anybody here familiar with 3D printers from ALDI/office work

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Taupe

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I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if it was
possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with plunger
before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken off (as
it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above forces or is
the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a time) make it
structurally week, not as strong as "injection moulding"?

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On 28/01/2019 11:47 am, Taupe wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if it was
possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with plunger
before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken off (as
it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above forces or is
the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a time) make it
structurally week, not as strong as "injection moulding"?

Don't know about the 3D printing, but the failures of the teeth may be
due to bad design. It's not uncommon to see plastic parts with sharp
corners where loading occurs. Such parts invariably fail by cracking. If
that's the case with yours, then a properly designed gear without that
problem could last well even if it's made from an intrinsically weaker
material.

Sylvia.
 
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:16:37 +1100, Sylvia Else wrote:

On 28/01/2019 11:47 am, Taupe wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if it
was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken off
(as it is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above forces
or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a time) make
it structurally week, not as strong as "injection moulding"?


Don't know about the 3D printing, but the failures of the teeth may be
due to bad design.

Or deliberate design. I've been informed that many modern sewing machines
include plastic gears so they wear out and render the machine useless,
thus forcing an upgrade,
 
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:47:12 +1000, Taupe wrote:

I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if it
was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

I'm not familiar with them as I rarely have a reason to consider them
worth purchasing*. howeverm I do follow developments in general
It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken off
(as it is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above forces
or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a time) make
it structurally week, not as strong as "injection moulding"?

Probably not, but you can give it a try and see what happens.
You've hit on the reason why may 3D printed items fail, the droplets
don't merge before they solify. so the suggestions is to use the fastest
3D printer you can source to encourage droplet merging.

* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can only
improve over time.
 
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 28/01/2019 11:47 am, Taupe wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Don't know about the 3D printing, but the failures of the teeth may be
due to bad design. It's not uncommon to see plastic parts with sharp
corners where loading occurs. Such parts invariably fail by cracking.
If that's the case with yours, then a properly designed gear without
that problem could last well even if it's made from an intrinsically
weaker material.

Sylvia.

Maybe design of machine (not enough protective sensors) rather than gears,
as It has
made 1000's coffees without problem.

I suspect cause of problem was amount of coffee dropped in chamber was 'two
loads' (because of failed attempt not ejecting unused coffee).

Therefore the plunger (moved by this gear) was under excessive pressure to
compress excess coffee thus the gears sheared off.

If not by 3D printing, who else makes custom replacement gears?
 
news18 wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:47:12 +1000, Taupe wrote:

I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

I'm not familiar with them as I rarely have a reason to consider them
worth purchasing*. howeverm I do follow developments in general

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Probably not, but you can give it a try and see what happens.
You've hit on the reason why may 3D printed items fail, the droplets
don't merge before they solify. so the suggestions is to use the
fastest 3D printer you can source to encourage droplet merging.

* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can
only improve over time.

A while back I read they managed to 3D print a jet engine (all metal), so it
is possible to do quality intricate things.

The available consumer printers may not be up to this quality, just
introductory device to tinker with & print chess pieces?
 
On 28/01/2019 1:44 pm, Taupe wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 28/01/2019 11:47 am, Taupe wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Don't know about the 3D printing, but the failures of the teeth may be
due to bad design. It's not uncommon to see plastic parts with sharp
corners where loading occurs. Such parts invariably fail by cracking.
If that's the case with yours, then a properly designed gear without
that problem could last well even if it's made from an intrinsically
weaker material.

Sylvia.

Maybe design of machine (not enough protective sensors) rather than gears,
as It has
made 1000's coffees without problem.

Well, all machines work until they break. How long it takes for a badly
designed gear to fail depends on the loading.
I suspect cause of problem was amount of coffee dropped in chamber was 'two
loads' (because of failed attempt not ejecting unused coffee).

Therefore the plunger (moved by this gear) was under excessive pressure to
compress excess coffee thus the gears sheared off.

If not by 3D printing, who else makes custom replacement gears?

Assuming you're in Australia, unless it's a particularly old machine,
the manufacturer or importer is required to ensure that spare parts are
available, and that includes gears.

Sylvia.
 
On 28/01/2019 13:46 pm, Taupe wrote:
news18 wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:47:12 +1000, Taupe wrote:

I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

I'm not familiar with them as I rarely have a reason to consider them
worth purchasing*. howeverm I do follow developments in general

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Probably not, but you can give it a try and see what happens.
You've hit on the reason why may 3D printed items fail, the droplets
don't merge before they solify. so the suggestions is to use the
fastest 3D printer you can source to encourage droplet merging.

* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can
only improve over time.

A while back I read they managed to 3D print a jet engine (all metal), so it
is possible to do quality intricate things.

The available consumer printers may not be up to this quality, just
introductory device to tinker with & print chess pieces?



Have a look here for replacement gears:-

http://www.sdp-si.com/products/Gears/Index.php

I have bought from them in the past to replace broken gears
on my HP 8640B Sig Gen

Colin

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:46:00 +1000, Taupe wrote:


* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can only
improve over time.

A while back I read they managed to 3D print a jet engine (all metal),
so it is possible to do quality intricate things.

If you a hundred thousand dolars or so.
Was it just because "we can" as a model or did it fly?
They have been able to orint ICE engines for40 years, but not one that
run like real engine. that was the old powder and resin printers.
The available consumer printers may not be up to this quality, just
introductory device to tinker with & print chess pieces?

FWI seen, exactly.
 
Colin Horsley wrote:
On 28/01/2019 13:46 pm, Taupe wrote:
news18 wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:47:12 +1000, Taupe wrote:

I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

I'm not familiar with them as I rarely have a reason to consider
them worth purchasing*. howeverm I do follow developments in general

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Probably not, but you can give it a try and see what happens.
You've hit on the reason why may 3D printed items fail, the droplets
don't merge before they solify. so the suggestions is to use the
fastest 3D printer you can source to encourage droplet merging.

* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can
only improve over time.

A while back I read they managed to 3D print a jet engine (all
metal), so it is possible to do quality intricate things.

The available consumer printers may not be up to this quality, just
introductory device to tinker with & print chess pieces?



Have a look here for replacement gears:-

http://www.sdp-si.com/products/Gears/Index.php

I have bought from them in the past to replace broken gears
on my HP 8640B Sig Gen

Colin

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Thanks, looks like they've got every gear under the sun, I'll ask for quote.
 
news18 wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:46:00 +1000, Taupe wrote:


* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can
only improve over time.

A while back I read they managed to 3D print a jet engine (all
metal), so it is possible to do quality intricate things.

If you a hundred thousand dolars or so.
Was it just because "we can" as a model or did it fly?
They have been able to orint ICE engines for40 years, but not one that
run like real engine. that was the old powder and resin printers.

to prove it could be done.
https://newatlas.com/3d-printed-jet-engine/36273/

The available consumer printers may not be up to this quality, just
introductory device to tinker with & print chess pieces?

FWI seen, exactly.
 
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 28/01/2019 1:44 pm, Taupe wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 28/01/2019 11:47 am, Taupe wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Don't know about the 3D printing, but the failures of the teeth may
be due to bad design. It's not uncommon to see plastic parts with
sharp corners where loading occurs. Such parts invariably fail by
cracking. If that's the case with yours, then a properly designed
gear without that problem could last well even if it's made from an
intrinsically weaker material.

Sylvia.

Maybe design of machine (not enough protective sensors) rather than
gears, as It has
made 1000's coffees without problem.

Well, all machines work until they break. How long it takes for a
badly designed gear to fail depends on the loading.

I suspect cause of problem was amount of coffee dropped in chamber
was 'two loads' (because of failed attempt not ejecting unused
coffee). Therefore the plunger (moved by this gear) was under excessive
pressure to compress excess coffee thus the gears sheared off.

If not by 3D printing, who else makes custom replacement gears?

Assuming you're in Australia, unless it's a particularly old machine,
the manufacturer or importer is required to ensure that spare parts
are available, and that includes gears.

Sylvia.

It's not new (not under warranty), the way manufacturers go
through consumer products
cycle my model is a 'dinosaur' to what they produce now.

The "selling point" of 3D printing was that it would enable customers to
print their own broken parts.
 
On 28/01/2019 4:51 pm, Taupe wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 28/01/2019 1:44 pm, Taupe wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 28/01/2019 11:47 am, Taupe wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Don't know about the 3D printing, but the failures of the teeth may
be due to bad design. It's not uncommon to see plastic parts with
sharp corners where loading occurs. Such parts invariably fail by
cracking. If that's the case with yours, then a properly designed
gear without that problem could last well even if it's made from an
intrinsically weaker material.

Sylvia.

Maybe design of machine (not enough protective sensors) rather than
gears, as It has
made 1000's coffees without problem.

Well, all machines work until they break. How long it takes for a
badly designed gear to fail depends on the loading.

I suspect cause of problem was amount of coffee dropped in chamber
was 'two loads' (because of failed attempt not ejecting unused
coffee). Therefore the plunger (moved by this gear) was under excessive
pressure to compress excess coffee thus the gears sheared off.

If not by 3D printing, who else makes custom replacement gears?

Assuming you're in Australia, unless it's a particularly old machine,
the manufacturer or importer is required to ensure that spare parts
are available, and that includes gears.

Sylvia.

It's not new (not under warranty), the way manufacturers go
through consumer products
cycle my model is a 'dinosaur' to what they produce now.

The obligation to make spare parts available extends well beyond the
warranty period.
 
On 28/1/19 11:47 am, Taupe wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if it was
possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with plunger
before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken off (as
it is made of plastic )

It would actually be Delrin or something akin to it.
Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above forces or is
the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a time) make it
structurally week, not as strong as "injection moulding"?

Unlikely given the way the 3D printers *layer* the objects.

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Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
 
Taupe <jonahreal@yopmail.com> wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if it was
possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with plunger
before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken off (as
it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above forces or is
the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a time) make it
structurally week, not as strong as "injection moulding"?

Hmm, lots of answers here from people who have obviously never had
anything to do with a 3D printer.

Keeping it short:
3D printers can print gears well. There are two key types for home
use. One sucks up plastic "filament", melts it, then squirts it onto
a build platform in a pattern that, layer-by-layer, builds up a 3D
shape. Another shines light onto a vat of light-curable resin (the
light can be from a laser beam directed by a mirror, a projector, or
most recently an LED display panel (possibly still attached to a
smart phone)). The former is what ALDI are selling, and is also
better suited to printing gears and other strong objects than the
latter. I think OfficeWorks have Makerbot ones, which are also of
that type, but I haven't actually seen them in the branch that I
go to.

Ideally use ABS instead of PLA because it is less brittle. ABS is
slightly more difficult to print with and requires a slightly higher
temperature to print with, so some models, I think including the ALDI
ones, don't support its use.

The issue of layer separation, which I think you're getting at, is
only significant where force is in the opposite plane to that where
the layers were built up. That is to say horizontal with the object
in the same orientation that it was in when it was printed on the
3D printer's build platform. For a gear, this would be as you would
normally print such an object. So it will be as strong as a solid
object, as long as the infill setting is set to "solid" or "100%",
otherwise gaps are left inside the object to save time and plastic.

There are countless examples of gears on thingiverse.com, including
software to automatically generate gears to particular
specifications. Sorry, I don't have time to find links. I don't
actually remember printing gears with mine, I have a whole bunch
from old printers and toner cartridges used for DIY projects. I have
printed pulleys, which worked well. Though last time I decided it was
quicker to just make some small ones out of wood with a round file
and hole saw.

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news18 <news18@woa.com.au> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:46:00 +1000, Taupe wrote:


* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can only
improve over time.

A while back I read they managed to 3D print a jet engine (all metal),
so it is possible to do quality intricate things.

If you a hundred thousand dolars or so.
Was it just because "we can" as a model or did it fly?
They have been able to orint ICE engines for40 years, but not one that
run like real engine. that was the old powder and resin printers.

There's a lot of work in 3D printing with aircraft. I'm not sure if
anyone is yet printing entire jet engines for production, but they
are making parts for them.

For rockets, there are a number of companies 3D printing their
engines with serious intentions.

Here's one particularly ambitious one:
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20190118-relativity-space-gets-air-force-approval-to-launch-3d-printed-rockets-from-cape-canaveral.html

"95 percent of the rocket through 3D-printed automation"

The available consumer printers may not be up to this quality, just
introductory device to tinker with & print chess pieces?

FWI seen, exactly.

They can't print metal, but they can print plastic about well as a
cheaper (possibly the expensive ones too) metal 3D printer can
print metal.

There have been many strength test experiments published online over
the years, though I've leave finding them as an excercise for the
reader.

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On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 22:02:17 +0000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:


The available consumer printers may not be up to this quality, just
introductory device to tinker with & print chess pieces?

FWI seen, exactly.

They can't print metal, but they can print plastic about well as a
cheaper (possibly the expensive ones too) metal 3D printer can print
metal.

My understanding is that they now can "print metal" and that some of the
motor companies as well as others are doing so. Mainly prototypes I
believe.

First we will see them used to produce the "moulds" to shape metal as 3D
printing is a relatively inefficent production method compared to some
other methods.
 
On 29/1/19 8:51 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
Taupe <jonahreal@yopmail.com> wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if it was
possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with plunger
before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken off (as
it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above forces or is
the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a time) make it
structurally week, not as strong as "injection moulding"?

Hmm, lots of answers here from people who have obviously never had
anything to do with a 3D printer.

For gear subject to any degree of loading, you need to use an ACETAL
plastic of which Delrin is a type. You can also use nylon but the
plastic supplied with the Aldi 3D printer is adequate only for low
loadings. As to a gear made from it, it just won't cut the mustard.

If you want to print *gears*, you would be well advised to seek out the
services of a professional 3D printer equipped with something more than
a *toy* 3D printer - which is all the Aldi printer is. These enterprises
are well established in the commercial space for all types of 3D
printing but the cost will far exceed that of a manufacturer supplied
spare part.

If the resultant 3D gear requires any post production machining, then
you would be better advised to fully machine one from scratch from an
appropriate Delrin material.






--

Xeno


Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)
 
Xeno wrote:
On 29/1/19 8:51 am, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
Taupe <jonahreal@yopmail.com> wrote:
I have a auto. coffee machine with a busted Gear & was wondering if
it was possible to replace the gear by 3D printing it.

It is a significant piece as it compresses the ground coffee with
plunger before hot water forced through.

with age/ over-use/misalignment? the teeth on the gears have broken
off (as it
is made of plastic )

Is it possible to make a solid gear able to withstand the above
forces or is the method of 3D printing (i.e built up droplets at a
time) make it structurally week, not as strong as "injection
moulding"?

Hmm, lots of answers here from people who have obviously never had
anything to do with a 3D printer.

For gear subject to any degree of loading, you need to use an ACETAL
plastic of which Delrin is a type. You can also use nylon but the
plastic supplied with the Aldi 3D printer is adequate only for low
loadings. As to a gear made from it, it just won't cut the mustard.

If you want to print *gears*, you would be well advised to seek out
the services of a professional 3D printer equipped with something
more than a *toy* 3D printer - which is all the Aldi printer is.
These enterprises are well established in the commercial space for
all types of 3D printing but the cost will far exceed that of a
manufacturer supplied spare part.

If the resultant 3D gear requires any post production machining, then
you would be better advised to fully machine one from scratch from an
appropriate Delrin material.

I suspected as much. It'd be cheaper finding a spare form manufacturer.
 
On 2019-01-28, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
news18 <news18@woa.com.au> wrote:
On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 12:46:00 +1000, Taupe wrote:


* The offering in 3D printers are one of those periphrals that can only
improve over time.

A while back I read they managed to 3D print a jet engine (all metal),
so it is possible to do quality intricate things.

If you a hundred thousand dolars or so.
Was it just because "we can" as a model or did it fly?
They have been able to orint ICE engines for40 years, but not one that
run like real engine. that was the old powder and resin printers.

There's a lot of work in 3D printing with aircraft. I'm not sure if
anyone is yet printing entire jet engines for production, but they
are making parts for them.

For rockets, there are a number of companies 3D printing their
engines with serious intentions.

RocketLab is already using printed engines for commercial satellite launches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_(rocket_engine)

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When I tried casting out nines I made a hash of it.
 

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