Micro-extrusion Direct Ink Write System


About

This is a cheap high-resolution printing system system that can print a wide variety of highly-filled inks! It is composed by:
- an X-Y-Z Cartesian gantry
and
- a leadscrew-driven syringe pump.

PRICE BUILD: $600

The vast majority of published studies employing direct ink writing use very expensive (>$15K) gantries with proprietary software.
We demonstrate its accuracy by printing high fidelity 3D living structures made from GFP engineered bacteria embedded within a thermo-reversible gel that fluoresce under UV light.
Check the video at the end of this page!

Design

Direct and Assembly Modeling using Fusion 360

Build

Openbuilds Axes - 3D Printed Material Head - Collector Base and Syringe Pump Holder made from PLA

Test