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doi:10.22028/D291-41602
Title: | The impact of geometric complexity on manufacturing process efficiency of Selective Laser Sintering |
Author(s): | Häfele, Tobias Schneberger, Jan-Henrik Buchholz, Sören Vielhaber, Michael Griebsch, Jürgen |
Language: | English |
Title: | Procedia CIRP |
Volume: | 120 |
Pages: | 968-973 |
Publisher/Platform: | Elsevier |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Place of the conference: | Cape Town, South Africa |
Free key words: | Complexity Freedom of Design Additive Manufacturing Selective Laser Sintering Thermoplastic Polyurethane |
DDC notations: | 620 Engineering and machine engineering |
Publikation type: | Conference Paper |
Abstract: | One of the major advantages of additive manufacturing (AM) is often cited as freedom of design. In comparison to traditional manufacturing processes, this is valid because an increase in geometric complexity is not equally followed by an increase in costs. However, there are numerous challenges in this regard, since the proposed freedom of design is often presented in an undifferentiated manner, neglecting the various processes and principles of this technology. A comparison of different AM-processes (e.g., powder bed fusion and material extrusion of polymers) shows that the geometry to be generated sometimes has significant effects on the production effort in terms of building time and costs. However, these effects are insufficiently explored at the present stage. This paper addresses the aforementioned issues in order to evaluate the impact of geometric complexity on the manufacturing process. The methodology is demonstrated using the process of selective laser sintering (SLS) for polymers. The study is conducted with a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) powder. The main focus lies on the analysis of geometrical influencing factors, parameters of the manufacturing process as well as resulting production efforts. Building on these theoretical findings, the relationships are proven experimentally. For this purpose, a variety of complex geometric shapes are produced with two different SLS systems in order to analyse generation time. While maintaining typical component criteria such as height and volume, it is shown that the generation time can be changed by more than 30 % by varying the complexity. Compared to existing work, new insights into the productivity of the manufacturing process are gained regarding component design, component orientation as well as the layout of build jobs. |
DOI of the first publication: | 10.1016/j.procir.2023.09.109 |
URL of the first publication: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827123008417 |
Link to this record: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-416025 hdl:20.500.11880/37523 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-41602 |
ISSN: | 2212-8271 |
Date of registration: | 23-Apr-2024 |
Faculty: | NT - Naturwissenschaftlich- Technische Fakultät |
Department: | NT - Systems Engineering |
Professorship: | NT - Prof. Dr. Michael Vielhaber |
Collections: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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