THE UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE

FINAL YEAR PROJECT TOPIC PROPOSAL

TITLE OF PROJECT

3D Printer Version 2.0

Group No.

Name of Students with Syed Rohail Iftikhar BSET-01173051

Registration Number Syed Daniyal Hussain BSET-01173039
Muhammad Awais khan BSET-01163054
Shift Mornining

Supervisor: Adeel Ahmed

DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY.
FALL-2021
DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY

S. COMMENTS ACTION
No.

SUPERVISOR SIGNATURE:
DATED:
Contents

1. INTRODUCTION …………….............................................................. 3

2. LITERATURE REVIEW …………………………………………………………………………. 3

3. PROBLEM STATEMENT ………………………………………………………………………… 3

4. OBJECTIVES ……………………………………………………………………….. 3

5. METHODOLOGY ……………………………………………………………………….. 3

6. UTILIZATION OF PROJECT WORK ……………………………………………….. 3

7. PROJECT TIMETABLE/ GANTT CHART ……………………………………………….. 3

8. REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………………………. 3

COMMENTS OF SUPERVISOR ………………………………………………………………………… 4

INTRODUCTION:
Printing technology has been around for many years and it has been useful in different industries.
For centuries, 2D printing has been the technology that has been relied on for printing and this
has made printing accessible to everyone. But 3D printers have come as a new form of printing
that has found use in manufacturing industries. The project will address the fundamentals applied
to rapid prototyping through its electrical and mechanical subsystems. The final product will be a
combination of a separate electronic control and a mechanical subsystem used in 3D rapid
prototyping. The mechanical structure will consist of a wooden base with a minimum printing
surface area of approximately 254 x 254 x 275 mm with various sensors and motor mounts. The
electronic hardware will consist of a Controller and Ramps based control board communicating
with freeware 3D rendering software controlling stepper motors and an ABS filament extruder

LITERATURE REVIEW:
When talking about 3D-Printing, the first thing that comes to mind is the additive process.
Additive Manufacturing (AM in short) or 3D-Printing is an advanced fabrication procedure
through which solid 3-dimensional objects can be crafted from a digital file. Generally, an object
is created by laying down successive layers of materials until the whole object is fabricated.
Simply, create a digital 3D model of an object using tinker cad based software or just download
the digital model from various free online resources and click “Print’’ just as you would for a
regular document file and watch your physical 3D model take shape right before your eyes.
There’s also a 3D scanner which can be used to copy digital models of existing objects. The
scanner puts the 3D digital copy of the object into a 3D modeling program. The software slices
up the final 3D model into hundreds or thousands of horizontal layers and uploads the prepared
file into the printer which later fabricates the object layer by layer. Reading every slice or 2D
image with acute precision, the printer blends each layer together leaving no trace of layering on
the object, resulting in a perfectly made 3D object. It is truly an incredible and surprisingly
simple to use technology that makes manufacturing functional on a fairly easy level of task [1].
3D-Printing varies a lot from its traditional manufacturing counterpart. It’s a radically different
manufacturing procedure that fabricates parts in layers additively at the sub mm scale. On the
other hand traditional manufacturing has a lot of limitations which has been widely based on
human labor, expensive tooling, fixtures and the need for assembly for complex parts. In
addition, the subtractive manufacturing processes such as machining can result in up to 90% of
the original block of material being wasted [2]. In contrast, 3D-Printing can do the exact same
manufacturing in shorter time, with almost no waste of materials and with greater efficiency. A
single printer can produce a vast range of products, sometimes already assembled. It’s a factory
without a factory floor. As mentioned in a journal in the Leading Edge Forum (LEF), “3D
printing changes the calculus of manufacturing by optimizing for batches of one.’’. It is simpler,
cheaper, smaller and more convenient to use than traditional manufacturing technology. It’s also
emerging to be an energy efficient technology that provides environmental efficiency in terms of
manufacturing process and utilizing up to 90% of standard materials. 3D-Printing encourages
And drives innovation with unprecedented design freedom while being a completely tool-less
process that harmoniously reduces prohibitive costs and lead times [3].

PROBLEM STATEMENT:
3D printer old V (1.0) was basic initial structure base project, it needs embedment for reliability.

Make it industrial prototype project in cheap expense.

Following were the sunset comings of V(1.0)

Small size, less accurate objects, small in infrastructure.

OBJECTIVES:
This project is conducted to achieve the following objectives:

1. The goal of the 3D printer is to create a visual model to enhance the learning experience of the
content being delivered.

2. Rapid prototyping, simply enough, is any process that can be used to quickly create a prototype of a
part.

3. Enhance old version V(1.0) to modern feature and increase its reliability.

4. The 3D printer aims to facilitate learning by developing a technological advantage in various subject
matter.

5 To create high precision and realistic objects.

6. The system interacts with hardware using G-Code.

7. Large size, more accurate objects, bigger in infrastructure.

8. It is less time taking production and cost effectiveness.

METHODOLOGY:
 Figure 1: Block diagram of 3D printer
Printer connected with pc or laptop for input data which transfer to the controller. Controller sees axis
and controls them and gives instruction further to give output as per we require in figure 1.

UTILIZATION OF PROJECT WORK:

3D printing is used to make jewellery and to shape the jewellery itself. 3D printing is gaining in
popularity in the customizable gift industry, with products in a variety of shapes, including
personalized art models and dolls. Made of metal or plastic or consumable art like 3D printed
chocolate. It’s also helpful for auto industry. It is also use in Construction, home
development,firearms.

PROJECT TIMETABLE/ GANTT CHART:

 Serial Milestone Weeks
no.
1 Proposal 3
2 Literature 3
3 Coding 8
4 Midterm 2
5 Hardware implementation 8
6 Interference 2
7 Testing 1
8 Final documentation 4
9 Presentation 1

REFERENCES:
[1]. Bikas, H., Stavropoulos, P., & Chryssolouris, G. (2016). Additive manufacturing methods
and modeling approaches: a critical review. The International Journal of Advanced
Manufacturing Technology, 83(1-4), 389-405.

[2]. Hue, Robert de. 3D Printing. February 2015. www.3dprinting.com (accessed 2015).

[3]. KOBYLECKY, LAURA. 3D Printing. February 2015. www.3dprinting.com (accessed

2015).

COMMENTS OF SUPERVISOR:
Signature of Supervisor Signature of Student

Dated: _______________

The above proposal duly recommended by the evaluation committee is forward to the
FYP Committee for obtaining the approval of Divisional Head.

FYP Project Committee Member Divisional Head