Design and Manufacturing of Fused Deposition Modelling 3d Printer

Abstract

The purpose of this venture, or study, was to design and manufacture a 3-D printing [2] machine while placing an
emphasis on making the printer very cheap and maintaining high accuracy at the same time. Additive manufacturing
machines that are currently available on the market that feature a large build volume complemented by high accuracy of the
finished product cost on average approximately Rs. 40,000-70,000 (700-1200 USD). The challenge confronted by this study
was to overcome this price point by building a printer that maintained high accuracy and built volume while being as cheap
as possible to manufacture. Therefore, the parameters that were set for this project were a budget of approximately Rs.
25,000 (380 USD) in order to manufacture a machine that provided a built volume of 25 x 25 x 20 cm. The machine also had
to provide a high accuracy of finish and the baseline for accuracy was set at 100 microns.