Freeform fabrication of zinc‐air batteries and electromechanical assemblies

Malone, Evan; Rasa, Kian; Cohen, Daniel L.; Isaacson, Todd; Lashley, Hilary; Lipson, Hod

doi:10.1108/13552540410512543

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“…Jafari et al (2000) and Safari et al (2001) further investigated this process enabling up to four different materials to be deposited in a single deposition step with arbitrary geometry. A freeform fabrication method developed by Malone et al (2004) and Malone and Lipson (2006) uses two separate deposition tools for fabrication of 3D functional assemblies with embedded conductive wiring, power sources and actuators. Other examples of simultaneously using multiple deposition tools are: Hayes et al (1998) investigated a micro-jet printing process for polymer and solder deposition for chip-scale packaging (CSP) in microelectronics manufacturing; Fuller et al (2002) employed multiple ink-jet deposition heads mounted on a computer-controlled 3-axis gantry to continuously squeeze nano-particles to additively build micro electromechanical systems and electrical circuitry.…”

Section: Deposition Of Melted Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of hybrid manufacturing processes – state of the art and future perspectives

Zhu

Dhokia

Nassehi

et al. 2013

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

239

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Today, hybrid manufacturing technology has drawn significant interests from both academia and industry due to the capability to make products in a more efficient and productive way. Although there is no specific consensus on the definition of the term 'hybrid processes', researchers have explored a number of approaches to combine different manufacturing processes with the similar objectives of improving surface integrity, increasing material removal rate, reducing tool wear, reducing production time and extending application areas. Thus, hybrid processes open up new opportunities and applications for manufacturing various components which are not able to be produced economically by processes on their own. This review paper starts with the classification of current manufacturing processes based on processes being defined as additive, subtractive, transformative, joining and dividing. Definitions of hybrid processes from other researchers in the literature are then introduced. The major part of this paper reviews existing hybrid processes reported over the past two decades. Finally, this paper attempts to propose possible definitions of hybrid processes along with the authors' classification, followed by discussion of their developments, limitations and future research needs.

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Section: Deposition Of Melted Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of hybrid manufacturing processes – state of the art and future perspectives

Zhu

Dhokia

Nassehi

et al. 2013

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

239

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“…The batteries will be designed to recharge via energy harvesting of solar and radio-frequency waves to power microelectronic systems requiring minimal maintenance. At Cornell University, Dr. Hod Lipson's group has demonstrated a working battery with zinc-air chemistry that was fabricated by extruding battery components in a layered manner (Malone 2003). The group built its own automated three-axis extrusion system.…”

Section: Batteriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing Research and Development in Europe

Beaman¹,

Atwood²,

Bergman³

et al. 2004

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Public reporting burden for the collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Washington Headquarters Services, Directorate for Information Operations and Reports, 1215 Jefferson Davis Highway, Suite 1204, Arlington VA 22202-4302. Respondents should be aware that notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be subject to a penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if it does not display a currently valid OMB control number. REPORT DATE SPONSOR/MONITOR'S REPORT NUMBER(S) DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENTApproved for public release; distribution unlimited SUPPLEMENTARY NOTESThe original document contains color images. ABSTRACTThis report is a review of additive/subtractive manufacturing techniques in Europe. Otherwise known as Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF), this approach has resided largely in the prototyping realm, where the methods of producing complex freeform solid objects directly from a computer model without part-specific tooling or knowledge started. But these technologies are evolving steadily and are beginning now to encompass related systems of material addition, subtraction, assembly, and insertion of components made by other processes. Furthermore, these various additive/subtractive processes are starting to evolve into rapid manufacturing techniques for mass-customized products, away from narrowly defined rapid prototyping. Taking this idea far enough down the line, and several years hence, a radical restructuring of manufacturing as we know it could take place. Not only would the time to market be slashed, manufacturing itself would move from a resource base to a knowledge base and from mass production of single use products to mass customized, high value, life cycle products. FOREWORDWe have come to know that our ability to survive and grow as a nation to a very large degree depends upon our scientific progress. Moreover, it is not enough simply to keep abreast of the rest of the world in scientific matters. We must maintain our leadership. 1 President Harry Truman spoke those words in 1950, in the aftermath of World War II and in the midst of the Cold War. Indeed, the scientific and engineering leadership of the United States and its allies in the twentieth century played key roles in the successful outcomes of both World War II and the Cold War, sparing the world the twin horrors of fascism and totalitarian communism, and fueling the economic prosperity that followed. Today, as the United States and its allies once again find themselves at war, President Truman's words ring as true as they did a half century ago. The goal set out in the Truman Administration of maintaining leadership in science has re...

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“…The challenge here is to build such a motor using the constrained set of materials, tools, and methods that comprise the cyclic fabrication system. The Fab@home group has demonstrated printing of batteries, circuit elements, and actuators using variations on rapid manufacturing processes [38]. The Reprap group has demonstrated formation of circuit wiring by extruding metal into plastic parts [39] [40].…”

Section: B Actuator Productionmentioning

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Towards cyclic fabrication systems for modular robotics and rapid manufacturing

Moses¹,

Yamaguchi²,

Chirikjian³

2009

Robotics: Science and Systems V

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Abstract-A cyclic fabrication system (CFS) is a network of materials, tools, and manufacturing processes that can produce all or most of its constituent components. This paper proposes an architecture for a robotic CFS based on modular components. The proposed system is intended to self-replicate via producing necessary components for replica devices. Some design challenges unique to self-replicating machines are discussed. Results from several proof-of-principle experiments are presented, including a manipulator designed to handle and assemble modules of the same type it is constructed from, a DC brush motor fabricated largely from raw materials, and basic manufacturing tools made with a simple CFS.

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Freeform fabrication of zinc‐air batteries and electromechanical assemblies

Cited by 64 publications

References 7 publications

A review of hybrid manufacturing processes – state of the art and future perspectives

A review of hybrid manufacturing processes – state of the art and future perspectives

Additive/Subtractive Manufacturing Research and Development in Europe

Towards cyclic fabrication systems for modular robotics and rapid manufacturing

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