Fused Deposition Modeling
In our modeling, we looked at a number of manufacturing methods that we could use to create our project. Our first option was injection molding to produce a high quality prototype. Unfortunately, we did not have this technology availible to us. We also looked into hand machining our prototype. With this method, we had reliable methods and resources to create our model. All things considered, we believed that it would ultimately take too long to create our prototype by simply manually machining. Another option we had was using Fused Deposition Modeling or as it is also known 3D Printing. This was offered by the machine shop at Cal. We decided to go with 3D printing simply because it would be the most time and cost efficient method in order to create a quality product. 3D Printing was also the most effecient method to produce the intricate details in our model along with allowing us to create hollow cavities to save material and mass.
With regards to our design, we wanted to keep our device shape very sleek in order to maintain the aesthetics of the product. Manual machining would not have allowed use to create the desired curvatures in the product.
With future iterations, we would focus our efforts on developing the aesthetics of our product along with trying to reduce its volume and mass.
In our modeling, we looked at a number of manufacturing methods that we could use to create our project. Our first option was injection molding to produce a high quality prototype. Unfortunately, we did not have this technology availible to us. We also looked into hand machining our prototype. With this method, we had reliable methods and resources to create our model. All things considered, we believed that it would ultimately take too long to create our prototype by simply manually machining. Another option we had was using Fused Deposition Modeling or as it is also known 3D Printing. This was offered by the machine shop at Cal. We decided to go with 3D printing simply because it would be the most time and cost efficient method in order to create a quality product. 3D Printing was also the most effecient method to produce the intricate details in our model along with allowing us to create hollow cavities to save material and mass.
With regards to our design, we wanted to keep our device shape very sleek in order to maintain the aesthetics of the product. Manual machining would not have allowed use to create the desired curvatures in the product.
With future iterations, we would focus our efforts on developing the aesthetics of our product along with trying to reduce its volume and mass.