Hydroponic systems manufacturing using 3D printing
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2021-09-23
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Papadopoulos, Ioannis
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This dissertation was written as part of the MSc in Strategic Product Design at the International Hellenic University.
This dissertation includes the design and preparation of hydroponics systems for production using 3D printing. The goal is to design hydroponic systems that serve the increasing people's needs for access to fresh food and meet the rising trend of urban agriculture and home growing. Furthermore, one of the systems is prepared for production on International Hellenic University's 3D printer in order to explore the possibilities of manufacturing hydroponic systems using this method.
In the first chapter, there is an overview of Hydroponics; the history, the six most used techniques, the trends, and popular hydroponic structures currently on the market. In the second chapter, there is research on the trend of urban farming and home gardening and the influence of COVID-19 on it, explaining the philosophy behind the hydroponic structures' designs. Chapter two also presents and analyzes the three hydroponic systems that are designed using the CAD software "Solidworks". The last chapter describes the procedure between the CAD design and the printing process for a circular NFT system prototype following an overview of the 3D printing technology.
Special thanks to this dissertation's supervisor, Professor Dimitrios Tzetzis, for his valuable guidance through these months and to technical laboratory associate Manolis Tzimtzimis for his priceless assistance on the design 3D printing preparation process.
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Hydroponics, 3D printing