User:Vincenticart
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RepRap User: Vincent Icart | |
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University | Penn State |
Class of | Summer Internship 2014 |
Major | General Engineering, École Centrale de Marseille [1] |
About
The purpose of my internship is to do research on open-source 3D printing. I was involved in a Fablab in my university back in France where we used an Ultimaker and CubeX Duo. I didn't have any hands on experience on Repraps before arriving here, so the first weeks were dedicated to understand and get confortable with the use of these machines. Then, I could start trying to fix the different machines in the lab along by working on anxiliary projects. Below are the main progresses on the printers.
Rainbow
Rainbow was close from working when I got here. Here is a list of the most important works done on the printer:
- Equipped with the fan.
- Reflashing the arduino as connection issues were experienced.
- Calibration.
- Squarring of the frame.
- Removing and putting back on the extruder as it was clogged, and rewiring of the hot tip as a short kept triggering a "Max temperature" reached while printing.
The printer is now printing well, although the calibration part shows that best results could be acquired if the axis were squarred more accurately. Besides, on some specific areas, the infill doesn't reach the perimeters.