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ADDITIVE

MANUFACTURING

Zainab ali mezher


WHAT IS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING?

Additive manufacturing is the process of creating an object by building it


one layer at a time. It is the opposite of subtractive manufacturing, in which
an object is created by cutting away at a solid block of material until the
final product is complete.
Additive manufacturing offers significant benefits to a wide range of
industries, whether it's the ability for agile product customization,
functional integration, or rapid and cost-effective spare parts procurement.
The term additive manufacturing refers to the process of adding material to
an object
Additive manufacturing has proven to be a powerful technology,
revolutionizing production processes and business models across
numerous industries. As the advantages of additive manufacturing
have become more tangible, its applications have skyrocketed over
the last few years.
While 3D printing won't completely replace traditional manufacturing
in the future, the technology's true strength comes into play when it is
integrated with those conventional methods. After all, a simple error
or delay on a production line can lead to big losses in both time and
money. Integrating innovative technologies with additional benefits
could be a worthy solution for any production line. This is all a part of
responding to manufacturing industry change.
Technically, additive manufacturing can refer to any process
where a product is created by building something up, such as
molding, but it typically refers to 3-D printing.
It is well known that there are many difficulties in machining of
some materials such as titanium, nickel alloys etc. through
traditional manufacturing methods. Therefore, there is a need for
alternative manufacturing technique that will offset most of
these difficulties. Candidate manufacturing method is the AM
technology where there is no individual tooling required. Thus,
AM is an ideal technology for rapid manufacturing.
The whole additive manufacturing process can be explained in 9 different
steps, five of which involve a succession of information conversions
through different software:
Raster path pattern for filling square part: a zigzag pattern, b, c the CAD
drawing and layer slices and d) real manufacture part deposited by MIG-SMD
method (E309LTI-1/T1-4)
Spiral path pattern for filling square part: a spiral pattern, b, c the CAD
drawing and layer slices and d real manufacture part deposited by the
MIG-SMD method (E309LTI-1/T1-4)
SMD USING ELECTRON BEAM HEAT SOURCE (EBF3)
Electron beam freeform fabrication (EBF3) process was firstly
introduced by NASA Langley research center. This process uses
electron beam as a melting source and a wire feedstock which is
fed into the melt pool in a vacuum environment. It uses
engineering alloys such as Ti-6Al-4V and Al-2219 in standard
wire form. The Figure shows the shapes of the components
produced at NASA Langley. The EBF3 system consists of an
electron-beam gun, wire feeder, and positioning system
enclosed in and vacuum chamber.
7 TYPES OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
As explained earlier, the additive manufacturing technology continuously adds material to build
the object through a layer by layer process. It is important to note that additive manufacturing is
not a single technology but a group of technologies that operate on the principle of
manufacturing through addition of new material rather than subtraction. As defined by ASTM,
all additive manufacturing technologies can be classified into seven categories as below.
Here are the seven most commonly used additive manufacturing techniques:
 Material Extrusion
 Sheet Lamination
 Binder Jetting
 Material Jetting
 Directed Energy Deposition
 Powder Bed Fusion
 Vat Photopolymerization

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