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Articulated Seahorse

  (work in progress blog) I want to tell my experience and story about the creation of MELS 3D LABS Articulated Seahorse. Of all the Articulated designs, this has a unique story and place among them all. Early 2024, i was researching for an articulation no other designer has ever made. It should be an interesting creature as well, my research led me to seahorse, a beautiful creation of nature.  THE SCULPTING My sculpting workflow evolved over the years,  a systematic, hence its time consuming but foolproof approach to perfection. Typically i sculpt 2-3 days straight, mostly skipping  breakfast as i get hyper obsessive. The sculpting path : Typically i could create a link and the body section, where then i can duplicate it, then scale it down and keep duplicating it up to the tail. That would save a lot of time and effort. But for the seahorse, This wasn’t the case. The body is curved, hence even after duplicating, each link has to be precisely sculpted to preserve th...
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Chronos Kinematics: 7th Major 3D printing kinematics.


MELS 3D LABS KINEMATICS THE IDEA FOR MELS 3D LABS CHRONOS, A 4 AXIS 3D PRINTER KINEMATICS, WAS CONCIEVED ON EARLY 2021. DESIGNED IN 10/27/2022 AND DIAGRAMS PUBLISHED ON GITHUB ON 7/16/2023 CHRONOS USES INTERNAL RING GEAR FOR THE ARC AXIS MOVEMENTS OF X AND Y WITH A THETA AXIS FOR A TOOL HEAD. PUBLISHING THE KINEMATICS AS A PROOF OF PRIOR ART SEARCH AND TO PRESERVE THE CREDIT OF THE KINEMATICS.

THE PRINTER CONSISTS OF AXES X Y Z THETA AXIS with a gear mechanism for radial movements.

AS 3D Scanner Kinematics : The biggest advantage of chronos kinematics with a theta axis is that a physical model can be scanned perfectly from all sides and angles. Hence allowing a 3D printer to be a 3D scanner as well with a tool head swap.

What is it?
It is a new 3D printer kinematics that takes a different approach for advanced 3d printing with 4 axes than traditional 3 axiz.

What are the benefits?
• 3 axis printers lack vertical strength, Meanwhile a 4 axes printer can compensate this issue to some extent, strengthening parts. • Time saving upto 30% faster than Core xy in theory. • Enables the printer to be a 3D SCANNER, With the addition of theta axis, the printer can be used as a 3D scanner, with a toolhead swap. • Using ring gears, the application can be of industrial and heavy loads. • 4 Axis CNC compatibility


How many kinematics are there?
So far i managed to find these ; in which Itd make Chronos 18th kinematics.
1.Cartesian Kinematics
2.CoreXY Kinematics
3 CoreXZ Kinematics
4.Delta Kinematics
5.Polar Kinematics
6.SCARA Kinematics
7.Stereolithography (SLA) Kinematics
8.H-Bot Kinematics
9.Double Gantry Kinematics
10.Multiaxis Kinematics
11.Parallel Kinematics
12.Hangprinter Kinematics
13.Tilted Bed Kinematics
14.Conveyor Belt Kinematics
15.Voron Kinematics
16.Kraken Kinematics
17.Rotary Delta Kinematics
18.Modular Kinematics

If we classify the major kinematics, it would be
1.Cartesian Kinematics
2.CoreXY Kinematics
3.Delta Kinematics
4.Polar Kinematics
5.SCARA Kinematics
6.Stereolithography (SLA) Kinematics

Making Chronos 7th Major Kinematics.


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