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A piezo inkjet printer built from scratch

dominik-meffertDominik Meffert 09/08/2019 at 12:360 Comments

I started this project because I wanted to build a binder jetting 3D printer like https://hackaday.io/project/86954-oasis-3dp, but with a selfbuild printhead. So I started building my printhead based on https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?153,52959,page=1 and https://reprap.org/wiki/Reprappable-inkjet.

First I build the Reprapple-Inkjet design, but with an acrylic block for the "fluid chamber" instead of a 3D printed part.

Later I changed from the transformer to a H-bridge and added the upper connection for flushing the air out.

After that I tryied to build a pressure control system based on load cells to keep the pressure stable when the fluid level in the tank gets lower, but I figured out that it was not precise enought to work.

In the future I will test pressure sensors to see if these work for controlling the pressure. Until then the systen with the stand works reliable for hours bevore the fluid level is too low.

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