Sloping wall structure support generation for fused deposition modeling

被引：61

作者：

Huang, Xiaomao ^{[1
]}

Ye, Chunsheng ^{[1
]}

Wu, Siyu ^{[1
]}

Guo, Kaibo ^{[1
]}

Mo, Jianhua ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Huazhong Univ Sci & Technol, Rapid Prototyping Ctr, State Key Lab Mat Proc & Die & Mould Technol, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY | 2009年 / 42卷 / 11-12期

关键词：

Rapid prototype manufacturing; Support; Sloping wall structure; Fused deposition modeling; STL model;

D O I：

10.1007/s00170-008-1675-2

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

080201 [机械制造及其自动化];

摘要：

Support generation is a key technology for some rapid prototype manufacturing processes. A novel support structure with sloping walls, as well as its generation algorithm, based on the STL model, was designed and tested for fused deposition modeling process in this paper. Three different types of support structure are generated according to different overhang geometrical features. Compared to the generally adopted straight wall structure, this support structure significantly reduces the volume of support structure, hence optimizes the fabrication process. Experiments show that it assists the fabrication of parts well and reduces the support material consumption and processing (or fabrication) time by about 30%.

引用

页码：1074 / 1081

页数：8

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