[PA-NJ Glassblowers] MIT Has Developed A Mesmerizing Robotic Glass Blower

Tony Patti gaffer at glassblower.info
Fri Aug 21 22:02:34 EDT 2015


http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2015/08/robotic-glass-blower-3d-printer/ 

 

 <http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2015/08/robotic-glass-blower-3d-printer/> 

 


MIT’s Media Lab worked with MIT’s Glass Lab to develop a 3D glass printer.
It consists of two parts, a kiln that heats the glass to 1900°F, and a lower
chamber that anneals (cools) the molten glass so that it can be shaped into
one of the programmed pieces. It’s mesmerizing to watch super-heated goo
print out, and the results are stunning:

3D Printed Glass

MIT





The printer’s nozzle, by the way, is alumina-zircon-silica, which is then
cooled with an air compressor when they want to snap off the printing
process.

The project is called “G3DP” and was brought together by the Mediated Matter
Group, headed up by  <http://www.materialecology.com/projects> Neri Oxman,
an Israeli artist teaching at MIT. If you want to see some of the finished
glass pieces in person, they will be on display next year in an exhibition
at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

 

 

There is a very interesting display of the items, lit from above, towards
the end of the video, here is one frame:

 

 <http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2015/08/robotic-glass-blower-3d-printer/> 

 

Enjoy,


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