Cocoa Press Chocolate 3D Printer

3D Printing
Cocoa Press is a 3D printer that prints in chocolate. The current version features an pneumatic syringe, milled aluminum extruder and a solid state chocolate cooling system. Press go, and receive the desert of your dreams!

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Ellie Weinstein

Ellie Weinstein is a rising senior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in Mechanical Engineering and submatriculating into Robotics. Her love of engineering began at an early age with the Lego Mindstorms RCX kit and she now works in an additive manufacturing lab at school.

Categories: 3D Printing, 3D Printing, Engineering, Food & Beverages, Robotics

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What inspired you to make this project?
In 11th grade I joined my school's FIRST robotics program. I had heard of 3D printers, but I had never seen one. By the end of the semester, I had become "the 3D printer guy" at my school, helping to maintain the various printers in our lab. I slowly realized the potential of these machines and decided that I wanted to dig deeper into the mechanisms behind the magic. At the start of my senior year of high school, I had the opportunity to complete any engineering project I could come up with. I truly believed that I could build anything. I wanted to create something unique in the field of 3D printing that did not already exist as a consumer product. I came up with the idea for a chocolate 3D printer and the Cocoa Press was born.