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<p>Dynamic development of 3D printing technology contributes to its wide applicability. FDM (Fused Deposition Method) is the most known and popular 3D printing method due to its availability and affordability. It is also usable in design of technical objects – to verify design concepts with use of 3D printed prototypes. The prototypes are produced at lower cost and shorter time comparing to other manufacturing methods and might be used for a number of purposes depending on designed object’s features they reflect. In the article, usability of 3D printing method FDM for designing of technical objects is verified based on sample functional prototypes. Methodology applied to develop these prototypes and their stand tests are covered. General conclusion is that 3D printed prototypes manufactured with FDM method proved to be useful for verifying new concepts within design processes carried out in KOMAG.</p>
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Dynamic development of 3D printing technology contributes to its wide applicability. FDM (Fused Deposition Method) is the most known and popular 3D printing method due to its availability and affordability. It is also usable in design of technical objects – to verify design concepts with use of 3D printed prototypes. The prototypes are produced at lower cost and shorter time comparing to other manufacturing methods and might be used for a number of purposes depending on designed object’s features they reflect. In the article, usability of 3D printing method FDM for designing of technical objects is verified based on sample functional prototypes. Methodology applied to develop these prototypes and their stand tests are covered. General conclusion is that 3D printed prototypes manufactured with FDM method proved to be useful for verifying new concepts within design processes carried out in KOMAG.

Design with Use of 3D Printing Technology

Management Systems in Production Engineering

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Dynamic development of 3D printing technology contributes to its wide applicability. FDM (Fused Deposition Method) is the most known and popular 3D printing...

Design with Use of 3D Printing Technology

Published Online: Aug 17, 2020

Page range: 283 - 291

Received: Mar 01, 2020

Accepted: Jul 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2020-0040

Keywords
3D printing, additive manufacturing, design, design process, FDM (Fused Deposition Method), prototype

© 2020 Magdalena Rozmus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Design with Use of 3D Printing Technology

Published Online: Aug 17, 2020

Page range: 283 - 291

Received: Mar 01, 2020

Accepted: Jul 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mspe-2020-0040

Keywords3D printing, additive manufacturing, design, design process, FDM (Fused Deposition Method), prototype

© 2020 Magdalena Rozmus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
3D printing, additive manufacturing, design, design process, FDM (Fused Deposition Method), prototype