Ib pawg neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm cov kws txawb ntawm Michigan Technological University thiab re: 3D, Inc. tau tsim thiab xeem Gigabot X, qhov chaw qhib FPF 3D tshuab luam ntawv, uas siv tau cov khoom pov tseg cov hnab yas thiab hloov nws mus rau hauv loj, muaj zog prints. Vim hais tias cov teeb meem tshwj xeeb uas nthuav tawm los ntawm cov khoom ua si ntaus nqi - qhov loj, ua kom pom tseeb, qhov tseem ceeb - pawg xaiv tau xaiv ntau Yam Tsav Peninsula ntau yam.
Nyob rau hauv lawv daim ntawv tshiab, luam tawm hauv Additive Manufacturing , pab pawg ua haujlwm tawm fab li cas fab, uas yog cov qauv prototyping thiab cov kev cob qhia uas tso cai rau tus kheej digital fabrication, thiab lwm yam 3D printing hub xws li makerspaces, public libraries lossis cov tsev kawm ntawv yuav pab tau lawv tus kheej thaum printing environmentally friendly cov khoom siv FPF. Hauv qee kis, cov nyiaj xa rov qab tuaj rau Gigabot X tau siab tshaj 1,000 feem pua rau kev siv cov khoom muaj peev xwm siv tau nrog cov khoom noj khoom siv recyclable.
"Qhov no tsis yog lub gadget ua khoom ua si rau koj cov me nyuam; qhov no yog lub tshuab ua lag luam ua cov khoom loj tiag, loj, cov khoom ua tau zoo tshaj plaws.Koj zoo tshaj 1000 Fab Labs thoob ntiaj teb kis ceev thiab ua tau zoo rau cov huab cua ntsuab 'green fabs' , Gigabot X yuav yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav pab ntxiv rau lawv cov kev pab cuam nrog rau lwm cov chaw ua haujlwm, "said Joshua Pearce, Richard Witte Endowed tus xibfwb txog Khoom Siv Khoom thiab Engineering thiab ib tug xibfwb hauv Chav Haujlwm Hluavtaws Xeeb thiab Computer Engineering. "Tau kawg, rau peb cov kev ntsuas peb xav siv cov khoom siv dua tshiab."
Qhov no yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm Gigabot X - xyoo dhau los ntawm Michigan Tech thiab re: 3D kev tshawb fawb pom tau tias nws yuav siv ntau yam ntawm plastics plucked los ntawm cov dej khib nyiab mus nyob rau hauv lub neej tshiab. Cov txheej txheem no yog tsim los ntawm cov qauv tsim los ntawm MOST Lab, cov khoom siv dua tshiab, uas ua rau cov hlau phom pov tseg rau 3D tshuab luam yeeb. Pearce tus pab pawg tau ntsia qhov tob rau hauv txoj kev zoo dua, txhawm rau thiab cais tawm cov yas kom zoo dua qhov qub 3D luam ntawv. Melting thiab extruding, Txawm li cas los, tsis muaj zog yas, nws muaj peev xwm tiv tau tsib cycles ua ntej nws tau mechanically compromised. Dab tsi tshiab nrog rau Gigabot X yog tus txheej txheem hu ua fused particle fabrication (FPF) lossis fused granular fabrication (FGF) uas tawm lub kauj ruam ntawm kev txiav txim ua ntej 3-D luam tawm thiab txuag ntawm ib lub voj voog. Yeej, nws luam tawm ncaj nraim ntawm cov khoom pov tseg. Tus Gigabot X's loj thiab ntau yam siv los siv cov khoom siv nrog rau cov khib nyiab yog pom hauv lub tshuab kev lag luam.
Thaum tsis pheej yig los ntawm tsev neeg cov qauv - tus Gigabot X khiav ncig thaj tsam $ 18,500 - qhov kev peev txheej ntawm kev lag luam muaj peev xwm tshaj tuaj. Pab neeg no tau siv peb qhov kev tshawb fawb: ib qho chaw ua ke skateboard, ob-puav los ntawm kayak paddle - ob qho tib si me nyuam thiab neeg laus nrog rau ib qho yeeb nkab txhuas thiab cov txheej txheem ntawm snowshoes.
Siv lawv cov khoom ntaus pob ncaws pob, Pearce thiab nws pab pawg sib piv cov nqi qis thiab qib siab kawg rau cov khoom muag muaj muag, luam tawm nrog cov khoom coj mus muag, luam tawm nrog cov khoom pellets thiab luam tawm nrog cov khoom yas siv. Lawv tau khiav tawm tsam plaub lub peev xwm ntawm no: tsis tu ncua kev luam ntawv, ib pib tshiab ib hnub, ob pib tshiab ib hnub thiab luam ntawv ib lim piam ib zaug. Cov ntawv sau ua ke, uas yog qhov teebmeem los tsim thiab sib piv vim tias cov yeeb nkab, yog nyiaj txiag zoo sib xws rau tus nqi qis tshaj tawm hauv tsev. Skateboards thiab snowshoes yog ob qho yooj yim los tsim thiab txo qis dua cov nqi khoom muag. FPF luam tawm tau ntaus lub lag luam ntawm cov pheej yig tshaj plaws uas siv cov pellets coj mus muag thiab nqis rau nqi siv cov khib nyiab yas. Dhau lawv lub neej, yog tias tsuas yog siv ib zaug ib hnub xwb, Gigabot X ua tau tsheej lab ntawm cov khoom ua si khoom siv.
