Interlooped in FDR
- Additive Companion
- MBMark Beecroft
- Mark BeecroftLeader BA (Hons) Textiles in Practice
- Consumer Goods
- Fashion
- 2022
- United Kingdom
Summary
Interlooped translated complex traditional knit geometries into extremely delicate yet robust 3D printed stent-like structures, these were then scaled down by one third to print in SLS (Fine Detail Resolution)
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Project Story
- Challenge
- Mark Beecroft achieved exciting results with his first attempt with the Interlooped Project (AC Application ID 732869) however he had reached the limitations of scale offered by SLS (Industrial)
- Solution
- EOS's release of SLS (Fine Detail Resolution) in 2019, this offered Interlooped the opportunity to go even finer. Through collaboration with EOS's test service provider, 1zu1scale, Mark was able to achieve a scale reduction to 0.3 of what was previously possible.
- Outcome
- Being aware of advances in AM technologies can resurrect projects that might have reached a technical dead end.
Technology Details
- SLS (Fine Detail Resolution)
- Powder Bed Fusion
- Nylon PA11
Process Steps
Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion
- 1
Step 1Design
- CAD Design Type
- Parametric
- CAD Software Type
- Surface Modelling
- CAD File Format
- .STL
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- Design Software
- Rhino
- 2
Step 2Printing
- Technology
- Material
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Application Profile
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€25–€49.99
Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.
Complex
Requires specialised knowledge and deeper analysis.
Component
Arts
★★☆
Can depend on fossil fuels and high energy use, but allows unconsumed material to be directly reused for printing without reprocessing, significantly reducing manufacturing waste. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.
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Parametric
Surface Modelling
.STL
Academic
Dynamic
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Providers Involved
- EOSHardware Manufacturer
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