Structured Approach for Changing Designer’s Mindset Towards Additive Manufacturing: From Theory to Practice

Author(s):  
Gustavo Menezes de Souza Melo ◽  
Gerret Lukas ◽  
Johannes Willkomm ◽  
Stephan Ziegler ◽  
Günther Schuh ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 231-240
Author(s):  
Laura Wirths ◽  
Matthias Bleckmann ◽  
Kristin Paetzold

AbstractAdditive Manufacturing technologies are based on a layer-by-layer build-up. This offers the possibility to design complex geometries or to integrate functionalities in the part. Nevertheless, limitations given by the manufacturing process apply to the geometric design freedom. These limitations are often unknown due to a lack of knowledge of the cause-effect relationships of the process. Currently, this leads to many iterations until the final part fulfils its functionality. Particularly for small batch sizes, producing the part at the first attempt is very important. In this study, a structured approach to reduce the design iterations is presented. Therefore, the cause-effect relationships are systematically established and analysed in detail. Based on this knowledge, design guidelines can be derived. These guidelines consider process limitations and help to reduce the iterations for the final part production. In order to illustrate the approach, the spare parts production via laser powder bed fusion is used as an example.


2020 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 100590 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.P. Oliveira ◽  
T.G. Santos ◽  
R.M. Miranda

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-330
Author(s):  
William Meegan

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