Vibration Analysis of Cantilever shaped 3D printers

Abstract

3D printers are being explored by many of the industrial giants and daily customers as an excellent replacement for some of the traditional, inefficient, costly and waste producing techniques of manufacturing. Although, still at a premature state of development, and being thoroughly researched upon, there is lack of data concerning the physical strength or a proper machine design development for this 3-axis automated machine. Other, while being able to create a robust machine, over-utilize the resources. In this paper, we attempt to explore how analysis of vibration using minimal equipment could refine the quality of 3D printing as well as how would one improve the design to yield best results. The study is most relevant for the online open source community e.g. RepRap, within the development in new 3d printers design.