Implementation of FEM analysis into additive manufacturing to increase productivity and components strength
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. Namestie slobody 17, Bratislava, 812 31 Bratislava. Slovakia.
Research Article
Global Journal of Engineering and Technology Advances, 2022, 10(01), 087–093.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gjeta.2022.10.1.0024
Publication history:
Received on 15 December 2021; revised on 17 January 2022; accepted on 19 January 2022
Abstract:
Technologies of additive manufacturing present in this age a progressive way for component production from different materials using only one production device. Additive production has great potential and high growth in the market. The main applications are in sectors such as aerospace, automotive, healthcare and consumer goods. This paper describes development of new methodology with approach integrated outputs of stress analysis into the printing software. Methodology is based on some steps. The digital CAD model of the proposed component is subjected to strength analysis through the Finite Element Method (FEM). The output of the strength analysis is the division of the component into a bounded volume areas with varying levels of stress. These outputs will be integrated into developed software to design a specific model layout and technology and material print parameters to generate data for 3D printing to gain optimized print component structure, optimized technology and material print parameters to maximize component strength and minimize production times and costs.
Keywords:
Additive manufacturing; Fused Deposition Modeling; Finite Element Method; Stress analysis
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