Overview
Design for Additive Manufacturing: Tools and Optimization is a complete guide to design tools for the manufacturing requirements of AM, and how they can enable optimisation of process and product parameters for a reduction of manufacturing costs and effort. Research into AM continues to expand the technical frontiers of manufacturing with novel material technologies as well as innovations in manufacturing methods. This timely synopsis of current and pending state-of-the-art design tools for AM brings the reader right up to date with the latest methods from both academia and industry. Tools for both metallic and polymeric AM technologies are presented and critically reviewed, and their manufacturing attributes are mapped to the associated production economics providing a systematic method for optimising AM process selection. Commercial applications of AM are explained with case studies from a range of industries, demonstrating technical best-practice in AM design. Covers all the commonly used tools for designing for additive manufacture, as well as descriptions of important emerging technologies Provides systematic methods for optimising AM process selection for specific production requirement Addresses design tools for both metallic and polymeric AM technologies Commercially relevant case studies showcase best-practice in AM design from sectors including biomedical, aerospace, defence, and automotive
- | Author: Martin Leary
- | Publisher: Elsevier
- | Publication Date: December 04, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 291 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0128167211
- | ISBN-13: 9780128167212
