Vadodaria Saumil Sudhir, Warner Eleanor, Norton Ian, Mills Tom B
School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
Data Brief. 2021 Mar 21;36:106974. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106974. eCollection 2021 Jun.
In order to deposit gel and paste-like materials, a commercially available HICTOP Prusa i3 plastic 3D printer was modified. The modification included replacing the existing plastic microextruder with a customised 3D printed syringe pump which could hold a syringe containing the printing material. The arrangement also allowed the temperature in the syringe to be controlled. Since the hardware of the printer was changed significantly, a new firmware was loaded on the 3D printer which was customised to enable it to perform its new function. The present data consists of the 3D image files of the syringe pump assembly and instructions on how to assemble the components. It also provides a copy of the modified firmware with a list of the changes made to it. This data will allow the readers to modify a similar type of 3D printer to print pastes and gels. This can be achieved by recreating the entire syringe pump assembly by 3D printing the given 3D image file data. With some changes, these designs can also be adapted to a variety of different printers. Similarly, the given firmware can also be loaded onto a similar type of printer. The list and explanation of the changes made to the firmware also allow such changes to be made to the respective firmwares of a variety of different printers.
为了沉积凝胶状和膏状材料，对一台市售的HICTOP Prusa i3塑料3D打印机进行了改装。改装内容包括用定制的3D打印注射泵替换现有的塑料微挤出机，该注射泵可以容纳装有打印材料的注射器。这种布置还能控制注射器内的温度。由于打印机的硬件有了显著改变，在3D打印机上加载了一个定制的新固件，使其能够执行新功能。本数据包含注射泵组件的3D图像文件以及组件组装说明。它还提供了修改后的固件副本以及所做更改的列表。这些数据将使读者能够对类似类型的3D打印机进行改装，以打印膏体和凝胶。这可以通过3D打印给定的3D图像文件数据来重新创建整个注射泵组件来实现。稍作修改，这些设计也可适用于各种不同的打印机。同样，给定的固件也可以加载到类似类型的打印机上。固件所做更改的列表和说明也允许对各种不同打印机的相应固件进行此类更改。
