Delta belt 3D-printer for automated series production
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
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I needed a way to print a lot small parts (cable chain pieces) fast and preferably in an automated way, so I build this modular delta belt 3D-printer for (small) automated series productions. It combines the best of both worlds, the speed of the delta printer and the automation of the conveyor belt.
This design is mainly focused on series production (print a lot of parts in an automated way) and not so much on continuous printing (print very long pieces). The main reason for this is that for continuous printing the head needs to be tilted 45 degrees, which requires a lot of hardware changes to be made to the printer itself. With this design you need to make exactly 0 changes to the hardware and even the firmware of the printer (FLsun Q5 in my case). The belt is designed to be completely modular.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:19 Mechanical design
00:34 Manufacturing
00:48 Assembly
01:40 Glue strength testing
02:18 Belt fabrication
02:55 Initial testing
03:16 PCB design
03:49 PCB assembly
05:24 Bed leveling
05:45 First print
06:17 Small series production
07:15 Timelapse
07:32 Assembly
07:46 Outro
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STL and Fusion 360 source files can be found here: bbprojects.technology/collect...
More info, schematics, parts list, etc... can be found here: bbprojects.technology/blogs/p...
and here: hackaday.io/project/185394-de...
My PayPal: paypal.me/BrockenBrian
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Tools and materials I'm using can be found here:
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Great idea. I have had the same idea with one of the Voron printers since it got moving top instead of moving bed. I would have added rollers on top to make the bed more flat and in the same position from the nozzle. Keep it up .
Hey buddy. Watching you do this from start to finish is awesome, You are bloody talented and im jealous.
Great idea. Well engineered and presented!
Nice work! This is a really clever design, and you nailed the execution!
Thanks man 😁
BRAVO! Nicely done!!
Great idea and successful build 👍👍
Very well done !
👍🏼Great idea Brian! I ask myself: how did I not guess? Everything ingenious is simple!
Cool. The name escapes me, but someone had made a printer similar to this a while back I saw in a blog post on hackaday. Basically, the bed becomes the Z, and one of the towers is removed. Two towers can do the X and Y all on their own. Less hardware, but more modification to the firmware. Thanks for sharing
Wow always enjoyed your video thanks for sharing DD.
Thanks very much for replying to my comment. That's the great part about the hobby sharing ideas and learning new ideas from other people to improve our Channel's so l have like and subscribe to your channel too .Stay safe DD
Great work!
Thank you 😁
Fantastic! I love the case design for the controller.
Thanks man! I started designing a square box like I always do but it always looks so boring. So decided to put some time and effort in it and tried to make it look like a Lamborghini 😜
@@BrianBrocken It definitely looks fast!
Heel nice project Brian! :)
Wel echt slim dat je hiervoor zo'n delta printer voor gebruikt!
Merci man 😉👍
you need a purge line instead of a skirt so it will get sluffed off when it advances
Well done !!!
Thanks man ;-)
very nice.......going to have to do this for my QQ-S-Pro....lol
cool idea! also awesome outro music!
Thanks Philip, it's without a doubt one of the greatest metal bands of Belgium 😉👍
Great build. Did you have any problems with first layer not adhering well on the bed? Have you tried PETG? Also, in your site , there are no instructions for the arduinos and electronics programming. Do you have those for sale or something ? I want to make this but i need a step by step guide. thanks
If you add* a small bump out in the center of your rollers, like a really obtuse V shaped profile it will help your belt track the best. I think you might have done that but wanted to share just in case.
This is how rollers on 60" package belts do it for like shipping companies*
Source I'm a conveyor engineer.
Thanks for your insight! Yes keeping the belts aligned on the rollers was no easy task. I first designed flat rollers with 45 degree angles (easy to print) on both ends but the belt kept running over it. The rollers now are slightly thicker in the middle than at the ends, this works great to keep the belt aligned but the sides of the belt are a little looser than in the middle of the belt.
Great idea - I have an older Rostock Max I was thinking of repurposing. This might be the way for me.
3 questions:
1) What are you using for auto leveling? How often does it need to be redone?
2) Does the belt "scraper" remove the skirts after the parts drop into the hopper?
3) I notice the printer starts the next skirt while the belt is still in motion, I assume you just need to add a bit of delay?
Hello, i use the autobed leveling switch and functionality of the Q5 printer, it normally should happen only once. The scraper does not remove skirts on my case but didn't find this to be an issue as the printer just prints on top of this. It might be an issue afterwards if you have to clean up some parts with the skirt attached. The timing of the printer and belt can all be adjusted in the code and slicer settings. It's not an issue if the belt moves while the printer starts moving because most of the time it isn't even extruding pla at the beginning, i was just happy it worked and to lazy to adjust timings 😜
Fantasy！
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very cool . How did you get your printer to start on its own when it finished the part?
I just copied and pasted the gcode the amount of times i want the part to print and the belt moves every time the homing sequence of the printer triggers a switch.
How did you synchronize the base with the end of the print so that when the piece finishes rotating and starts making another one?
Hello Nuno, The belt moves when the printer touches a limit switch placed on top of the printer. This happens during the homing sequence of the printer. Since I copied and pasted the G-code the amount of times I need the parts to print, the printer homes every time it starts a new print, so it touches the limit switch every time. The distance the belt moves is a fixed value, triggered by the limit switch. This value can be changed in the Arduino code to suit your needs better.
is excellent and Where should I put the limit switch if my printer is a conventional 3-axis printer?
It think you can put it next to the homing switch of the z-axis of your printer.
Have you made and design files or software available for this? It's the first 3D printer I actually want..
Hello Sam, yes the STL and Fusion 360 source files for the conveyor belt are available on my website: bbprojects.technology/collections/stl-fusion-360-source-files/products/delta-belt-3d-printer
The delta printer I used is a FLsun Q5: www.banggood.com/Flsun-Q5-3D-Printer-Kit-200+200mm-Print-Size-Supprt-Resume-Print-With-TFT-32Bit-Mainboard-or-TMC2208-Slient-Driver-or-Colorful-Touch-Screen-p-1591796.html?p=E01411629100201406T1&custlinkid=1312467&cur_warehouse=CN
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o do you have a list of parts and files to print¿
Stl and Fusion 360 source files can be found here: bbprojects.technology/collections/stl-fusion-360-source-files/products/delta-belt-3d-printer
More info, parts list, schematics etc can be found here: bbprojects.technology/blogs/projects/delta-belt-3d-printer-for-automated-series-production
Why is the printer pausing and buzzing momentarily at 6:30?
Its retracting it's filament before moving over "open air" to move to another part of the print to prevent stringing. More info can be found here: all3dp.com/2/3d-print-stringing-easy-ways-to-prevent-it/
what for the Belt ? How to order?! thx
Hello carlchanhm, the belt fabrication can be seen at 02:18. I used a 3mm rubber sheet, cut it to size and glued it together, I'll add the dimensions to the project article (will add the link to the description soon).
@@BrianBrocken ha ha ... What type/kind of rubber sheet , it could hold upto 110-120 degree ?
It's rubber used for flooring for grip. I think I ordered this one: rubbermatten24.nl/rubberrol-sbr-3mm
great idea but use corexy as the printer and youve made the best 3d printer ever made
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