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.

Timeline

By spring 2017, we would like to:

1. Implement ceramic extruder head from existing design (see references below) or develop own.
2. Retrofit creatorbot pro cartesian platform and motor driver firmware with ceramic print head.
3. Adapt print head to more exotic print platform (for example suspended pulley, big area manufacturing unit)

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.