Design for Additive Manufacturing – Supporting the Substitution of Components in Series Products

摘要: Abstract The Additive Manufacturing technologies Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Melting (SLM) are capable to produce thermoplastic or metal parts, which fit for end-user products. Both create three-dimensional objects directly from a 3D CAD model with little restrictions regarding the shape of object. This geometrical freedom in design can be utilized largely improve functionality series products by substituting conventional parts additive manufactured ones. Four criteria presented here identify components product re-design. A successful re-design has meet needs producer his customers. selection success factors demonstrated four cases.