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Design principles for Additive Manufacturing |
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Additive Manufacturing design concepts |
New concepts brought by Additive Manufacturing |
Obtaining a digital file of a part |
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Infill
With AM it’s possible to use a honeycomb or rectilinear infill inside a part. This can help to obtain lightweight parts and to be able to remove material but also to provide mechanicalfunctionalities.
Hollow walls
For creating visual prototypes with AM, it is possible to manufacture parts with only a solid external wall and a void cavity.
Internal cavities
Manufacturing layer by layer enables the creation of internal cavities for refrigeration.
Additive Manufactured parts can have shapes and characteristics that are impossible with traditional technologies. In this sense, the designer has to consider the different principles and possibilities of Additive Manufacturing design.
Source: By Matt Steiner and Kees08 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0],
via Wikimedia Commons
Source: Mario Arrue (IMH Instituto de Máquina-Herramienta)
Source: Mario Arrue (IMH Instituto de Máquina-Herramienta)