Practice ／ Material Intelligence
ExpandFab
熱で膨張・変形する造形（ファブリケーション）手法。
Fabricating Objects Expanding and Changing Shape with Heat
English
ExpandFab is a fabrication method for creating objects that expand using foam materials. The printed objects change their shape and volume, which helps reduce printing time and transportation costs.
We investigated the basic principle governing the expansion rate and developed a material by mixing foam powder with an elastic adhesive, along with a fabrication method that uses it. A user designs the expanded object in our software and assigns the expansion areas on its surface.
日本語
ExpandFab は、発泡材料を用いて「膨らむ造形物」をつくるファブリケーション手法です。出力したオブジェクトが後から形状と体積を変えるため、造形時間や輸送コストの削減に有利です。
膨張率を支配する基本原理を調べ、発泡粉末と弾性接着剤を混合した素材と、それを用いる造形手法を開発しました。利用者は専用ソフトウェア上で膨張後の形をデザインし、表面に膨張する領域を指定します。
Specimen / 作品票
- 種別 / Project Type
- Fabrication and Material Research
- 領域 / Skills
- Material, Interaction Design, Digital Fabrication, Computational Design
- 制作 / Author
- Hiroki Kaimoto, Junichi Yamaoka, Satoshi Nakamaru, Yoshihiro Kawahara and Yasuaki Kakehi
- 年 / Year
- 2020
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Publication
Kaimoto, H., Yamaoka, J., Nakamaru, S., Kawahara, Y., & Kakehi, Y. (2020, June)., “ExpandFab: Fabricating Objects Expanding and Changing Shape with Heat” , In Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction. ACM.
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