Evaluation of polymeric materials for 3D printing applications

ORD Solutions是对象复制和设计领域的领先公司。这是一家技术驱动的公司，致力于推动3D打印能力的发展。他们的目标是实现这些技术进步，重新定义3D打印在增材制造领域的应用。ORD Solutions设计、制造并向全球市场销售3D打印机、配件和耗材。他们的3D打印机是在加拿大安大略的剑桥制造的，他们的目标是希望快速原型制作能力和小批量生产制造的企业。他们的产品也受到严重的业余爱好者的需求，通常被称为“制造商”。ORD Solutions成立于2010年，当时的想法是开发最具活力、最快、最耐用的3D打印机。这些打印机正在不断改进，以更高的速度更准确地打印。然而，由于材料的流动特性，存在一些限制。 长丝、喷嘴设计和固化挤出的熔融长丝所需的冷却速度。 ORD Solutions希望试验几种新的长丝类型，了解它们的流动和热性能对于喷嘴设计至关重要，以提高打印速度。拟议的研究计划将使他们能够通过测量其剪切粘度和流动不稳定性以及其熔融和结晶或固化性能来评估此类聚合物树脂。利用滑铁卢大学现有的研究专业知识，拟议的研究计划将使ORD Solutions能够开发一种方法，系统地评估潜在的3D打印材料，因为它们变得商业化。 拟议的研究项目有可能产生新的知识/技术/材料，使他们能够以显着的成本效益开发新的高附加值3D打印产品，从而在技术和经济上使ORD Solutions受益。这种发展将导致增加市场份额，创造就业机会的潜力，并将有利于安大略和加拿大的经济。

ORD Solutions is a leading company in object replication and design. It is a technology-driven company set on pushing the envelope of 3D printing capabilities. Their goal is to deliver on such technological advancements that redefine how 3D printing is considered in the Additive Manufacturing space. ORD Solutions design, manufacture, and sell 3D printers, accessories, and consumables to a worldwide market. Their 3D printers are manufactured in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada and they are targeted at businesses that want rapid prototyping capabilities and small production run manufacturing. Their products are also in demand by serious hobbyists, commonly known as "Makers". ORD Solutions started in 2010 with the idea to develop the most dynamic, fastest, and durable 3D printer that could be designed. These printers are continuously improving at printing more accurately at higher speeds. However, some limitations exist due to material flow properties of the filaments, nozzle design and the cooling speed required to solidify the extruded molten filament. ORD Solutions would like to experiment with several new filament types and the knowledge of their flow and thermal properties would be critical in nozzle design in order to increase printing speeds. The proposed research program will enable them to evaluate such polymeric resins by measuring their shear viscosity and flow instabilities as well as their melting and crystallization or solidification properties. Using research expertise available at the University of Waterloo, the proposed research program will enable ORD Solutions to develop a methodology to systematically evaluate potential 3D printing materials as they become commercially available. The proposed research project has the potential to generate new knowledge/technology/materials that could benefit technically and economically ORD Solutions by allowing them to develop new high value-added 3D printing products at significant cost benefits. Such development will lead to increased market share, potential creation of jobs and will benefit the economy of Ontario and Canada.