LaserOrigami: laser-cutting 3d objects

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11 жыл бұрын

Sponsor: Universal Laser Systems, ulsinc.com/
LaserOrigami is a rapid prototyping system that produces 3D objects using a laser cutter. LaserOrigami is substantially faster than traditional 3D fabrication techniques such as 3D printing and unlike traditional laser cutting the resulting 3D objects require no manual assembly.
More Information: www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/baudisc...
LaserOrigami is a research project by
Stefanie Mueller, www.stefaniemueller.org
Bastian Kruck,
Patrick Baudisch, www.patrickbaudisch.com
Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany

Пікірлер: 302

@HoffmanEngineering 9 жыл бұрын

LaserOrigami: Using an unfocused laser to heat the acrylic causing it to melt and bend, rather than cut. This is a great idea!

@toop4538 6 жыл бұрын

I KNOOO ITS SO SMART

@rgaud8 8 жыл бұрын

Very clever idea. Adds a new functionality to the cutter that I never even considered.

@gabrieldillon11 9 жыл бұрын

That is just amazing! First time i have ever seen plastic being manipulated like that

@Grrizz84 9 жыл бұрын

Very innovative use of a laser cutter, I'm impressed :D

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

thanks! great idea with the fixtures. For angles other than 90 degrees we currently either use a motor or a third hand (you probably know this from soldering things) that holds the workpiece at a certain angle.

@jlg7691 8 жыл бұрын

Nice demo Nice way to use the unfocused laser as a precise heat source.

@DerAzghul 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome idea! Looks like a lot of frustration while figuring out the correct parameters for bending without cutting. Very nice results!

@DouweMiedema 5 жыл бұрын

i never tought about this you are a genius person i looked at this and my mind was completly blown

@karlnotyourbusiness4429 7 жыл бұрын

Love this. Can't wait to try it out. Can think of a good few uses for this.

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

Great question :). We are currently working on an Illustrator plugin that provides the necessary tools for creating bends, suspenders etc. However, this needs more work and we will upload it when we are done.

@DavidCook42 9 жыл бұрын

This is a VERY clever 2D fabrication technique!

@joseantonioseminarioordone4623 9 жыл бұрын

could you please share your settings, i'm interresten in the z defocus you are using

@1999danie 10 жыл бұрын

Universal Laser cutter machines are great i have use to one myself and its awesome make sure you clean your mirrors and reflecting mirrors or it looses power also got a gravograph 900lx

@TabletopJunkie 10 жыл бұрын

Very Clever, love the use of the Servo and 3d printed Servo holder.

@1999danie 10 жыл бұрын

Laser cut servo holder......

@HappyZentraedi 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic idea! I think I can run a more rudimentary version on my Epilog as it is now. I might just have to run a few separate jobs with some focus jigs. Truly inspiring! To those who call this a waste of material, you can use smaller sheets of acrylic to make your items, and you can use the leftovers for other, possibly flatter, things. Would you call it a waste of butter if you had a recipe that calls for 1/4 of a stick? No, you'd keep the rest of the butter and use it for something else.

@williamumpire1208 11 жыл бұрын

que hermoso tu trabajo

@carlstadt666 11 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. Good job.

@lisinsignage 10 жыл бұрын

Really interesting. I previously used the unfocus effect + multiple pass to achieve rounded edges similar to mould and to "groove" various depth and width but never thought of using this to bend. Even if limited this has good applications for small series of small items like the holders you demonstrated. I downloaded you paper and your slides. But the slides archive seems to be corrupted. Are you thinking of going a step further and bringing this to the market? Are your libraries of examples available ? Thanks in advance

@FrankSandqvist 11 жыл бұрын

@Stefanie Mueller Oh okay. Thanks for the reply! Will have to try it once we get our laser.

@nonothebot 6 жыл бұрын

This is a great idea, congratulations ! I'll try that !

@nathanbirchenough1692 8 жыл бұрын

Wow.. never seen anything like this before!

@CncObsession 10 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic. So much fun to be had.

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

Our focus is on expanding what DIY laser cutters can do today. With DIY I mean the typical machine a FABlab would own. But thanks for the hint, it's definitely interesting to also think into this direction, but in a different context.

@asciisynth 8 жыл бұрын

Amazing lateral thinking!

@ptyelectriclongboard6217 8 жыл бұрын

actually a very cool idea! How useful or economical? that is a different matter

@bigchad007 11 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking, very nice machine you have there!

@palo144 7 жыл бұрын

i work with trotec speedy 300.. but you have superb ideas. Respect :D

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

It's all about heating the acrylic to a point where it gets compliant. If your laser cutter can reach this temperature mainly depends on the power of the laser. I mainly worked with 1.5mm, but also tried 3mm once.

@wvstreetsvideos 11 жыл бұрын

That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

@rodions9892 6 жыл бұрын

Really good idea. Thank you. It is wonderful

@neo80 9 жыл бұрын

Hi, I wanted to know if a normal laser cutting and engraving which will adptaron a movable table in the Z axis or a special machine thanks

@doylemaleche9937 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome work! Never knew this could be accomplished with a laser cutter! can any laser cutter with a Z Axis do this? thank you.

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

In this video we use 1.5mm acrylic. But the process should also work with acrylic of different thicknesses and other thermoforming materials.

@angelindiaimpex 10 жыл бұрын

hi it is really nice to see 3d work pls let us know which material u are using for 3d is it acrylic or some other pvc material .

@pkillor 11 жыл бұрын

Very witty! I have to try this new technique, haha! Thanks for sharing.

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

These are alternatives. You can either use the CAD interface and draw on your computer screen _or_ use the interactive fabrication interface and draw directly on the workpiece. Sorry, we should have made this more clear in the video. Hope my answer helps to clarify this.

@fs7747 11 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen laser cutters which will change the z depth while cutting which you show in 1 : 40. Amazing work I should give it a try in school laser cutters

@drkastenbrot 9 жыл бұрын

Stunning idea

@unicorn7337 10 жыл бұрын

What's the phone holder object manufactured at the beginning of the video?

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

LaserOrigami is part of my dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Patrick Baudisch at the Human Computer Interaction Lab at Hasso Plattner Institute. We have more awesome projects on our website (link is in the video description). Thanks :).

@SherkhaNO1 10 жыл бұрын

Wow this is amazing !

@RickEverett 10 жыл бұрын

Sorry if it is posted somewhere else, but I did not see what type of laser you are using....could you please let me know and maybe the cost, power, and such?....Thank you.

@RickEverett 10 жыл бұрын

Found it in the comments....PLS6.150D with a 1.5 lens

@minitruckin 11 жыл бұрын

do you have another video showing raw video speed, curious about cut times in real time, thanks awesome stuff

@LimeTwyst 11 жыл бұрын

Is the CAD software (with components library) shown in the video available for download?

@nancyotero5397 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! I have a helix epilog, can I that with it? How do you control the focus on the laser? I'll love to do it. We work with schools and kids from vulnerable populations, they will love it

@LowCostCncRetrofits 11 жыл бұрын

Clever I liked home you weakened and heated the edges to create the folds NICE !

@0001NASA 11 жыл бұрын

so good the machine and the acrylic products creator.

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

All materials that get compliant when heated up can be used (in other words: all thermoforming materials) and they need to have a transition temperature low enough so that it can be reached by the power of a regular laser cutter. For acrylic the transition temperature is around 110-130 degree. For glass it's much higher so I don't think it can be reached by a normal laser cutter.

@miguelqueteimporta8484 10 жыл бұрын

great video

@corseceng 11 жыл бұрын

Questions. Can the processes be used with thicker 3mm acrylic? Also any chance of getting those visio files or better yet the DXF?

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

Good idea. Thanks for the tip!

@vivianoy146 8 жыл бұрын

very amazing laser-cutting machine!

@owenhoman-booth5224 2 жыл бұрын

How many mm down does the table go for the engrave step?

@garyli8758 10 жыл бұрын

very good performance

@abrahamd2k 11 жыл бұрын

What do you do with the excess material left over? Seems to get pricy after a while. Also are the cuts clean and true enough to bond pieces together?

@Scerab 11 жыл бұрын

At 2:30 there was a small machine that rotated the part. I was wondering what the ball barrings in its botton were for. My first thought was weighing it down but then I thought that the machine must but fixed in place if the laser is going to give precise cuts. Very cool video and Machine. Thumbs way up

@fleshtonegolem 10 жыл бұрын

is it simply heating the plastic and that is what is allowing it to bend with the gravity or it is slicing it thinner until it bends? I'm curious at to how this is achieved because of both have entirely different strength properties at the creases. Really innovative process.

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, this is a CHI 2013 fullpaper and will be released in May. I will be happy to send you a prerelease version. Just email me (my webpage link is in the video description).

@MikeSouthliberty 10 жыл бұрын

How strong are the folded parts? Just curious if the finished product is strong at the bent part.

@jackoneill8585 7 жыл бұрын

can you give me a link to the program please? that looks like something i can do

@Kadri-Sopjani-ZDB 10 жыл бұрын

what type of lafer you used Stefanie Mueller please i need to know

@iCrisLopez 11 жыл бұрын

stefanie i have a question for u, is awsome this process but i need to know what is the song tha u used! thanku so much

@hughtub 11 жыл бұрын

For the bending portions, does the laser just heat the plastic so it bends, or does it etch away until it is weakened enough to bend?

@caribfacesassi3544 10 жыл бұрын

I would wanna know how much weight it can hold, caz I'd wanna cut thicker plastic than that?

@MojoSogo 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing... you are a genius!

@tapao 11 жыл бұрын

I work in the model shop at my school. I recently discovered this and would love to try it out. I realized we have a z direction control so id be able to do something like this. Is there somewhere that would show me the setting to do this or was it just trial and error?

@alienkishorekumar 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff. I'm happy that I'm going to study Photonik Technik in Deutschland.

@brewacom 9 жыл бұрын

Hallo. Tolle Sachen macht ihr da! Ist das ein spezielles Acryl Material, dass da verarbeitet wird ?

@MikeTrieu 11 жыл бұрын

True that. My personal belief is that having to "look something up" in 2013 isn't exactly the chore it was a couple decades ago, so there should be no excuse for ignorance anymore.

@FrankSandqvist 11 жыл бұрын

Hello! Have you tried this with thicker materials? Would it work with 5mm acrylic?

@valentinsuteu 11 жыл бұрын

Impressive, I'm trying it with my laser cutter bu I cannot manage not to have any trace on the material. Can you tell me what are your settings for power, speed and defocus?

@nevetsokyeron 11 жыл бұрын

I have access to the same ULS laser you're using here. Can you tell me what settings are being used to do the "bends"? It appears to be fast at low power, but I'd rather not waste a lot of material trying to figure out those settings. Can you help?

@rdoetjes 9 жыл бұрын

How is the feedback done that the material is actually bend so that you don't eventually cut through it?

@ethancheung1676 6 жыл бұрын

Raymond Doetjes it used a out of focus beam to heat the crease but not cutting through it, then let gravity do the bending job

@3roomlab769 11 жыл бұрын

hi may i know what kind of plastic sheet is used?

@Xaluber 11 жыл бұрын

What type of laser do you use? How many mW and what frequency?

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

This is a laser cutter from universal laser systems (PLS6.150D). Prices vary, so I think the best thing is you send them a price request on their webpage. There are also smaller and larger laser cutters available. Also other companies sell them, such as Epilog and Trotec. Our laser cutter techniques should work with any laser cutter model that has a movable motion table (z-axis).

@shiyihang1664 6 жыл бұрын

Any website I can download the laser origami layout?

@drah1111 8 жыл бұрын

How many Wats has your laser machine ? Can you tell me what parametars do you use (speed and power) when he flex acrylic? Thanks Great work

@roboluptak817 6 жыл бұрын

Ivan Drahotusky hi, the same question here, did you came to some set up meanwhile ( universal pls 150.6 a100watts)

@jamesfwilliamson 11 жыл бұрын

Have you considered using it on industrial lasers to bend steel?

@matthewbuchanan3174 11 жыл бұрын

My same thought. A benefit of 3d printing is that one does not lose materials often.

@ErdemYldrmer 11 жыл бұрын

Great! But how does plastic folding mechanism works?

@113jms 11 жыл бұрын

So if you need to have multiple edges bend at the same time, how does the laser handle all of them at once so it doesn't warp? Are you planning on adding lasers for more complex designs? This is pretty awesome

@ProsediPTY507 10 жыл бұрын

disculpa cuanto sale ese equipo, saludos.

@lifetaste1612 4 жыл бұрын

how to program laser for bending the sheet

@samihalter 10 жыл бұрын

Now this... This is creativity. (Inb4 this is Sparta!)

@leduchanh309 11 жыл бұрын

Hi, your job is great and very interesting, I would like to have a small question : why do you have the step 2 : interactive fabrication. I think step 1 is enough since you have the drawing-> you have the coordinate

@GenXV1 11 жыл бұрын

Impressive, I never considered using the laser in this way. Have you considered adding a fixture under the acrylic to allow you to generate angles other than 90 degrees?

@gamusinoify 11 жыл бұрын

Great! What kind of laser do you work with?

@sparten1114 6 жыл бұрын

has anyone use software called paprika? is is for building 3d customs and paper 3d objects. i us my laser to cut the origami layout with bend and glue lines lust like this is doing. i then used projection plastic like what you use on an old overhead projector instead of paper make a very strong useful object in 3d then used body putty to finish off the part was very fast and made large parts quickly.

@TheKumarrishank 11 жыл бұрын

can glass be worked using this method?

@stefaniemuellerhci 11 жыл бұрын

This is a laser cutter from Universal Laser Systems (PLS6.150D with a 1.5 lens). But every lasercutter that has a platform that can be moved up and down should work.

@MrLuigge 11 жыл бұрын

what is that thing inside the iphone??

@russellcresser5826 7 жыл бұрын

Great work nicely shot. Thanks for posting that. I realy cannot understand the negative comments. If people want to moan about a waste of materials etc they should go count the yachts in the bay.

@Thepredathors 6 жыл бұрын

it works with any laser also trotec ???

@ad-si 11 жыл бұрын

Sehr cool! Ich hätte noch eine Frage: Wie groß darf das Verhältnis Kantenlänge/Fläche maximal sein, damit die Schwerkraft ausreicht um es richtig hinzubiegen?

@jacksonlyman171 8 жыл бұрын

what lasser macine is that

@Digole 6 жыл бұрын

clever idea to bend the acrylic

@syyhn85 10 жыл бұрын

Whats the name of that cutter? ;) And when u "bend" the material do u only go with same power over the same line all the time until the result is what u want? :P