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Design Approach for Additive Manufacturing of a Dynamically Functioning System: Lifeboat Hook

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The design freedom provided by Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables the part consolidation (PC) of sophisticated mechanical assemblies. However, PC has been mainly performed for static components in assemblies with nonmoving parts. In this regard, a new approach to assembly-level Design for Additive Manufacturing (A-DfAM) considering an industrial lifeboat hook assembly with a functionally dynamic system is proposed. The methodology comprises steps starting from inputting the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) files for the 3D printing of the final assembly and evaluation. Throughout the design stages, opportunistic and restrictive natures of DfAM within our methodology direct engineers and designers to manufacture optimized products. In addition, a comparative assessment of the original and final assemblies is also illustrated. Consequently, a significant part-count reduction after PC was achieved, and the prototype of the lifeboat hook components was printed via laser-powder bed fusion (L-PBF). This shows that by incorporating the suggested A-DfAM framework, it can serve as a potential guide to whoever intends to manufacture dynamic assemblies.

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This work was supported by KITECH general project grant (#EH210006) from Korea Ministry of Economy and Finance in 2020.

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    Ulanbek Auyeskhan, Chung-Soo Kim, Tran Van Loi, Jihwan Choi & Dong-Hyun Kim

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Republic of Korea

    Ulanbek Auyeskhan & Namhun Kim

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

    Tran Van Loi

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Auyeskhan, U., Kim, N., Kim, CS. et al. Design Approach for Additive Manufacturing of a Dynamically Functioning System: Lifeboat Hook. Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. 9, 1349–1367 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40684-021-00399-4

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