RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/Printers/PSU Big Red
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This page is for information about the PSU Unit Black, built by group members Dan Sauber, Terry Zhang and Alex P. This unit is of the Mendel/Prusia hybrid variety. All of the printed parts were printed by other units in our group. During the Fall 2012 semester, PSU Unit Black was transferred to Penn State's Material Science Department to explore alternative materials, in particular, ceramic-impregnated polymers.
Log
| Date | Modification / Problem |
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| 09/04/2013 | Tightened the Z-Axis/Motor holder (electronics side) |
Operating Specifications
| Design | Ohm |
| Electronics | Rambo |
| Firmware | Marlin |
| Extruder |
Gallery
About this printer
This printer was printed and built by the following three indiviuals on the build team:
- Graham Zimmerman
- Benjamin Buck Visnesky
- Nithin Thomas
- Michael Bilyk
- Chris Morooci
- Di Wang
- Kunal Bansal
This printer is designed to be an Open Hybrid Mendel, or OHM for short.
We originally hoped to print all pieces in red, however due to the limited supply of red plastic we were forced to choose a different color. This particular class has been producing 3D printers from scratch. Most of the printers assembled are OHM printer models but each semester parts for the printers are being innovated and changed. For example, a few structural pieces for our printer have been tweaked to better accommodate the use of our printers. Also for our end stops we are transitioning from light sensors to touch sensors. Another change is we are changing the electronics system of our printers to the RAMBo electronics.
