LumiBee Daabacaha 3D-ga ee Resin-ka by Davide Marin

LumiBee Daabacaha 3D-ga ee Resin-ka by Davide Marin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award in Naqshadeynta Qaababka iyo Alaabta Lagu Daabacay 3D Competition Category.

BirDaabacaadda 3D· 2021

LumiBee Daabacaha 3D-ga ee Resin-ka

by Davide Marin

Client: Lumi Industries

Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award Winner in Daabacaadda 3D Category

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The Design

About LumiBee Daabacaha 3D-ga ee Resin-ka

LumiBee waa daabacaha 3D-ga ee resin-ka oo yar oo loogu talagalay isticmaalka guriga. Daabacahani wuxuu isticmaalaa dareere resin ah oo ku adkaanaya iftiinka, iyo shaashadda taleefanka gacanta oo lagu geliyo gudaha qalabka sida isha iftiinka. Barnaamij xakameyn ah ayaa u kala goynaya qaabka dijitalka ah qaybo toosan oo lagu soo bandhigo shaashadda, iyo iftiinku wuxuu adkeeyaa resin-ka lakab-lakab ah. Ku dhawaad 95 boqolkiiba qaybaha LumiBee waxaa lagu soo saari karaa daabacaha 3D-ga ee filament-ka oo qiimo jaban leh. Qaab-dhismeedku waa mid qaybaysan, oo qayb kastaa waxay leedahay shaqo gaar ah waxaana loo habayn karaa.

The Recognition

About the Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award

LumiBee Daabacaha 3D-ga ee Resin-ka waa guuleystaha Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award, aqoonsi sharaf leh oo la siiyo naqshado wanaagsan oo buuxiya shuruudaha xirfadeed iyo kuwa warshadeed ee laga filayo hal-abuurro si wanaagsan loo naqshadeeyay. Guuleystayaasha Birta waxay muujiyaan xirfad weyn, takhasus sare, fahan khabiir iyo awood hal-abuur oo abuurayaashooda. LumiBee Daabacaha 3D-ga ee Resin-ka waa hal-abuur la filayo inuu noqdo mid aad loo tixgeliyo, la ixtiraamo oo la jecel yahay, wax ku ool ah oo cusub. Naqshadahan ku guuleystay Abaalmarinta Birta ah ee A' Design Award wuxuu isku daraa hab-dhaqannada ugu wanaagsan warshadda wuxuuna leeyahay sifooyin farsamo oo karti leh oo ku xiran aqoon iyo hibo. Dhammaystirkeeda awgeed, LumiBee Daabacaha 3D-ga ee Resin-ka waa mudan ixtiraam, waxaana loo naqshadeeyay inay keento hagaajin nololeed oo ka caawisa in adduunka laga dhigo meel ka wanaagsan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The LumiBEE is a unique compact 3D Printer that uses photosensitive liquid resin. It has been designed so that 95% of its parts can be printed with a Filament 3D home Printer. The LumiBee is also particular since it uses the screen of a mobile phone, inserted inside, to transform the liquid resin into a three-dimensional object. Its structure is modular, where segments, each with a specific function, can be modified and customized.
Dimensions & Packaging: Size approx. 120 x 120 x140 mm.
Tags: 3d printer, DIY, 3d printable, open source, 3d printing
Production Technology: The 95% of the parts of the LumiBee 3D Printer can be produced with an FFM 3D printer. This means that the production of the LumiBee is very lean. It can be sold as a ready to use product, or as an assembly kit, or the user can even just purchase the digital files and produce the parts at home, as long as he/she has access to another low cost 3d printer. Many schools, maker spaces and laboratory offer the use of a 3d printer for free or for a low fee, so this is also an option for the user who wants to just buy the digital files.
Design Challenge: One of the challenges was to optimize the design so that the production of the parts of the Lumibee (that are 3D printed) takes as less time as possible. Normally medium and big sized 3d printed parts take hours to be fabricated, so we went through many different iterations to minimize the manufacturing time.
Research: The goal of this project studied the feasibility of using the light emitted from screen of a smartphone, without modifications, to induce a chemical reaction where, in this case, a liquid is turned into a solid, in a small tank of liquid resin. A tray inside the tank moves vertically, 0.1mm at a time. A 3D model file is opened in the App on the smartphone, and 3D printed with this device, controlled via Bluetooth. Several prototypes have been built and tested, and the project proved to be working.
Inspiration: This project was born with the aim of making 3D Photosensitive resin printing affordable. Daylight resin for 3D printing allows most cellphones to be used as a light source to polymerize the resin. This allows us to give a second life to slightly outdated cellphones. I decided to design a very compact 3D printer that uses this technology, and to make the production process as lean as possible, the LumiBee can be bought as a kit or built by anyone with access to another home 3D printer.
Project Duration: The project started in February 2019 and was exhibited in November at the Frankfurt Messe, during FormNext 2019 as part of the PurMundus exhibition.
Operation Flow: The user downloads the CAD files of the parts that build up the LumiBee. With a desktop FFF 3D Printer, the parts are physically fabricated. Then the LumiBee is assembled. The user downloads the controlling App on a smartphone. Then, the 3D model that will be printed is opened in the app, and sliced in hundreds of horizontal sections, that are projected on the screen. The phone is inserted into the LumiBee, under a vat of liquid resin. The light of the screen solidifies the resin and creates the 3D part.
Patents: The project is published with Open Source under GNU General Public License v3.0.
Team Members: Marin Davide
Image Credits: All images: Marin Davide photographer, 2019/2020