Abstract
AbstractAdditive Manufacturing (AM) technologies allow to produce functional parts with complex geometries that cannot be manufactured by conventional processes. However, the complexity of the product is increased and causes new constraints in the manufacturing process. Therefore, these new processes lead particularly to new needs in design methods. The objective of this paper is to explore and form an overall view of design methods, especially, robust design (RD) methods. Robust design is defined here as a methodology that enables to design a product with optimal performances and insensitivity to small variations of the inputs of the manufacturing process. In this contribution a state of the art of robust design methods applied to AM will be carried out.
Highlights
Additive Manufacturing (AM) groups a set of technologies that allows parts to be manufactured by adding material, usually layer upon layer [1]
This paper presents a state of the art of robust design methods for simple parts and products and gives some definitions and principles of RD and the Taguchi method
This contribution has presented a set of robust design methods applied in different domains such as dimensional and geometric tolerances domain, structural dynamics and tolerance compensation
Summary
AM groups a set of technologies that allows parts to be manufactured by adding material, usually layer upon layer [1]. In the last few years, AM processes have evolved quickly from rapid production of prototypes into manufacturing processes enable to produce enduse products [2] This could significantly reduce the high funding in injection moulding tooling of small series production and decrease cost and time to market within the product production [3]. There is a necessity to develop and implement RD methodologies for AM processes to assist designers The aim of these methodologies is to optimize products performances, i.e. guarantee robustness of the product against all the unwanted performance variations that could be generated due to the part geometry or process variables such as machine technology or material...etc. The research methodology consisted in selecting the articles that best explained the robust design of the mechanical parts. Afterwards, the authors will propose a vision of robust design for AM
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