Exploration of collaboration in 5-axis large-scale additive manufacturing | |
| Author | Peng, Rong |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.ISE-24-26 |
| Subject(s) | Three-dimensional printing Additive manufacturing |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Additive manufacturing technology has become one of the most popular industrial manufacturing technologies. Especially FDM 3D printing technology is increasingly favored by the manufacturing industry due to its ability to create objects and complex models easily and quickly. Accordingly, the shortcomings of FDM 3D printing technology are receiving more attention as the demand for product quality increases. One of the shortcomings is the long print time when a print unit is printing a large-scale model. Another shortcoming is the staircase effect or support structure when printing curved surfaces or models with hollow structures, which affects the quality of the product. To solve these problems, collaborative 3D printing and 5 (3+2)-axis 3D printing technology has been introduced respectively. However, there is still a lack of research on 5 (3+2)-axis and collaboration. This leads to the fact that a 5 (3+2)-axis 3D printer may take a long time when printing large-scale complex models, but if only manufacturing time is taken into account and 3-axis collaboration is used, it may result in low surface quality products. This study proposes the concept of 5 (3+2)-axis collaboration, which aims to enable multiple 5 (3+2) axis 3D printers to work together and print the same model simultaneously without collisions according to the part partitioning, task allocation, toolpath generation, and communication. To verify the proposed concept, the inspiration of the concept, implementation of the process and results are described in detail in this paper. Ultimately, the proposed concept proved that 5-axis collaboration has enormous potential to improve surface quality while shortening the manufacturing process. |
| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology |
| Department | Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (DISE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (IME) |
| Chairperson(s) | Pisut Koomsap; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Mongkol Ekpanyapong;Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | China Scholarship Council (CSC); |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2024 |