Peter TeertstraDirector, Sedra Student Design Centre

Randy DauphinOperations Administrator, Retail Services

GOAL - to provide professional quality 3D printing to Waterloo students and staff at the lowest price possible

Sedra Student Design Centre

• Facility for engineering student teams, undergraduate projects

• Initial design started in 2006

• Grand opening – October, 2010

• Largest (and one of the only) facilities of its kind in the world!

• Objective – to support student teams and experiential learning

How does the SDC benefit student teams?

• Space to work on projects, store materials

• Collaboration on grants and sponsorships

• Access to shared resources

3D Print Centre

• August 2012 - DENSO North America Foundationgrant for $100,000 for 3D printer

• September 2012 – First co-op student operator hired by 3D Print Centre

• January 2013 – First customer orders taken at 3D Print Centre, paid for at media.doc DC

3D Printing Equipment Specifications• Strong, functional, durable parts• Easy for undergraduate co-op

student to operate• Low capital cost• Low consumable cost

3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing Technologies

• FDM - Fused Deposition Modeling • PolyJet• SLA - Stereo lithography• SLS - Selective Laser Sintering

FDM - Fused Deposition Modeling

• Extrudes a thermoplastic filament to form each layer of the model

• Strong, durable materials- PC, ABS, PC-ABS, Nylon

• Accurate, repeatable parts

• Easy to operate

PolyJet (Objet)

• Prints photopolymer using inkjettechnology / cured with UV lamp

• High resolution, smooth surfaces,small features, crisp details

• Can print flexible / rigid materials

• High capital cost

• Low strength, UV sensitivematerials

SLA - Stereo lithography

• Solidifies photopolymer liquid with UV laser to form each model layer

• High resolution, smooth surfaces

• Fast printing, very large parts

• High capital cost

• Low strength, UV sensitivematerials

SLS - Selective Laser Sintering

• Solidifies powder with laser to form each model layer

• High resolution, smooth surfaces

• Thermoplastics and metals

• High capital cost

• Requires skilled, experiencedoperator

3D Print Centre Today

• Two Fortus 360mc FDM machines

• Operated by co-op students

• Undergraduate student pricing• $9 per cubic inch of build material

• Cost assumes 1:3 support material

• Cost includes maintenance, fees, contingency (10% reprints)

• Higher prices for grad students, researchers

Our Customers

• Student teams

• 4th year design projects

• Graduate researchers

• Entrepreneurs and start-ups

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Growth and New Partnerships

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2013 Total $20, 409

2014 Jan – Aug$22, 493

Growth and New Partnerships• Comparing number of customers for Jan. - April

80 (2013) 220 (2014) over 300 (predicted, 2015)

• Our Challenge - to increase capacity to meet current and future demands without substantially increasing costs

• July 2014 - Partnership with Retail Services that provides

• Funds to purchase a second Fortus 360mc 3D printer

• Ongoing advertising and marketing support

The Future• Lani - electronic file submission through web application

• E-commerce system for online payment

Other Services• Circuit board manufacturing

• Injection molding

• 3D scanner

Please come visit us in E5-2002

https://uwaterloo.ca/3d-print-centre/