Top 5 Videos: DED Simply Explained
Today is Sunday, which is time for the week’s top 5 3D printing videos! Elliot Saldukaite will explain Directed Energy Deposition, from its broadest generalities to its nooks-and-crannies. Next, step onto Mars with NASA’s impressively visceral Mars simulation, and learn about Creality’s potential game-changing K1 Series printer. The first 3D printed office building was built in Bengaluru, India. Also, the best 3D print workshop projects of the past year. As always, Happy Sunday and happy watching!
Top 1: Directed Energy Deposition – a Simple Explanation
Our 3D Explained Series will guide you through the different additive manufacturing technologies, their applications and all that you need to learn. In this week’s 3D explained, Elliot elaborates on some of the basic principles of DED, informing us on how it functions, the pros and cons, what materials are used, and for which industries it is most prevalent. Although it may appear complicated at first, this two-minute video is full of information that will help you better grasp the technology. If you want to be an expert in a short time, check it out!
Top 2: Walk on Mars with NASA’s 3D Printed Habitat Simulation
Do you want to visit Mars someday? You can now get very close. A 3D-printed structure with four small bedrooms designed to a simulation habitat on Mars is located at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas and this video takes you on a tour. The initiative is part of NASA’s plans to ship astronauts to the planet sometime in the 2030s. The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, or CHAPEE, and the space agency conduct a preliminary study to determine the effects on a four-person team who stay in the compact, simulated Mars environment for about a year. Find out in the video who will make up the four-crew crew! (spoiler, they’ll be announced in the summer).
Top 3: Creality’s K1 Series Finally Uncovered
Bambu Labs and Voron are making a big splash in the industry. They have ignited the fire of innovation and competition by putting other manufacturers on notice. This week, the 3D printer giant Creality unveiled the K1 Series – an FDM printer which could be a game changer in the market. While the new model promises intriguing features like a print and acceleration speed of 600mm/s and 20000mm/s², an AI camera, and dual-hand auto levelling, let’s wait to see how the new printer on the block performs in action before coming to any conclusions. Are you sold on Creality’s K1 Series? Learn more by watching the video.
Top 4: First 3D Printed Post Office in Bengaluru
The first 3D-constructed post office building in India is located near the Cambridge Layout, Bangalore. MV Satish, a senior executive at the company, says that while it is under construction now, the project should be finished in less than 45 days. In the printing process, sand and cement are mixed with waterproof chemicals and water in a churner. The mixture is then used to cover the walls of an office building. The project is backed by business and engineering company Larsen & Toubou, pumping nearly two and a half million dollars into the project. Satish explains that the main advantage of 3D-printing in this instance is its ability to be customized in any way. Watch the video to learn more!
Top 5 3D Printed Woodworking Projects in 2022
Top fives within top fives? What’s the world come to? In our final top five videos for the week, we feature the most impressive 3D printed projects in 2022. From a polymer shelf to a multifunctional bench, explore these unique gadgets and let’s admire together the impressive capabilities of 3D printing technology. Various printers, such as the FLsun Super Racer and Artillery Sidewinder X1, were used. See these tools in action by watching the video below.
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