Design
Airbus Partition Built in Pieces for Weight Savings
The large component was successfully produced within a limited build envelope thanks to connection features designed into the pieces. Advances in powder-bed build size will permit greater efficiency in producing parts such as these.
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Biomimicry: Nature’s Way of Cooling Tools with DMLS
Research leveraged biomimicry, a design method based on structures and systems found in nature, to develop a better mold.
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The Power of AM Is in Product and Process
Additive manufacturing will advance where DFAM improves product performance and is supported by the process chain.
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7 Helpful Numbers Quantify Design Rules for Additive Manufacturing
How tiny can features get? How high can walls extend? What is the longest unsupported distance a bridge of material can span between two features? These and other DMLS and SLS design rules addressed by expert from Proto Labs.
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Molder’s Experience Illustrates How AM Will Interact with Other Advances
Additive manufacturing is not moving forward in isolation. It will leverage and work in harmony with other manufacturing technologies that are also moving forward.
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Successful Prints Require Feedback Before They Go to the Machine
DFAM is unlike designing for subtractive machining or injection molding, and requires acute understanding of the machine, process and materials involved.
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Progress Toward a Model for DMLS
Research funded by America Makes is creating a model that will minimize thermal distortion in DMLS.
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The Next Generation of AM Software Will Be Generative
Autodesk’s Amar Hanspal looks at additive manufacturing and the future of making things.
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How Does Topology Optimization Work? See the Recorded Webinar
This SolidThinking presentation includes examples of weight-optimized parts, demonstration of topology optimization and responses to viewer questions.
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Design for AM: Diesel Engine Support Optimized for Savings and Performance
A diesel engine support, connecting the powertrain and the vehicle chassis, is optimized for weight savings, performance and manufacturing cost reduction as a result of redesigning the part for AM.
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