scholarly journals An Innovative (DIW-Based) Additive Manufacturing Process

2021 ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Louison Poudelet ◽  
Anna Castellví ◽  
Laura Calvo
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Electronic Equipment ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Recycled Materials ◽  
Direct Ink Writing

AbstractThis chapter will describe the activity of Fenix project that consisted in developing the hardware, infrastructure and processes to make possible the re-use of the recycled metals through an Additive Manufacturing (AM) method called Direct Ink Writing (DIW). It will first explain what is DIW and why it is an interesting way to give added value to recycled materials specially metals. It will then focus on the working principles and the parts of a DIW machine and end with a conclusion of the adequacy of this technology to new circular business models for the recycling of Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).

scholarly journals A Systematic Literature Review on Additive Manufacturing in the Context of Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6007
Author(s):  
Stavros Ponis ◽  
Eleni Aretoulaki ◽  
Theodoros Nikolaos Maroutas ◽  
George Plakas ◽  
Konstantina Dimogiorgi
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Status ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing (AM) is, undoubtedly, one of the most promising and potentially disruptive technologies of the Industry 4.0 era, able to transform the traditional manufacturing paradigm and fuel the generally accepted and necessary shift towards the conceptualisation, design and adoption of sustainable and circular business models. The objective of this paper is to contribute to the structure of the scientific field residing in the intersection of AM and Circular Economy (CE), by determining the status of its current state-of-the-art, proposing an initial typology in an attempt to contribute to the existing efforts of structuring this rather novice research area and pinpointing research gaps where more focus should be put, and highlighting areas with a significant potential for added-value future research. To that end, a sample of 206 papers, published from 2014 to 2020, was retrieved from the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. After studying and critically evaluating their content in full, contributions were classified into six thematic categories, providing a first typology of the current literature, followed by a detailed section highlighting and taxonomizing existing review studies. Next, contributions of the three categories of interest are discussed followed by a critical evaluation of the study’s contribution, inherent limitations and future research potential.

scholarly journals Blade Segment with a 3D Lattice of Diamond Grits Fabricated via an Additive Manufacturing Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Chen ◽  
Peng Chen ◽  
Yongjun Huang ◽  
Xiangxi Xu ◽  
Yibo Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Service Life ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Cutting Speed ◽  
Inspection System ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Filling Rate ◽  
Pressure System ◽  
Manufacturing Equipment ◽  
Diamond Blade

Abstract Diamond tools with orderly arrangements of diamond grits have drawn considerable attention in the machining field owing to their outstanding advantages of high sharpness and long service life. This diamond super tool, as well as the manufacturing equipment, has been unavailable to Chinese enterprises for a long time due to patents. In this paper, a diamond blade segment with a 3D lattice of diamond grits was additively manufactured using a new type of cold pressing equipment (AME100). The equipment, designed with a rotary working platform and 16 molding stations, can be used to additively manufacture segments with diamond grits arranged in an orderly fashion, layer by layer; under this additive manufacturing process, at least 216000 pcs of diamond green segments with five orderly arranged grit layers can be produced per month. The microstructure of the segment was observed via SEM and the diamond blade fabricated using these segments was compared to other commercial cutting tools. The experimental results showed that the 3D lattice of diamond grits was formed in the green segment. The filling rate of diamond grits in the lattice could be guaranteed to be above 95%; this is much higher than the 90% filling rate of the automatic array system (ARIX). When used to cut stone, the cutting amount of the blade with segments made by AME100 is two times that of ordinary tools, with the same diamond concentration. When used to dry cut reinforced concrete, its cutting speed is 10% faster than that of ARIX. Under wet cutting conditions, its service life is twice that of ARIX. By applying the machine vision online inspection system and a special needle jig with a negative pressure system, this study developed a piece of additive manufacturing equipment for efficiently fabricating blade segments with a 3D lattice of diamond grits.

Evaluation of Parts Produced by a Novel Additive Manufacturing Process

2013 ◽  
Vol 315 ◽  
pp. 63-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fahad ◽  
Neil Hopkinson
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Rapid Prototyping ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Coordinate Measuring Machine ◽  
Layer By Layer ◽  
Nylon 12 ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
End Use

Rapid prototyping refers to building three dimensional parts in a tool-less, layer by layer manner using the CAD geometry of the part. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is the name given to the application of rapid prototyping technologies to produce functional, end use items. Since AM is relatively new area of manufacturing processes, various processes are being developed and analyzed for their performance (mainly speed and accuracy). This paper deals with the design of a new benchmark part to analyze the flatness of parts produced on High Speed Sintering (HSS) which is a novel Additive Manufacturing process and is currently being developed at Loughborough University. The designed benchmark part comprised of various features such as cubes, holes, cylinders, spheres and cones on a flat base and the build material used for these parts was nylon 12 powder. Flatness and curvature of the base of these parts were measured using a coordinate measuring machine (CMM) and the results are discussed in relation to the operating parameters of the process.The result show changes in the flatness of part with the depth of part in the bed which is attributed to the thermal gradient within the build envelope during build.

Toward Metamodels for Composable and Reusable Additive Manufacturing Process Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Witherell ◽  
Shaw Feng ◽  
Timothy W. Simpson ◽  
David B. Saint John ◽  
Pan Michaleris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Metal Powder ◽  
Manufacturing Process ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Powder Bed Fusion ◽  
Powder Bed ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Am Processes

In this paper, we advocate for a more harmonized approach to model development for additive manufacturing (AM) processes, through classification and metamodeling that will support AM process model composability, reusability, and integration. We review several types of AM process models and use the direct metal powder bed fusion AM process to provide illustrative examples of the proposed classification and metamodel approach. We describe how a coordinated approach can be used to extend modeling capabilities by promoting model composability. As part of future work, a framework is envisioned to realize a more coherent strategy for model development and deployment.

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