I love seeing manufacturing and 3d printing in mfg settings. I work in mfg (not 3d printing, sadly).
Awesome video, very cool to watch FDM 3D printing used in a modern manufacturing process. That said I don’t think “Mass producing” is the correct term here. A boutique sign company offering custom, chiefly handmade signs (after the printing is complete) is the opposite of mass production: A lot of work is going in to each of these and they probably aren’t churning them out.
This is a great video. Here is my best guess for the process, but I’m not a 100%
- Use weird mouse to make design
- Use a water soluble adhesive so the filament sticks
- Clean up edges with a torch
- Put resin in for stability and UV cure
- Put color resin in for front look and UV cure
- Put really cool LED tape on that I would love to have the source for
- Hang
This is likely a Piocreat Creatwit K8 printer (Creality sister company) even though it’s labeled Smart3D.
What soluble adhesive to use depends. PVA slurry is certainly an option.
The resin is also there to help with light diffusion.
Not into sign making but I guess the colored front is required as epoxy resin yellows over time and with colored resin this isn’t visible. There are other options than epoxy resin but those cost more.
Those LED tapes aren’t special. Search for bendable LED strip.
From the same channel, making prosthetic hands with resin 3d printing, lots of expensive equipment and many refining hours from artists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eds5UbkluFs
Wowwww. Creepy when a vat of hands comes out lol
