RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Chalupa, Vlastimil
A1 Stanek, Michal
A1 Vanek, Jiří
A1 Strnad, Jan
A1 Ovsik, Martin
T1 Design of Dual-Head 3D Printer
JF Manufacturing Technology Journal
YR 2023
VO 23
IS 2
SP 177
OP 185
DO 10.21062/mft.2023.032
UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-202302-0015.php
AB Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printers are usually designed to create a product with one single ma-terial. Some of them allow fabricate items in multiple colours but creating a single product consisting of two different materials remains an advantage of industrial 3D printers only. The aim of this research was to develop a design of a device with two printheads which enables to print products with two different materials, compatible with a cheap and commonly available FFF device Prusa i3MK2S, and the subse-quent production of a prototype. A key aspect of the design was the hardware compatibility of the device with the given printer while maintaining the maximum possible printing area.