This was the last week of the project. We focused on printing our final designs and testing the functionality and connection of mating parts. All three final prints were designed to be printed with SLS. …
Beer faucet
Beer Faucet – Optimizations, problems, and solutions.
The main focus of this blog post will pertain to the discussion of optimizations made for our designs, and go into detail on some problems we have stumbled upon, and how we have managed to …
Printed Prototypes and Assembly
This week’s blog post will focus on our printed prototypes and the overall beer faucet assembly. Before delving into the results of our printed prototypes, I’d like to recap the three parts that our group …
Beer Faucet Optimization
This week the team used the Cura software to optimize our models and prepare initial prototypes. Additionally, the use of alternate production methods was examined. We examined multiple alternatives to FDM production of the beer …
Beer Faucet CAD
This week the team designed a beer faucet and two aesthetic attachments in SolidWorks. Designing the beer tap, Josh and Brad took all the important dimensions that would be required to fit the metal internals …
Beer Faucet Ideas and Requirements
Problem Statement- Our project consists of creating a beer faucet using additive manufacturing. We will use this faucet in combination with two metal components to create a beer tap. The main obstacle to overcome …