Rotational 3-D Printing (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Rotational 3-D Printing

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Rotational 3-D printing precisely choreographs the speed and rotation of a 3-D printer nozzle to program the arrangement of embedded fibers in polymer matrices. This is achieved by equipping a rotational printhead system with a stepper motor to guide the angular velocity of the rotating nozzle as the ink is extruded.

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