Project PROPOSAL

Prepared by

KARAMAT GHOUS BAIG

ARSLAN IJAZ
SOHAIL RAMZAN

MAR 13, 2022

INTRODUCTION:

History of printing starts from the duplication of images by means of

stamps followed by the flat bed printing process in 18th century. In mid of the
19th centuries color printing called as Chromolithography became very
popular.
A revolution occurred when the print workings, specifically a 2D printer was
used as a peripheral device, which made a persistent human readable
representation of the graphics a text in paper. After some years the concept of
3D printer starts evolving, a new way to look at the past printing technologies.
Our report emphasizes on the design and development of a low-cost 3D
printer. 3D printer basically is concept to make or print the objects layer by
layer and thus making it so called "Three dimensional"
Nowadays 3D printer available is of higher costs that is due to the
printing technology used and the material used in 3D printer, so this project
sparks upon making the 3D printer low cost by using the scrap materials and
designing a frame for the 3D printer.
The main aim of this project is to make the 3D printer available to a
common man making this equipment easy to operate and automate working
once the command and specific design is given to this device. So operating
time
will automatically decrease as it can handle the task without any human
intervention. This also makes this device reasonable and approachable to
everyone this project. This project deals or in other words targets the people
who has cost as a main constrain and thus making a 3D printer useful in school
laboratories, making imitation jewelry for women, automobile industries,
making a prototype material in industries etc.
EQUIPMENT:
1. Arduino Mega with RAMPS 1.4
2. Controller
3. Extruder kit
4. 0.4mm extrusion head
5. Endstops
6. A4988 stepper motor driver
7. PLA & ABS filaments
8. Heat bed
9. SMPS
10. UPS
11. Frame ,bearings,pulley,MK8 rods

Scope:
Though 3D printing has great potential to change the construction
industry, the technology is still in its infancy – especially in Pakistan
BLOCK DIAGRAM:

Costs:
Component cost + working cost =8000pkr

Advantages:
 ItIs Affordable.
 Rapid Prototyping.
 Sturdy and Lightweight Parts.
 3D Printing Technology Is Environmentally Friendly.
 Easy to Access.
 Reduced Waste.
 Improved Healthcare Facilities.
 Print on Demand.

Disadvantage:
 3D printing isn't standardized.
 Additive manufacturing impacts the environment.
 Equipment and product costs are high.
 There's a 3D printing knowledge gap.