Determining the Assumptions for the Selection of Measurement Methods for Products Manufactured with Incremental Methods

Abstract

The article presents the method of determining the assumptions for the selection of measurement methods for products manufactured with the use of incremental processes. In the research area, an analysis of 3D printing methods was carried out in terms of the specificity of the additive process, the materials used, the possibility of process deformations, and the accuracy of technological machines. With regard to the measurement methods, the analysis covered the accuracy of the method, the speed of the measurements, the costs of the measurements and the applicability to additive manufactured products. As a result of the analysis, assumptions were made for the criteria for selecting measurement methods for incrementally manufactured objects. The accuracy of prototyping in incremental processes largely depends on the accuracy of their numerical models. Taking this into account, simulations and studies of program processing of data were also carried out, starting from the development of a 3D-CAD model, through the export of numerical models and the preparation of data for manufacturing and control-measurement processes.

Keywords

• additive manufacturing
• coordinate measurements method
• data processing
• quality control
• 3D printing