Optimisation of FDM composite lay-up tooling for additive manufacture

19 February 2015

Researchers at the AMRC Design & Prototyping Group have succeeded in cutting the time take to make a suite of carbon composite lay up tools by more than 45 per cent, while reducing the amount of support material needed by more than 80 per cent.

Comparison of the original tool (right), against the larger optimised version

The Group designed and additive manufactured (AM) the tools as part of a larger project.

Optimisation of FDM composite lay-up tooling for additive manufacture

The initial AM tool design followed a somewhat traditional form and the savings were achieved by applying design for additive manufacturing principles, using, amongst other things, tool path data, including the width of deposited material bead, generated by the software associated with the production equipment, a Stratasys Fortus900mc.

For detailed information about Optimisation of FDM composite lay-up tooling for additive manufacture contact Mark Cocking:

m.cocking@amrc.co.uk

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