Journal
MATERIALS
Volume 14, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma14195753
Keywords
hybrid additive manufacturing; high-speed milling; selective laser melting; construction rules
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The study evaluates fundamental properties of a hybrid manufacturing approach that combines selective laser melting and high speed milling, characterizes typical geometrical features and concludes on a catalogue of design rules. The hybrid approach demonstrates higher geometric accuracy and improved surface roughness compared to sole selective laser melting, with specific design rules identified for basic geometric elements.
We report on a comprehensive study to evaluate fundamental properties of a hybrid manufacturing approach, combining selective laser melting and high speed milling, and to characterize typical geometrical features and conclude on a catalogue of design rules. As for any additive manufacturing approach, the understanding of the machine properties and the process behaviour as well as such a selection guide is of upmost importance to foster the implementation of new machining concepts and support design engineers. Geometrical accuracy between digitally designed and physically realized parts made of maraging steel and dimensional limits are analyzed by stripe line projection. In particular, we identify design rules for numerous basic geometric elements like walls, cylinders, angles, inclinations, overhangs, notches, inner and outer radii of spheres, chamfers in build direction, and holes of different shape, respectively, as being manufactured by the hybrid approach and compare them to sole selective laser melting. While the cutting tool defines the manufacturability of, e.g., edges and corners, the milling itself improves the surface roughness to Ra < 2 mu m. Thus, the given advantages of this hybrid process, e.g., space-resolved and custom-designed roughness and the superior geometrical accuracy are evaluated. Finally, we exemplify the potential of this particular promising hybrid approach by demonstrating an injection mold with a conformal cooling for a charge socket for an electro mobile.
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