A 3D pen is a high tech pen that extrudes heated or warm plastic from the pen’s nozzle. This pen don’t need any software. There are no files need to be transferred, and no difficult tech to master.
With a 3D pen
we can draw a raised graphic on a piece of paper or any flat surface. But what
males a 3D pen truly unique is its ability to draw in mid-air, allowing you to
instantly form 3D structures right in front of you, which you can pick up and
hold in your hand.
How does this
work?
Most 3D pens
work by feeding plastic through the pen, which then melts it before it comes
out of a nozzle at the end of the pen (Extrusion). The pen heats up to a
different temperature depending on the material you put inside the pen. When it
leaves the pen, the melted plastic is soft and malleable, but within a few
seconds it solidifies, creating a solid, stable, pick-up-able structure
The working principle of 3D
printing pens is straightforward. Since the pens use polymer filament as the
material the working is as simple as melting the material in a heat chamber and
extruding it through the tip (read nozzle) of the pen and deposit the material
on any platform. The user can then move the pen around to draw different
figures and shapes. The melted material oozing out of the nozzle quickly cools
and this makes the deposited material to stand on its own accord. Once cooled
the plastic shape holds its shape and remains permanent.
The heating temperature is
adjusted as per the material used in the pen. Only a limited number of materials
can be used in a 3D pen. The requirement for a material to be used in a 3D
printing pen is that it should melt quickly when heated and solidify quickly
once it is extruded out of the pen. The user should also note that he should
not draw with the 3D pen like a regular pen. The 3D pen should be moved slowly
so the figures can be drawn and it holds its shape.
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