MIT students added 3D scanner to 3D printer
They did this in order to teach the 3D printer to continue printing, due to a failure or an error. A team of students at Massachusetts Technological University (MIT) modified Soliodoodle 3D printer with an inexpensive ($ 26) laser and webcam for $ 30.
A laser attached to the printhead shines through the space to control the elevation above the printable layer. The webcam captures changes in the beam path, and the computer simulates an object in print.
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This can be considered built-in to the QCD 3D printer, but the technology also allows to print already completed objects or complete interrupted printing operations.
Unfortunately, writes Engadget, students do not have plans to quickly turn their development into a commercial scanner. But it can be expected that such devices will appear in new generations of 3D printers.
Read more about developing: 3dprint.com/9952/mit-researchers-smart-3d-printer
A laser attached to the printhead shines through the space to control the elevation above the printable layer. The webcam captures changes in the beam path, and the computer simulates an object in print.
')
This can be considered built-in to the QCD 3D printer, but the technology also allows to print already completed objects or complete interrupted printing operations.
Unfortunately, writes Engadget, students do not have plans to quickly turn their development into a commercial scanner. But it can be expected that such devices will appear in new generations of 3D printers.
Read more about developing: 3dprint.com/9952/mit-researchers-smart-3d-printer
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/231073/
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