Title: Module 2 Overview
Course: 3D Printing - Additive Manufacturing > Section: Module 2: Types of Printers and Materials

Module 2 Overview

1. Types of Printers PowerPoint
2. Lecture on types of Printers
3. Links and Videos
  1. https://imgur.com/a/t5UZ8
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC6UoqwkTqk
  3. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/coming-2015-faster-sharper-way-3d-print-180952090/
  4. http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_25x_faster#t-512339
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG9nti_A08Y
  6. http://www.designboom.com/technology/metal-3d-printer-by-joris-laarman-lab-creates-gravity-defying-sculptures-02-21-2014/
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ5Elbvvr1M
  8. https://3dprint.com/100229/apis-cor-3d-printer-buildings/
  9. https://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_the_emergence_of_4d_printing?language=en#t-436844
  10. http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143552-3d-printing-with-metal-the-final-frontier-of-additive-manufacturing
4. Hands-on Assignment: Take apart $10 electronic and describe the different manufacturing components involved including materials used and processes.
5. Presentation Assignment: Present to class the deconstructed electronic part.

6. Lecture on Types of Materials
  1. Plastics
  2. Metals
  3. Photopolymers
  4. Wax
  5. Food
  1. Lecture on when to use Additive Manufacturing
  2. Set Up Printer and Calibrate
8. Essay Assignment: Pros & Cons of Additive Manufacturing