| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 121, 2017
8th International Conference on Manufacturing Science and Education – MSE 2017 “Trends in New Industrial Revolution”
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| Article Number | 04002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Virtual Engineering | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201712104002 | |
| Published online | 09 August 2017 | |
Design for Additive Manufacturing, to produce assembled products, by SLS
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, B-dul. Muncii, No. 103-105, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
* Corresponding author: nicolae.balc@tcm.utcluj.ro
The paper presents a new methodology on how to design a product, which could be produced directly as an assembly, instead of manufacturing all individual parts, to be assembled after words, in a classical manner. A detailed case study is presented, on how the product’s structure could be simplified, the number of the components being drastically reduced. The theoretical Design for Assembly (DFA) methodology was tested and validated, by manufacturing the physical products, using the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) machine.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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