TY - GEN
T1 - Robotic glass crafting by dip forming
AU - Cheng, Chi Li
AU - Hou, June-Hao
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 and published by the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - This research is to develop a robotic glass crafting dip-forming process by dip forming. Instead of employing molds, we utilize repetitive dip coating and gravity to shape the glass. In addition, its morphogenesis process is similar to the certain growth mechanisms in nature, such as geotropism and branching. During the forming process, melted glass is accumulated layer by layer gradually until the target geometry is completed. The process takes advantage of the precision of the industrial robotic arm and the viscosity property of the material. This process requires the custom-made tool to operate in high temperature and controlling the timing of heating and annealing to eliminate Z artifacts caused by layered deposition, achieving the crystal-clear effect of the glass craft without the post cure process after printing. In addition, the robotic arm provides a higher degree of freedom for forming. This research demonstrates glassworks in the organic form including variations in thickness and branching to test the proposed method.
AB - This research is to develop a robotic glass crafting dip-forming process by dip forming. Instead of employing molds, we utilize repetitive dip coating and gravity to shape the glass. In addition, its morphogenesis process is similar to the certain growth mechanisms in nature, such as geotropism and branching. During the forming process, melted glass is accumulated layer by layer gradually until the target geometry is completed. The process takes advantage of the precision of the industrial robotic arm and the viscosity property of the material. This process requires the custom-made tool to operate in high temperature and controlling the timing of heating and annealing to eliminate Z artifacts caused by layered deposition, achieving the crystal-clear effect of the glass craft without the post cure process after printing. In addition, the robotic arm provides a higher degree of freedom for forming. This research demonstrates glassworks in the organic form including variations in thickness and branching to test the proposed method.
KW - Additive manufacturing
KW - Digital Fabrication
KW - Dipping forming
KW - Glass craft
KW - Robotic arm
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068412676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.1.193
DO - 10.52842/conf.caadria.2019.1.193
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85068412676
T3 - Intelligent and Informed - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2019
SP - 193
EP - 202
BT - Intelligent and Informed - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2019
A2 - Schnabel, Marc Aurel
A2 - Fukuda, Tomohiro
A2 - Haeusler, Matthias Hank
PB - The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)
T2 - 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Intelligent and Informed, CAADRIA 2019
Y2 - 15 April 2019 through 18 April 2019
ER -