Extruder Design for 3D Printing of Ceramic Materials

Abstract

This paper deals with the design and development of an extruder for printing ceramic materials including its control. The paper describes the experimental development of the extruder, divided into a mechanically extruded stack and the method of feeding the material into a print head equipped with a screw conveyor. The paper includes a computer model of the designed extruder. The aim of the paper is to demonstrate the proposed extruder and verify its functionality.