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Simulating Additive Manufacturing Processes in Metal Printing

Overview

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In this training, you will learn to use Ansys Mechanical to simulate the 3D printing process for components in order to optimize geometry, component orientation & warpage. This training is offered as a 1-day course.

Duration
1 day

Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Ansys Mechanical

Software used
Ansys Additive Suite, Ansys Mechanical

Benefits
  • Process simulation for metallic 3D printing in Ansys Mechanical
  • Optimize component orientation and support creation
  • Best Practice: thermal-structural-mechanical coupled analysis
  • DfAM: Use of simulation results for targeted component design

Description

The simulation of the printing process of metallic materials provides ideal support for "Design for Additive Manufacturing" (DfAM). The knowledge gained in this process can be used to improve the geometry, component orientation and support strategy. Thus, even before the first print, you will receive answers to relevant questions about product development, e.g. regarding critical deformations and stresses of the printed component. In this training, you will learn how to easily set up and evaluate process simulations for metallic 3D printing using the Ansys Mechanical Workbench Additive. For the evaluation of the results, it is important to understand the simplifications and assumptions of the simulation approach, which are necessary to achieve a reasonable solution time. In this way, you avoid problems with 3D printing and reduce costly misprints.

You work in the familiar Mechanical environment and can integrate the process simulation in Ansys Mechanical Workbench Additive as a further component in your continuous product development process. For example, you can use topology optimization directly. The "Ansys Additive Suite" license is used to edit the examples. This training is aimed at development engineers and Workbench users who want to make design decisions for additively manufactured components made of metallic materials based on target-oriented process simulations.

Detailed agenda for this 1-day training

Day 1

01 Preparation for 3D printing process simulation

  • Basic Information
  • Layer by layer or continuous strand: LPBF or DED?
  • Material data for thermal-mechanical analysis
  • Part orientation and support generation in Additive Prep
  • Export of 3D printing machine data
  • Demo: Data preparation in Additive Prep

02 Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process

  • The laser powder bed fusion process
  • Meshing options and connecting possibilities
  • Setup using the Additive Wizard
  • Warpage compensation
  • Workshop LPBF: 3D printing rotor component

03 Direct Energy Deposition (DED) method

  • Define print path manually or using G-code
  • Setup using the Additive Wizard
  • Workshop DED: buildup welding wave
  • Evaluation of temperature distribution, distortion and residual stresses

04 Advanced techniques

  • Identifying critical areas in post-processing
  • Simplified approach: Inherent Strain Approach
  • Calibration of the LPBF process
  • Reduce computation using Adaptive Meshing
  • Outlook Additive Science: Optimal printing parameters for the powder bed based laser melting process

Your Trainers

Sebastian Hoffmann
CAE Engineer, CADFEM Germany GmbH, Berlin
Dr. sc. ETH Manfred Maurer
Engineering Services, CADFEM (Suisse) AG, Aadorf

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Course, demonstration and practice on the software. Training materials are in English language.

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The training includes intermediate and final exercises to practice the elements covered in the training. The trainer will present the resolution of these exercises and will check the good understanding of each module of the course with the help of MCQ. A training certificate will attest to the validation of the knowledge assessment for each module and for the overall training.

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