Bioprinting · Extrusion · 2020 · JoVE
Design of an Open-Source, Low-Cost Bioink and Food Melt Extrusion 3D Printer
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an increasingly popular manufacturing technique that allows highly complex objects to be fabricated with no retooling costs. This increasing popularity is partly driven by falling barriers to entry such as system set-up costs and ease of operation.
Performance the paper reports
full text not held- Motionn/aMotion accuracy: not assessed
- Volumen/aVolumetric accuracy: not assessed
- Viabilityn/aCell viability: not assessed
- Unattendedn/aUnattended operation: not assessed
- Standardn/aStandard compliance: not assessed
How hard this is to adopt
3.3 of 5, higher is easierEach score is shown against the range the other 59 builds actually occupy, because no criterion uses the full 1–5 scale. These describe how reproducible the build is, not how good the science is.
Resolution
1/1–5Smallest feature/positioning evidence about 1000 µm.
Throughput
2/2–5Operation appears single-unit or manually constrained.
Parts sourcing
3/2–4Mix of common parts and custom/printed components.
Skill needed
4/2–4Build/operation described as low-skill or basic assembly.
Facilities needed
4/2–4Uses common benchtop/desktop equipment or generic consumables.
Documentation
4/2–5Open resources include several build or operation artifacts.
Validation effort
4/2–4Validation includes standards, benchmarking, replicates, or multi-condition tests.
Cycle time
4/1–4Speed evidence suggests rapid, real-time, or automated operation.
2 further criteria are recorded but not shown
- Application Level — scored 4 (75% of records share one value), so it cannot separate one build from another.
- Build Time (scored for only 6 of 60 records), so it cannot separate one build from another.
Both remain in the published dataset.
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Abstract
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an increasingly popular manufacturing technique that allows highly complex objects to be fabricated with no retooling costs. This increasing popularity is partly driven by falling barriers to entry such as system set-up costs and ease of operation. Full abstract at the publisher
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Why it matters
Concrete reproducible build/protocol paper; directly aligned with ‘new open tools’ ask.
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