by performing procedures on actual …
Books for the Blind – Project Update
Execution of Project Proposal Contrary to the project proposal, the team moved forward with FFF printing over SLS printing. The decision was made to print a proof of concept on an FFF printer, and then …
Accelerating Melting via Viscous Heating
Recap: Previously the lab procedure and motivations behind this project were discussed. The experiment involves a polymer rod that spins to induce viscous heating shown in Figure 1. Using viscous heating, 3D printing could potentially …
3D printing with Polyethylene (PE) vitrimers – Project Update
Christina Harmon, Christopher Lawrence, Justin Tan, Oliyad Dibisa, Tommii Zeng Project Background The goal of this project is to find out if high-density polyethylene (HDPE) vitrimer can overcome the shortcomings of regular HDPE during the …
Project Update: 3D Printed Tactile Maps for the UW-Madison Engineering Campus
Project Update: 3D Printed Tactile Maps for the UW-Madison Engineering Campus Group 8: Hayden Eisenreich, Isabelle Hanson, Saketh Sridhara, Mikolaj Tyksinski Updated Design One update we made to our design was the addition of fillets …