eBook: Designing Interlocking Connections for SLS 3D Printing
What will you learn
from the ebook?
SLS 3D printing technology makes it possible to print very complicated structures in just one take. However, in real life, we are surrounded by objects made from a lot of parts that require to be connected somehow.
Designer, even knowing the possibilities of SLS, sometimes needs to create models that are a part of something bigger.
From this ebook, you will learn how to design connections for 3D printed, SLS models.
What will you find inside?
1. Introduction: Types of connections
2. Design of permanent connections
- Snap-fit
- Sleeve + channel+ hook
- A narrowing sleeve which expands after slipping in
- Additional pin
3. Design of separable connections
- Separable snap-fit
- A thread with a screw
- A pin with clearance
- A sleeve with a groove
- Fences
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