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Additive Manufacturing Unique Capabilities

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Additive Manufacturing Unique Capabilities

Additive Manufacturing Unique Capabilities

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AM Unique Capabilities

Shape complexity: it is possible to build virtually any shape


Hierarchical complexity: features can be designed with shape complexity across
multiple size scales.
 Various types of nano/microstructures
can be achieved by careful control of the
process parameters (e.g. laser power, scan
rate) for a particular material, and can
vary from point to point within a
structure.

• The ability to simultaneously control a part's nano/microstructure, mesostructure, and macrostructure


• simply by changing process parameters and
• CAD data is a capability of AM which is unparalleled using conventional manufacturing.
 Functional complexity: functional device (not just individual piece-parts) can
be produced in one build
 Material Complexity: Material can be processed one point, or one layer, at a
time as a single material or as a combination of materials

 When building parts in additive manner, one always has to access to the
inside of the part.
 Component can be inserted and it is possible to fabricate operational
mechanisms in come AM Processess

Pulley-driven snake-like robot


Source: Gibson.
The concept of functionally graded materials, or heterogeneous materials, has received
considerable attention.
However, manufacturing useful parts from these materials often has been problematic.
Example: Turbine blade for a jet engine
1. The outside of the blade must be resistant to high temperature and very stiff to prevent
elongation;
2. The blade root must be ductile and has high fatigue life;
3. Blade interiors must have high heat conductivity so that the blades can be cooled.

A part with complex shape that requires different material properties in


different regions. No single material is ideal for this range of properties.

A significant issue hindering the adoption of AM’s material complexity is the lack of
design and CAD tools that enable representation and reasoning with multiple
materials.

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