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Due to the rapid development of new products and designs using additive manufacturing (AM) in practically all areas of manufacturing and the added benefits of AM, the pottery and ceramics industry is gaining popularity. The aerospace sector has various applications for 3D printing technology to make complex high-temperature ceramic products. The purpose of this study is to design and construct a simple clay/ceramic 3D printing pen that can be installed on a CNC machine and used to perform initial experiments to 3D print some defect-free clay or ceramics models, as well as to investigate the working parameters of slurry deposition that correspond to ideal printing of models. Several trials were accomplished to check how the printing pen for ceramic materials worked, as well as to determine the best slurry composition and working process parameters for a successful and defect-free 3D printing mechanism. The results demonstrate that the pen has been well-developed.
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The authors express their sincere thanks to M.Tech.IDD students (2018 batch) of Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT (BHU) for conducting experiments and devote their deepest gratitude to UGC, New Delhi, India for funding the project with F. No31-50/2005 (SR-) dated 01-Sep-2009.
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Kumar, S., Dheeraj, M.H., Singh, P.K., Singh, R.P., Meraz, M., Jain, P.K. (2023). Development of a Clay 3D Printing Pen. In: Ramesh Babu, N., Kumar, S., Thyla, P.R., Sripriyan, K. (eds) Advances in Additive Manufacturing and Metal Joining. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7612-4_8
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