Smith, Paul and Lupeanu, Mihaela and Rennie, Allan (2012) Additive manufacturing technology and material selection for direct manufacture of products based on computer aided design geometric feature analysis. International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity, 6 (2-4). pp. 96-110. ISSN 1745-0055
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eveloped in a Visual Basic programming environment that aids in the selection of materials processed using additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. AM technologies such as selective laser sintering (SLS) and fused deposition modelling (FDM) have limitations on the materials available to them and each system has factors that limit the geometric freedom of the components that they can produce. Thus, materials capable of being processed on these types of technology can be selected through a method of traversing the geometric features of a computer aided design (CAD) model and performing an analysis of each individual feature’s attributes. The algorithm developed for this research uses data based on minimum feature size and a model bounding box as criteria in the selection of suitable materials. Through integration with an existing commercially available CAD software package, a component can be automatically analysed for its geometric feature properties and attributes, returning suitable AM systems and material information for selection by the operator. A number of case studies are presented that highlight the successful operation of the AM technology and material selection tool that has been developed.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Materials and Structural Integrity |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | additive manufacturing ; rapid manufacturing ; geometric feature analysis ; functional analysis ; materials selection ; computer aided design ; CAD |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering |
| ID Code: | 56783 |
| Deposited By: | ep_importer_pure |
| Deposited On: | 08 Aug 2012 15:11 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2012 13:24 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/56783 |
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