Hello Makers,
We started to develop a modular 3D-Printer platform that we want to share with you. After several years of printer usage in fablabs, we found that:
- All electronic parts have to be easily accessible
- All electronic parts have to be totally enclosed / no loose wires
- The extruder+hotend should be swappable in under 2 minutes
- should have a solid frame
We designed a modular system that consist of:
- the frame with Z-Axis
• Laser-cutted wooden panels screwed onto 4x 272mm Bosch Rexroth 30x30mm
• slot for graphic panel
• short wiring in a closed electronic compartment with
• enclosed ATX-power supply
• easy to swap extruder with molex connector (Panel on the left)
• window ready for enclosed print-area
• Z-Axis with:
o 1220mm closed-loop GT2
o 3x either M8 or TR10x2 screws guided by
o 625 ball bearings
o 2x 10mm guides
- The xy-Kinematic-module that holds either an h-bot or a core-xy kinematic
Currently in the design phase
It will be clamped to the plate on top of the print area a connected with 3 plugs. The two steppers are less then 15cm away from the board.
Next week we will build the first frame and continue with the integration of the z-axis.
We would love to hear your ideas and inputs on the design. Maybe someone wants to join our next design-session via google hangout?
We are going to meet 11th of February at around 7pm UTC+1
[attachment 71971 ISO.PNG]
Cheers
Jan
We started to develop a modular 3D-Printer platform that we want to share with you. After several years of printer usage in fablabs, we found that:
- All electronic parts have to be easily accessible
- All electronic parts have to be totally enclosed / no loose wires
- The extruder+hotend should be swappable in under 2 minutes
- should have a solid frame
We designed a modular system that consist of:
- the frame with Z-Axis
• Laser-cutted wooden panels screwed onto 4x 272mm Bosch Rexroth 30x30mm
• slot for graphic panel
• short wiring in a closed electronic compartment with
• enclosed ATX-power supply
• easy to swap extruder with molex connector (Panel on the left)
• window ready for enclosed print-area
• Z-Axis with:
o 1220mm closed-loop GT2
o 3x either M8 or TR10x2 screws guided by
o 625 ball bearings
o 2x 10mm guides
- The xy-Kinematic-module that holds either an h-bot or a core-xy kinematic
Currently in the design phase
It will be clamped to the plate on top of the print area a connected with 3 plugs. The two steppers are less then 15cm away from the board.
Next week we will build the first frame and continue with the integration of the z-axis.
We would love to hear your ideas and inputs on the design. Maybe someone wants to join our next design-session via google hangout?
We are going to meet 11th of February at around 7pm UTC+1
[attachment 71971 ISO.PNG]
Cheers
Jan