Analyzing the Effect of Voxel Mesh and Surface Mesh Application on Residual Stress by Simufact Additive Software

Abstract

Supplementary tools are needed to perform the engineering process in additive manufacturing. Simufact Additive is a simulation tool of MSC Software that provides a solution for structural behavior during this process. Simufact Engineering and MSC Software have released a software solution to predict the most critical failure in metal AM (Additive Manufacturing) – part distortion. Analyzing provides a solution for industrial process engineers to shorten their process development time and produce high quality parts with this novel manufacturing methodology, reaching analyzing provides printing parts “right the first time”. Metal powder bed fusion manufacturing faces many challenges. The main issue is occurs distortions and high residual stresses. The aim of the study analysis of effects on voxel-based surface mesh applications on bracket part used in aviation. In this study, the voxel mesh element size increases, the amount of distortion calculated on the part decreases. Increasing the element size value will reduce the working time.

Keywords

• metal additive manufacturing
• simufact additive
• 3d printing
• voxel-based surface mesh
• metal katmanlı i̇malat
• simufact additive
• 3b baskı
• voksel tabanlı yüzey mesh