A Novel Additive Manufacturing Platform for Smart and Multi-Functional Materials

该设备提案旨在支持多伦多先进制造研究所(TIAM)内的“多功能复合材料添加剂制造”研究项目。本次拨款申请所要求的设备是一个定制的实验研究级添加剂制造平台，用于研究利用3D打印技术创造新型多功能复合材料。通过将各种功能复合材料嵌入原始3D打印机细丝内，可以创建能够同时执行各种功能的高度组织的结构。3D打印多功能智能材料的主要应用有：能量储存；能量收集；智能传感；以及驱动。部署这一新的制造系统可以通过在分子水平上调整组成材料来定制最终产品的能力，使材料的固有属性在最终应用中得到充分利用。

This equipment proposal is intended to support the research program “Additive Manufacturing for Multi-Functional Composites” within the Toronto Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (TIAM). The equipment requested in this grant application is a customized experimental research-level additive manufacturing platform for studying the creation of novel multi-functional composite materials utilizing 3D printing techniques. By embedding various functional composite materials within the raw 3D printer filaments, it is possible to create highly organized structures that can perform various functionalities simultaneously. The major applications for the 3D printed multi-functional smart materials are: Energy storage; Energy harvesting; Smart sensing; and Actuation. Deployment of this new manufacturing system can tailor the capabilities of the final product by tuning the constituent materials at the molecular level, allowing the material inherent properties to be fully utilized in the end application.