Characterisation of 3D printers using fibre Bragg gratings

John Canning; Kevin Cook; Md. Arafat Hossain; Chunyang Han; Loic Chartier; Tristan Athanaze

doi:10.1117/12.2263547

23 April 2017 Characterisation of 3D printers using fibre Bragg gratings

John Canning, Kevin Cook, Md. Arafat Hossain, Chunyang Han, Loic Chartier, Tristan Athanaze

Proceedings Volume 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 1032316 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263547
Event: 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2017, Jeju, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

The extrusion nozzles of three low cost desktop 3D printers are characterised using optical fibre Bragg gratings. Temperature profiles show remarkably consistent distributions pointing to operation as good quality micro-furnaces potentially not only for 3D printing but also optical fibre drawing.

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John Canning, Kevin Cook, Md. Arafat Hossain, Chunyang Han, Loic Chartier, and Tristan Athanaze "Characterisation of 3D printers using fibre Bragg gratings ", Proc. SPIE 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 1032316 (23 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263547

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