New Software Reduces FDM 3D Printer Vibration Without Losing Speed
Summary
Imagine a kind of software that can allow your FDM 3D printer to maintain a high printing speed while keeping a decent level of accuracy. A few years later, that very idea started to take shape through the company Ulendo and was officially presented at the RAPID + TCT show, which took place last week in Detroit, USA. This can be an issue when creating a part, as it directly affects the quality of the object to be printed, especially on smaller, lighter machines. Chinedum Okwudire, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan and founder of Ulendo, explains, “If you want to reduce the vibration of a moving object, in most cases you can do so by slowing down the speed. The software can be applied to almost any 3D printer, although the value of such a solution lies more in small desktop machines that lack robustness and tend to move during the printing process.