Nozzle Innovations That Improve Capacity and Capabilities of Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing

IF 4.3 Q2 ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL

ACS Engineering Au Pub Date : 2024-05-13 DOI:10.1021/acsengineeringau.4c00001

Patrick J. McCauley, Alexandra V. Bayles

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Multimaterial additive manufacturing incorporates multiple species within a single 3D-printed object to enhance its material properties and functionality. This technology could play a key role in distributed manufacturing. However, conventional layer-by-layer construction methods must operate at low volumetric throughputs to maintain fine feature resolution. One approach to overcome this challenge and increase production capacity is to structure multimaterial components in the printhead prior to deposition. Here we survey four classes of multimaterial nozzle innovations, nozzle arrays, coextruders, static mixers, and advective assemblers, designed for this purpose. Additionally, each design offers unique capabilities that provide benefits associated with accessible architectures, interfacial adhesion, material properties, and even living-cell viability. Accessing these benefits requires trade-offs, which may be mitigated with future investigation. Leveraging decades of research and development of multiphase extrusion equipment can help us engineer the next generation of 3D-printing nozzles and expand the capabilities and practical reach of multimaterial additive manufacturing.

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喷嘴创新提高了多材料增材制造的产能和能力

多材料增材制造技术在单个三维打印物体中加入多种材料，以增强其材料特性和功能。这项技术可在分布式制造中发挥关键作用。然而，传统的逐层构建方法必须在较低的体积吞吐量下运行，以保持精细的特征分辨率。克服这一挑战并提高生产能力的方法之一是在沉积之前在打印头中构建多材料组件。在此，我们将对为此目的而设计的四类多材料喷嘴创新、喷嘴阵列、共挤器、静态混合器和平流装配器进行调查。此外，每种设计都具有独特的功能，可提供与可访问架构、界面粘附、材料特性甚至活细胞存活率相关的优势。获得这些优势需要权衡利弊，而未来的研究可能会减轻这些弊端。利用数十年来对多相挤压设备的研究和开发，可以帮助我们设计出下一代三维打印喷嘴，扩大多材料增材制造的能力和实用范围。

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