Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2014.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| author | Laucks, Jared Smith |
| author2 | Neri Oxman. |
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| description | Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2014. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/914242022-01-18T17:16:31Z Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition Laucks, Jared Smith Neri Oxman. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences. Program in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-97). Digital fabrication tools, specifically additive manufacturing systems, have consistently advanced in efficiencies such as print speed, gantry size, material cost and ease of use. However most of these systems remain limited in their ability to enable automated mixing and extrusion of multiple materials with variable properties on large scales. This thesis focuses on the first steps of realizing this enabling technology by operating across two distinct trajectories. The first aims at digitally controlling precision path placement of material with high levels of tunability through analog mixing, while the second explores do-it-yourself tool customization, compactness, portability and the possibility of fabrication node-to-node communication. Inspired by the silkworm's ability to spin highly sophisticated and tunable material architectures, the aim of this thesis is to develop an enabling technology for digital fabrication requiring high levels of material tunability in product and architectural scales. Specifically, I designed, developed, built and evaluated an array of six unique customizable and compact deposition heads for tunable material properties. Amongst those tools is a freeform extrusion head for tunable geometry without the need for auxiliary support structure; a fast thread deposition head and a fiber winding head for tunable compressive and tensile strength respectively; a portable cable-suspended paste droplet extrusion head for tunable drop size of paste material; and a chitosan gel extrusion head for tunable plasticity using biomaterials. Operating across the two trajectories of tunability and portability, this thesis argues that highly tunable, compact and portable extrusion heads developed within a Fab Lab environment can support variable property printing of one or more materials outside of commercial based systems. This capability will in the future enable the digital fabrication of larger-scale prototypes, sustainable products and architectural structures inspired by nature in Fab Lab settings. by Jared Smith Laucks. S.M. 2014-11-04T21:35:42Z 2014-11-04T21:35:42Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91424 893612785 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 97 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences. Laucks, Jared Smith Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition |
| title | Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition |
| title_full | Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition |
| title_fullStr | Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition |
| title_short | Custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition |
| title_sort | custom mechanisms for tunable material deposition |
| topic | Architecture. Program in Media Arts and Sciences. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91424 |
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