A new global approach to design for additive manufacturing

Rémi Ponche (1) , Jean-Yves Hascoët (1) , Olivier Kerbrat (1) , Pascal Mognol (1)

1 IRCCyN - Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes

Nowadays, due to rapid prototyping processes improvements, a functional part can be built directly through additive manufacturing. It is now accepted that these new processes can increase productivity while enabling a mass and cost reduction and an increase of the parts functionality. However, in order to achieve this, new design methods have to be developed to take into account the specificities of these processes, with the Design For Additive Manufacturing (DFAM) concept. In this context, a methodology to obtain a suitable design of parts built through additive manufacturing is proposed ; both design requirements and manufacturing constraints are taken into account.

Mots clés: Additive manufactuting; design; DFAM; methodology

Domaines: Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]

Rémi Ponche, Jean-Yves Hascoët, Olivier Kerbrat, Pascal Mognol. A new global approach to design for additive manufacturing. Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2012, 7 (2), pp.93-105. ⟨10.1080/17452759.2012.679499⟩. ⟨hal-00781211⟩