Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing Machine

Abstract

This master thesis contains an overview of the additive manufacturing technology and building process of the large-scale Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) additive manufacturing machine from the old Wafer Handling Diffusion machine. The thesis study is mainly focused on practical work and describes the techniques used during the project execution. The built machine can print large 3D prototypes from PLA plastic of three different colors. The final product of this thesis is a fully working large-scale AM machine made with the relatively small budget of 10.000 NOK which the university can use for educational purposes.