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Digital materials for digital printing
George A. Popescu
Tushar Mahale
Neil Gershenfeld
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2006.22.2.art00019_3  Published Online :  January 2006
Abstract

Conventional three-dimensional printing processes are material-dependent, and are irreversible. We present an alternative approach based on three-dimensional assembly of mass-produced two-dimensional components of digital material. This significantly enlarges the available material set, allows reversible disassembly, and imposes constraints that reduce the accumulation of local positioning errors in constructing a global shape. Experimental work on material properties and dimensional scaling of the digital material will be presented, with application in assembling functional structures. We propose that assembling digital material will be the future of 3-dimensional free-form fabrication of functional materials.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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George A. Popescu, Tushar Mahale, Neil Gershenfeld, "Digital materials for digital printing"  in Proc. IS&T Digital Fabrication Conf.,  2006,  pp 58 - 61,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2006.22.2.art00019_3

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Articles
Digital materials for digital printing
PopescuGeorge A.
MahaleTushar
GershenfeldNeil
01012006
2006
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58
61
2006
Conventional three-dimensional printing processes are material-dependent, and are irreversible. We present an alternative approach based on three-dimensional assembly of mass-produced two-dimensional components of digital material. This significantly enlarges the available material set, allows reversible disassembly, and imposes constraints that reduce the accumulation of local positioning errors in constructing a global shape. Experimental work on material properties and dimensional scaling of the digital material will be presented, with application in assembling functional structures. We propose that assembling digital material will be the future of 3-dimensional free-form fabrication of functional materials.