A STRUCTURED LOOK AT NEW DESIGN POSSIBILITIES FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINES

DS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference

Year: 2016
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad, Skec Stanko
Author: Whitney, T. S.; Moultrie, J.
Series: DESIGN
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 561-570

Abstract

Rapid prototyping machines are extremely popular, but in terms of robustness, speed and precision are inherently limited. At a cursory glance, they appear to be designed following the principles of their predecessors. This paper takes a morphological approach to analyze the design of these machines, by breaking them into individual elements to compare their performance and consider the potential for new designs. A novel ‘periodic table’ of potential designs is proposed. This analysis confirms that a lot of design space isn't being used, indicating a degree of ‘fixation’ in current products.

Keywords: additive manufacturing, design for x (DfX), conceptual design

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