Exercise_02 AM THGA

You start with a new idea, what kind of process do you prefer?

• Rapid Tooling

• Additive Manufacturing

• Rapid Prototyping

• Rapid Manufacturing

What is a possible application for Rapid Tooling?

• Models

• Tools

• Cheap parts

• Cool stuff

Advantages of Rapid Manufacturing:

• Complexity

• Individualization

• New technology

• Production on demand

Disadvantages of Rapid Manufacturing

• Only tools are possible

• Investment costs

• Complexity

• Limitation to polymers

What is the difference between direct and direct multi-stage processes?

• One of them is necessary for metals

• Energy source

• Difference between polymer and metal

• Subsequent processes

What belongs to the AM data flow?

• Data collection

• STL-conversation

• AM-process

• Video on Youtube

What does triangulation means?

• Increased printing speed

• Approximation of the surface by triangular facets

• Triangular printing area

• Transformation to squares

Disadvantages of STL-files:

• Only geometry is described

• Possibility of defects

• No possibility of defects

• Redundancy of data

What are possible STL-errors:

• Construction error

• Printing error

• Conversion error

• Description error