Title
Predictive modeling of geometric deviations of 3D printed products - A unified modeling approach for cylindrical and polygon shapes
Abstract
Geometric fidelity of 3D printed products is critical for Additive Manufacturing (AM) or 3D printing to be a direct manufacturing technology. Shape deviations of AM built products can be attributed to multiple variation sources such as substrate geometry defect, disturbance in process variables, and material phase change. Three strategies have been reported to improve geometric quality in AM: (1) control process variables x based on the observed disturbance of process variables Δx, (2) control process variables x based on the observed product deviation Δy, and (3) control input product geometry y based on the observed product deviation Δy. This study adopts the third strategy which changes the CAD design by optimally compensating the product deviations. To accomplish the goal an predictive model is desirable to forecast the quality of a wide class of product shapes, particularly considering the vast library of AM built products with complex geometry. Built upon our previous optimal compensation study of cylindrical products, this work aims at an unified modeling approach to predict the quality of both cylinder and polygon shapes. Experimental investigation of polygon shapes indicates the promise of predicting and compensating a wide class of products built through 3D printing technology.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/CoASE.2014.6899299
CASE
Keywords
Field
DocType
product design,3d printing,cad design,cad,shapes (structures),control input product geometry,production engineering computing,unified modeling approach,shape deviations,cylindrical products,polygon shapes,additive manufacturing,3d printing technology,am built products,control process variables,computational geometry,product deviation,direct manufacturing technology,3d printed products,geometric quality,complex geometry,three-dimensional printing,cylinder shapes,process control,predictive models,geometry,solid modeling,shape
Polygon,Engineering drawing,Work in process,Computer Aided Design,Cylinder,Algorithm,Complex geometry,3D printing,Process control,Solid modeling,Engineering
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
1.36
1
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qiang Huang14811.92
Hadis Nouri291.36
Kai Xu391.69
Yong Chen493.72
Sobambo Sosina591.69
Tirthankar Dasgupta67626.41