ADDITIVE

MANUFACTURING
APPLICATIONS

- JASHWANTH REDDY A (1VE18ME014)

- PRAJWAL N (1VE18ME025)
 -WHAT IS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING?

• Additive Manufacturing (AM) referred to as 3D printing

is the computer-controlled sequential layering of materials
to create three-dimensional shapes that enables the
creation of lighter, stronger parts and systems.
WHY IS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DIFFERENT
FROM OTHER MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES?
• Additive manufacturing only uses
the material necessary to create a
part, ensuring that waste is very
minimal.
• Additive manufacturing can be used
to easily create customized products.
• In additive manufacturing, a single
device handles all aspects of creation.
• Additive manufacturing involves less
labor than traditional
manufacturing.
and many more…
 CAD model to Slicing and
STL format. intersection of
01 slicing plan.

04 02

03 Slice creation
Final part for & Addition of
Post-processing layers.

Additive Manufacturing or 3D Printing process.

Applications of Additive Manufacturing Process.

• AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. • MEDICAL INDUSTRY.

AEROSPACE
INDUSTRY.
• AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES.

• The aerospace industry has been using additive manufacturing (AM) for many
applications. From aircraft and helicopter parts to engines and turbines
In the conventional manufacturing process, With additive manufacturing, there are
the following steps occur: fewer manufacturing steps and the process
goes as follows:
• Design for manufacturing (DFM) to
ensure that the part can be • Design
manufactured • Pre-processing to ensure the design can
• Vibrational analysis  be printed
• Iterate • Iterate
• Manufacture  • Manufacture
• Test
• Iterate
Six ways that additive manufacturing is used
in aerospace applications are-

• Build Parts with Complex Geometries

• More Efficient Prototyping
• Cost-Effective Production
• Increase Parts’ Internal Strength
• Create Lightweight Components
• Decrease Storage Needs
Industry Applications include…

• GE Aviation started making additively-

produced fuel nozzle tips for the LEAP
engine(Commercial aviation’s best-
selling engine with fuel efficiency up to
15 percent better)

• Aviation’s manufacturing plant in

Auburn, Alabama, celebrates its
30,000th 3D-printed fuel nozzle tip for
the LEAP engine in 2018 and still
counting.
JET ENGINE NOZZLES
The Additive Manufacturing of borescope
bosses…

• Borescope bosses are small add-on

components that allow technicians to
check the condition of turbine blades
inside the engine using endoscopes. 

Borescope bosses
Other Applications include…

TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION

• Topology optimization can be used to

reduce the weight of individual parts
conversation, and this is for good
reason.  The potential for optimized
parts to reduce weight of aircraft is
immense.  
 MEDICAL
INDUSTRY.
 Medical Industry Applications involve…

• Utilizing additive
manufacturing solutions to
deliver breakthroughs to
doctors, patients and
research institutions.
• From functional prototypes
and true-to-life anatomical
models to surgical grade
components, additive
manufacturing is opening the
door to unforeseen
advancements for life-saving
devices.
 Classification of medical applications of additive
manufacturing:

1.Medical models;
2.Implants;
3.Tools, instruments and parts for medical devices;
4.Medical aids, supportive guides, splints and prostheses;
5.Biomanufacturing.
 Medical Models

• Medical models are based on patient anatomy, and they can be used for pre- and
postoperative operations.
• Medical models are widely used in the craniomaxillofacial area, but there are also
cases, for example, from different limbs and other bone structures such as the spine
and pelvis.
 Implants

• Implants are directly or indirectly additively manufactured to replace defective or

missing tissue.
• This class also includes dental applications.
• Most typical implants are made from metals using the powder bed fusion process, and
this requires different postprocessing steps such as machining the supports, polishing
and heat treatments. 
 Tools, Instruments and Parts for Medical Devices

• Tools, instruments and parts for medical devices allow or enhance a clinical
operation.
• This class includes surgical instruments and orthodontic appliances.
• When patient-specific dimensions are utilized, the process is similar to that of
implants and preoperative models from medical imaging or 3D scanning.
 Medical Aids, Supportive Guides, Splints and Prostheses

• In this class, parts made with additive manufacturing are external to the body, and
these can be combined with standard appliances to allow customization.
• 3D modeling is based on measuring the patient’s ankle movement and adjusting the
additive manufacturing pieces to locate the hinge so that it controls the movement
under force close to the free movement of the ankle.
 Biomanufacturing
• Biomanufacturing is a combination of additive manufacturing and tissue engineering.
• In the 3D modeling phase, micro- and macrostructures are modeled, and porous
structures are often used for attracting cells and cell growth.
 Other applications are…

Implant created via Additive manufactured A titanium hip cup created Spinal cages can now be
additive manufacturing spinal implants with additive created with additive
manufacturing manufacturing.
Contribution of AM to different fields or
industries…
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