CeramicExtruder

Working page for Ceramic Extruder head for CreatorBot Pro II.

The idea is the implement a ceramic extruder and retrofit the Creatorbot Pro platform with one. There are a number of published open-source designs for ceramic extruders (incomplete list below), both Direct Drive clay printers and liquid deposition modeling (LDM) slip printers.

References

Direct Clay Printer:

• Bricoleur Clay Extruder on thingiverse. (by Tom Lauerman)
• direct clay printer
• clay pushing device
• Tom Lauerman at Penn State SVA.

Slip Printer:

• Data Clay: How To Make a Slip Printer. See "Step 3 - Extruder".
• delta robot instructables
• Creative Architecture Machines class @ CCA. (including slip printer above)

Ceramic Delta Printer by JKeep:

• Make Your Own Ceramic Printer google group
• Build instructions [1]
• Printer parts on thingiverse.
• reprap page

• Print Head

Other:

• Wasp Extruder LDM Clay Kit 2.0.
• 3D Potter Firm Clay Printer, linear ram extruders
• Pneumatic Cartridge Mount for deltabot on thingiverse.
• List of clay printing technologies from Grant Diffendaffer.