Construction of a Powder Bed 3D Printer

Abstract: This project is part of a bigger project where the goal is to be able to create smaller batches of individually designed pills with a high resolution. This could be done by using a powder bed 3D printer, which our job was to find out. This type of machine prints out a thin pattern of binder through a printer head and then sweeps powder over the pattern, making the powder stick to the binder. This process is repeated until the object is formed. The machine necessary was created from scratch using a guide provided by the Internet. The results were unfortunately uncertain. We managed to print with ink and the pattern created had a high level of accuracy but due to time limitations, we never got to print with actual binder in the cartridge.