Arburg Modular Verfahrensoptimierung
Project title
Process optimization of a droplet-based Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology
Goal
Warpage-minimized manufacturing with semi-crystalline thermoplastic material
Controlling the mechanical properties of additive manufactured parts
Contact
Konstantin Strübig (M.Sc.)
Application
Additive Manufacturing of thermoplastic functional prototypes and final parts
Research topic
Development of building strategies for dimensional accurate manufacturing and optimized mechanical properties
State of the art
Manufacturing of amorphous thermoplastic parts in Droplet-Based AM
Extrusion-based AM, e.g. Fused Layer Modeling
Drawbacks of the State of the Art
Uncontrollable warpage behaviour during manufacturing with semi-crystalline thermoplastics
Anisotropic mechanical properties
Concept
Development of optimized building strategies using MATLAB
Deriving a dynamic shrinkage model of the manufacturing process
Current Results
Generation of machine G-Code using MATLAB
Implementation of six novel building strategies
Warpage reduction > 50 %