Additive Manufacturing Conformity – A Practical View

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Gregory-Jamie T
Series: DESIGN
Institution: University of Stuttgart, Germany
Section: Design for Additive Manufacturing
Page(s): 1481-1490
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.150
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

With the dissemination of additive manufacturing (AM), numerous methods have emerged to support the design process. One possibility is to improve functional solutions through AM-conformal design. Literature-based criteria for the assessment of AM-conformity already exist. Within our study, we address the gap in criteria between a theoretical perspective and a practitioner's perspective. To this end, we first explain the application of the criteria through a use case and conduct an evaluation in an industrial environment adding practitioner's criteria to enable the assessment of AM-conformity.

Keywords: additive manufacturing, conceptual design, design practice, solution principles, design principles