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Safety and Workflow Considerations for Modern Metal Additive Manufacturing Facilities

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There is a strong desire within the metal additive manufacturing industry to immediately leverage research discoveries to improve process and part quality. Rapid transfer of knowledge from a university setting to a factory floor is greatly enhanced if researchers have direct access to the same type of equipment being used by industry. Challengingly, the operation of much of this equipment requires specially designed facilities—the specifications for which are not well reported in the prior literature. Informed by their recent experience of constructing a new metal additive manufacturing research laboratory, the authors enumerate many of the design challenges they faced and the solutions they implemented.

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  1. Often classified as flammable solids.12

  2. This value is based on a conservative interpretation of guidelines from the National Fire Protection Agency.14

  3. Provided that such enclosures remain non-flammable.

  4. Because many AM machines reject significant amounts of heat into the surrounding area via chillers, more substantial air conditioning resources may need to be allocated than is typical for a similarly sized laboratory.

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Acknowledgements

Ideas for the design of the NextManufacturing Center’s Additive Manufacturing Laboratory originated from a variety of sources. In particular the authors would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions: Tara Balonick, Debomita Basu, Dr. Brian Fisher, Dr. Zachary Francis, Jeffery Harris, Dr. Colt Montgomery, Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra, Michael Patrick, Prof. Allen Robinson, and Edward Wojciechowski of CMU; Mick McNutt of GBBN Architects; Joseph Gaus, A.J. Kryzosiak, and Carl Thieret of CJL Engineering; Mark Rayburn and Kevin Shaffer of Rycon Construction; and Cliff Humes, Bob Kappas, Tim Kunz, and Bob Oddis of various sub-contractors.

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  1. NextManufacturing Center, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Luke Scime, Sandra DeVincent Wolf & Jack Beuth

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Luke Scime & Jack Beuth

  3. GBBN Architects, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Stephen Mrdjenovich

  4. Campus Design, Facility Development, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Michael Kelley

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Scime, L., Wolf, S.D., Beuth, J. et al. Safety and Workflow Considerations for Modern Metal Additive Manufacturing Facilities. JOM 70, 1830–1834 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-018-2971-4

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