Additive Manufacturing

Roller Change Challenge

Criteria

Must be designed in SolidWorks
Prepared in a slicer for additive manufacturing
3D printed in PLA filament
An individual link cannot take up more space than 20mm²
Test prints (no more than two links) are required before full prints (no more than 5 links)
No slicer-generated supports allowed

Hand Drawn Design Pictures

SoildWorks Design

These were both designed in soildworks to be set to assembled later.

This is the part assembled in soildworks for the 3D Printer.

After Test Cut

The Print connected the two pieces and as you can see, the inside rings connected them.

Roller Chain with Nametag

The Roller Chain Full was fully designed and assembled in Soildworks, than ran through a slicer and printed. The Print took around a hour and a half to complete.

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