1. Distortion Compensation for Lightweight Additive Manufacturing (DISCO-AM)

2. RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Personnel: persons (RISE) 190 (RISE IVF)
Size MSEK
Products/Services/Technical areas
RISE is the Swedish Research Institute and innovation partner. In international collaboration with industry, academia and the public sector, we ensure the competitiveness of the business community and contribute to a sustainable society. Our 2,700 employees support and promote all manner of innovative processes. RISE is an independent, state-owned research institute that offers unique expertise and about 100 testbeds and demonstration facilities, instrumental in future-proofing technologies, products and services.
Additive manufacturing in connection to the full production system chain, including powder metallurgy, process optimization, and post-treatment in additive manufacturing is an area with unique competence at RISE IVF, former Swerea IVF. We have a long track record of analyzing stress/distortion in additive manufactured components using a wide range of technologies. RISE IVF is a member of the Swedish national AM-Arena and national Competence center CAM2 and core partner in the newly started Horizon 2020-project MANUELA.

3. PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION (I)
Vision:
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a prominent manufacturing technologies for superior weight reduction in industry
However, minimizing the weight of AM parts, distortion (stresses) must be carefully studied and understood. Transition zones from thick to extremely thin section (200 µm) causes severe stress concentration and buckling
New design strategies are required to manufacture lighter part with higher quality and reduced time-to-market
Motivation:
To propose a methodology to allow manufacturing lightweight parts with higher quality and reduce time-to-market.
To develop an unique strategy to improve the understanding of the origin of stresses in Powder Bed Fusion process
To integrate simulating tools to predict the proper physical and material behaviour occurring during the PBF process
To integrate the configuration and simulation of support structures into the Design optimization step for AM parts
To create a fundamental platform for distortion compensation based on reducing residual stresses in AM products
Content:
To develop simulation tools to improve model sensibility to material/printing strategies
To develop an implement distortion compensation features for first-time-right approach
To develop printing and post-processing strategies for controlling microstructure and minimizing distortions
To develop a methodology to measure distortions of AM parts for simulation validation
To manufacture demonstrator industrial components to prove the distortion compensation developed strategy

4. PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION (II)
Expected outcome:
To understand how the stresses are generated in different AM-processes and for different materials
To implement the knowledge in different simulation tools to optimize the design by considering the process conditions
To connect the design to process simulation for first-time-right approach
To print with minimum residual stresses (less buckling, cracks, distortions, etc)
Impacts:
To minimize the development time towards a right-first-time approach where simulation tool is a pre-requisition for AM
To produce wider range of thinner and lighter parts while reducing the iterations of trials-and-errors
To reduce material and energy demands for production and extend serviceable life of components
To develop a guideline for supporting AM light weight components, applicable in all industries and segments
Schedule:
Project duration 3 years

5. PARTNERS All partners - please contact us if you se synergies!
Current Consortium:
RISE IVF
EDR&Medeso
Combitech AB
Cascade Control AB
Brogren Industries
Linköping University
Uddeholm AB
Partner search:
End users
Automotive
Energy
All partners - please contact us if you se synergies!

6. CONTACT INFO
Contact info:
Christophe Lyphout, RISE IVF
Seyed Hosseini, RISE IVF