Student:
Ashley Hickman MArch 2021 and Taylor Cook MArch 2021
Course:
Digital Media with Zeina Koreitem, Fall 2018
Project:
The first step of making this model was to use a Creality CR-10 3d printer to print white PLA directly onto a piece of acrylic. Other than relabeling the bed to accommodate the material no extra steps were needed to make the PLA stick to the acrylic. Then this clear acrylic with white stripes was vacuum formed onto a white 3d print. We intended for the piece that was vacuum formed around to remain inside the shell so we didn ftt need to accommodate for its removal. The heat of the vacuum form machine melted all plastics slightly and there was a lot of deformation in all pieces.
Images shows possible effects using this technique which include creating a stretched stripe (right middle), causing the 3d printed white stripes to delaminate (front center), and (left) where the least deformation occurred.
In some areas you can see the melting of all plastics caused by the heat of the vacuum former causes the clear acrylic exterior to seal very tightly to the 3d print.
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Model Types: concept, fragment, process
Lab Areas: vacuum form, 3d printer
Material Processes: 3D printing, engraving, molding, thermoforming, stretching, hand cutting
Primary Materials: acrylic (PMMA), PLA (polylactic acid)
Model Scale: scale-less
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