Compliant Material

Justification for buying a 3D printer …

or How much I enjoy Making Compliant Materials with my Snapmaker 3D printer+

I am excited about this field of Mechanical Engineering and the Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing currently available to the public. Working with compliant material is much easier than manufacturing using non-compliant metal. The 3D printer technology is a perfect companion for this material.

This post is a collection of links and descriptions of compliant mechanisms, many of which I printed on my Snapmaker 3D printer.

The following information MUST be somewhat understood before the wonder and beauty of this material can be fully appreciated. The lecture series is optional but is very informative and well presented. Be careful, the advertisements can be enticing. This is just a sample of the instructional material available to you.

Visit to BYU lab … Derek Muller and Larry Howell Video

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-ima-remarklist&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-remarklist&hspart=ima&p=veritasium+byu+compliance+video&type=q3020_A062P_gn_bsfq#id=1&vid=fc80b965cfa9422faf5b7f7d5aa40ef7&action=click

Definition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compliant_mechanism

Derek Muller Video

https://www.veritasium.com/videos/2021/2/18/why-robots-that-bend-are-better

Derek Muller Video

https://www.veritasium.com/videos/2019/10/4/engineering-with-origami

Larry Howell Video

https://www.compliantmechanisms.byu.edu

https://www.compliantmechanisms.byu.edu/maker-resources

Robert J Lang Video