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Developing highly functional 3D-printing technologies supported by advanced programming methodologies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K19788
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 60:Information science, computer engineering, and related fields
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

Ueda Kazunori  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (10257206)

Project Period (FY) 2018-06-29 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,110,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,410,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords3D印刷 / 部品化・組合せ技術 / 造形パラダイム / 高水準モデリング / 継手・仕口 / スペースフレーム / 先進ソフトウェア技術 / 先端ソフトウェア技術
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have shown that the `Tsugite' (joint) technology used in traditional Japanese construction turns to be highly useful and practical in making small 3D-printed modules that can then be assembled to build arbitrarily large structures made up of bars and trusses. Of numerous variations of the Tsugite technology, we focused on Okkake Daisen Tsugi, one of the most widely used methods for joining beams and columns, and studied how it could be scaled down in such a way that it could be printed with desktop FDM 3D printers. The practicality of the design was demonstrated by tensile and bend tests of thin square bars with Okkake Daisen Tsugi joints. We applied our idea to design 2D truss modules and 3D truss (space frame) modules that could be interconnected with each other, based on which we built a fully functional plotter for a large whiteboard mostly built from 3D-printed structural and mechanical components. The thing files have been made open-source and publicly available.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の意義は,3Dプリンタの寸法限界を任意スケールで超えることのできる3D印刷物のモジュール化および相互結合技術を確立したことにある.特に,日本建築の伝統構法で培われた継手・仕口技術を3D印刷に本格的に導入し,数mm角の細い棒材を強固に接続する技法を実証的に確立させるとともに二次元および三次元構造物のモジュール化に応用することで,提案技法の高い汎用性と実用性を示した.これによって,3D印刷物における部品化,再利用性,寸法拡張性,機能拡張性,修理可能性,高速印刷可能性などの多様かつ重要な利点を確立させることができた.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2022 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Open Access: 1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Interlocking 3D-printed bars, trusses and space frames to build arbitrarily large structures2022

    • Author(s)
      Kazunori Ueda
    • Journal Title

      engrxiv.org

      Volume: -

    • DOI

      10.31224/2338

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Remarks] OpenSCAD files for modular things

    • URL

      https://github.com/k-ueda/scad

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Modular 3D printing

    • URL

      https://www.ueda.info.waseda.ac.jp/3dprint/

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-07-25   Modified: 2023-12-25  

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