1. Qualification of rapid prototyping tools: proposition of a procedure and a test part
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Robert Duchamp, Dominique Scaravetti, Patrice Dubois, Institut de Mécanique et d'Ingénierie de Bordeaux (I2M), École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Arts et Métiers Sciences et Technologies, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bordeaux (UB), Laboratoire Conception de Produits et Innovation (LCPI), HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Bordeaux (UB)-École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), and HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)-Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Rapid prototyping ,Layer manufacturing ,0209 industrial biotechnology ,Engineering ,business.product_category ,Process (engineering) ,Qualification of manufacturing tools ,02 engineering and technology ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Mécanique: Génie mécanique [Sciences de l'ingénieur] ,020901 industrial engineering & automation ,Layer (object-oriented design) ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Benchmarking ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Test part ,Manufacturing engineering ,Quality assurance ,Computer Science Applications ,Machine tool ,Test (assessment) ,[SPI.MECA.GEME]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Mechanics [physics.med-ph]/Mechanical engineering [physics.class-ph] ,Identification (information) ,Control and Systems Engineering ,0210 nano-technology ,business ,Software - Abstract
International audience; Rapid prototyping machines are becoming faster at manufacturing machine tools. The processes of quality assurance impose the qualification of the production devices. A procedure and a test part are proposed for that purpose; intended for the family of processes of point-by-point layer manufacturing. Existing test parts only permit benchmarking and comparisons between machines: their capacity can be evaluated, but the test part analysis does not make it possible to establish the link between noted defects and their causes. The proposed process and test part permit the identification of the defects and whether their origins are machine or material linked. This paper describes the approach used to design the test part. Some preliminary measures were made on a test part, in order to discuss procedure and measurements.
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- 2008
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