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 a ceramic extrusion head from existing designs (see references below) or develop our own.
2. Retrofit the CreatorBot Pro cartesian platform and motor driver firmware with the ceramic print head. (We have support from Ben Kilar, the CreatorBot designer)
3. Adapt the print head to more exotic, big-area manufacturing CNC devices.

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.