Large-Scale Identification of Parts Suitable for Additive Manufacturing: An Industry Perspective

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dc.creatorShepherd, Jacob J.
dc.creatorMeisel, Nicholas A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-16T15:39:38Z
dc.date.available2021-11-16T15:39:38Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractAdditive manufacturing (AM) has many potential benefits to the aerospace industry, especially when low production quantities are required. These benefits range from lightweight and complex geometries to reduced setup costs and lead time. One of the largest challenges to introducing AM into an existing aerospace vehicle is identifying which parts are candidates to be printed. This paper identifies a number of criteria that can be used to quickly filter parts into three categories: Printable As-Is, Easily Redesigned for Printing, and Not Printable Parts. The criteria are also broken into three tiers based on their level of impact on eliminating parts from the selection process. As a demonstration of these criteria, a case study is performed on a suborbital rocket, consisting of over a thousand unique parts. A flow chart is provided to guide the implementation of the filtering criteria, as well as methods to adapt the criteria to different industries.en_US
dc.description.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/90317
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/17238
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Texas at Austinen_US
dc.relation.ispartof2019 International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposiumen_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectsuitable partsen_US
dc.subjectpart filteringen_US
dc.subjectprintable As-Isen_US
dc.subjecteasily redesigned for printingen_US
dc.subjectnot printable partsen_US
dc.subjectlarge-scale additive manufacturingen_US
dc.titleLarge-Scale Identification of Parts Suitable for Additive Manufacturing: An Industry Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeConference paperen_US

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