A New Methodology To Analyze The Functional and Physical Architecture of Existing Products For An Assembly Oriented Product Family Identification
A New Methodology To Analyze The Functional and Physical Architecture of Existing Products For An Assembly Oriented Product Family Identification
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Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
UNIDEMI, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica e Industrial, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
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* Corresponding author. Tel.: +351962930535; E-mail address: ba.soares@fct.unl.pt
Paul Stief *, Jean-Yves Dantan, Alain Etienne, Ali Siadat
École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, LCFC EA 4495, 4 Rue Augustin Fresnel, Metz 57078, France
Abstract
Abstract
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by address: Manufacturing, the study of the surface finish and dimensional accuracy become
With the increase in production final parts by Additive Manufacturing, the study of the surface finish and dimensional accuracy become
critical, in order to determine if it is possible to avoid costly and time-consuming post-production, especially when using Fused deposition
critical, in order to determine if it is possible to avoid costly and time-consuming post-production, especially when using Fused deposition
Modelling of Polymers. This is especially true when the goal is functional parts, where the surface quality and dimensional accuracy may
Modelling of Polymers. This is especially true when the goal is functional parts, where the surface quality and dimensional accuracy may
preclude the use of FDM. With that in mind a study was performed to evaluate the surface finish and dimensional deviations of FDM parts,
preclude the use of FDM. With that in mind a study was performed to evaluate the surface finish and dimensional deviations of FDM parts,
Abstract
when considering multiple processing parameters, by way of a design of experiments coupled with response surface methodology. The results
when considering multiple processing parameters, by way of a design of experiments coupled with response surface methodology. The results
showed that the critical parameters were face orientation, layer height and printing speed, and equations predicting the surface finish and
showed that the critical parameters were face orientation, layer height and printing speed, and equations predicting the surface finish and
dimensional
In today’s businessaccuracy were obtained,
environment, with
the trend further more
towards experimental
productresults
variety validating the equations.
and customization With these equations
is unbroken. wedevelopment,
Due to this propose guidelines for of
the need
dimensional accuracy were obtained, with further experimental results validating the equations. With these equations we propose guidelines for
manufacturing
agile and part by
reconfigurable FDM whensystems
production surface emerged
finish and/or
to dimensional
cope with accuracy
various is of importance,
products and productso families.
that a designer
To knowsand
design what changesproduction
optimize can be
manufacturing part by FDM when surface finish and/or dimensional accuracy is of importance, so that a designer knows what changes can be
made
systems as to a part
well as toand what precautions
choose the optimal must be taken
product whenproduct
matches, printing said part, in orderare
to comply with a specified
most ofsurface finish/dimensional
made to a part and what precautions must be taken when printinganalysis methods
said part, in order to needed.
comply withIndeed,
a specified the known
surface methods aim to
finish/dimensional
tolerance.
analyze a product or one product family on the physical level. Different product families, however, may differ largely in terms of the number and
tolerance.
nature of components. This fact impedes an efficient comparison and choice of appropriate product family combinations for the production
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Keywords: Surface Finish; Dimensional Tolerances; Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM); Design of Experiments (DoE); Design for Additive Manufacturing
Keywords: Surface Finish; Dimensional Tolerances; Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM); Design of Experiments (DoE); Design for Additive Manufacturing
a functional
(DfAM).analysis is performed. Moreover, a hybrid functional and physical architecture graph (HyFPAG) is the output which depicts the
(DfAM).
similarity between product families by providing design support to both, production system planners and product designers. An illustrative
example of a nail-clipper is used to explain the proposed methodology. An industrial case study on two product families of steering columns of
thyssenkrupp Presta France is then carried out to give a first industrial evaluation of the proposed approach.
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Design a part layer by2018.
Conference layer [8].
to form a part layer by layer [8].
Under the umbrella term of Additive Manufacturing (AM),
Under the umbrella term of Additive Manufacturing (AM),
thereAssembly;
Keywords: are 7 families
Design of technologies
method; that are used for turning
Family identification The manufacturing of end use parts introduces several new
there are 7 families of technologies that are used for turning The manufacturing of end use parts introduces several new
virtual 3d models to physical parts [1]. constraints to the production by AM technologies. These
virtual 3d models to physical parts [1]. constraints to the production by AM technologies. These
Although it started as a rapid prototyping technology, used constraints are:
Although it started as a rapid prototyping technology, used constraints are:
in conceptual design and manufacturing checks among others Surface roughness - A typical end use part has to adhere
in conceptual
1. Introduction design and manufacturing checks among others Surface roughness - A characteristics
typical end use manufactured
part has to adhere
[2], AM, with its increase in quality and decrease in cost, of theto product a maximum range and
value(s) of roughness, measured in (µm). and/or
[2], AM, with its increase in quality and decrease in cost, to a maximum value(s) of roughness, measured in (µm).
quickly disseminated throughout various industry clusters [3]. assembled
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filament
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To cope with this augmenting variety as well as to be able to product structure on a physical level (components level) which
identify possible optimization potentials in the existing causes difficulties regarding an efficient definition and
production system, it is important to have a precise knowledge comparison of different product families. Addressing this
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3. Results and Discussion The tables with the results of the RSM are shown in the
appendix.
3.1. Screening experiments
3.2. RSM Roughness
The input variables considered to be of influence on the
surface finish and dimensional deviations are: The roughness results of the RSM are shown in Equation 1
𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅𝑅ℎ𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 = 12.417 + 3.956𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 − 4.404𝛳𝛳 − 2.219 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 (1)
Infill Percentage (I%) With an Adjusted R2 of 77.25%.
Layer Thickness (Lt)
Print Speed (v) Equation 1 shows that the surface roughness decreases as
Extrusion temperature (T) Lt decreases and ϴ increases. The reason for the first one is
Size (Sz) (Dimensional Only) that with lower Layer thickness the smaller the difference
Orientation (ϴ) relative to the print bed (roughness between peaks and valleys. Orientation wise, for very small
only) angles in the XoY plane the staircase effect of the layer by
layer deposition of AM is very pronounced which increases
With these parameters both DoE require 25 specimens with surface roughness.
5 specimens for each variable combination, resulting in a full The adjusted R2 is quite good, although there is a caveat. In
factorial DoE. With the DoE complete an Analysis of AM there are two orientations where the values of roughness
Variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine the variables are significantly smaller than for any given direction,
that have the most impact on the responses (Table 2). specifically 0º and 90º. At these orientations, the deposition
has no staircase effect which significantly decreases
Table 2 – Important variables after screening
roughness. Figure 4 shows this difference in roughness.
Responses
Roughness Dimensional
Lt Lt
Influencing
variables
ϴ v
v T
Sz
Lt [mm] 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷� = 0.01 − 0.053𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 + 0.058𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 − 0.016𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 � + 0.013𝑣𝑣 −
v [mm/s] 10 30 50 70 90 0.0313𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆𝑆 (3)
200 205 210 215 220 With an Adjusted R2 of 86.9%
T [°C]
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Analyzing the first two equations, the Adjusted R2 is high, For the least variation, important surfaces should be
with the main difference being that the response along the Y perpendicular to the XoY plane.
axis is influenced by printing speed which does not happen to For a more controlled variation part dimensions should be
the X axis, possibly due to a quirk in either the RSM or the somewhat large.
printer itself. Given this difference in equations, the difference If accuracy is important the Z axis should be avoided for
in response is quite low, although the real deviations in Y are those accurate measurements.
closer to the predicted values. The geometric deviations in Z Parts to be printed should be designed to be printed larger
have an Adjusted R2 of 2.8%, which means that the equation than the nominal dimensions due to the fact that most
is not a good predictor of the response. The causes are mainly variations are negative, which also allows that, if dimensional
due to how 3d printers work. Namely, since the printer has to accuracy would have to be improved, below the IT9
find 0, where the print bed is, a small change in this value is measured, post processing is a necessity.
bound to change the deviations. Furthermore, other effects
such as layer compression, non-orthogonality between the 4. Conclusions
print bed and the Z axis, and non-planar print bed, can also
cause problems. Finally, in cases where the tuning of the 0 This study aimed to obtain predicting equations for surface
point is done manually, as is the case with the printer used, is roughness and dimensional tolerances for parts produced by
possibly the biggest contributor to Z variations, which can be FDM, and to develop guidelines for Design for Additive
seen in table 6 for the Center point repetitions. Manufacturing. The results show that only a few of the
Finally, in all tested specimens there is no clear pattern to printing parameters have a statistically significant influence
the deviations, with some being positive, others negative, on the response, with the prediction equations show good
sometimes in the same batch of specimens, with the exception adjusted R2 values, except for the dimensional variation in the
of larger parts where the deviations are always negative. The Z axis.
tolerance falls between IT9 and IT12 in the X and Y This also allowed for the determination of the surface
directions, and over IT14 for the Z direction. These tolerances roughness and dimensional variation, for any given value of
are within the expected values for pre-processed polymer the influencing parameters.
parts, which has an impact in the guidelines. The predicting equations confirmed that the best
orientations for surface roughness are 0º or 90º although it
3.4. Guidelines was somewhat surprising to discover that the Ra at 90º is
smaller than at 0º. At low angles of orientation, the staircase
With these tests Guidelines for FDM regarding surface effect is much more prevalent than at higher angles, resulting
roughness and geometric deviations can be given. in higher roughness. Dimensionally the study showed that in
the Z axis, a correct bed leveling and setup is of paramount
Regarding improving surface roughness: importance, and that the 3d printer was relatively similar
values of dimensional variation in the XoY plane.
Parts should ideally be a collection of rectangular prisms
and should be orientated such as the biggest surface area is on The development of the predicting equations also allowed
the print bed, since it provides the smallest value of Ra. the development of a number of guidelines to improve surface
Chamfers should be used at 45º whenever possible, instead roughness and Dimensional tolerances, furthering the
of fillets, for a constant Ra, since the equations predict an knowledge of DfAM.
equal value in all directions of the chamfer.
Parts with curved faces should have those faces printed Acknowledgements
vertically (90º) to ensure constant surface roughness.
Cylinders should be printed vertical for the best possible This work was supported by FCT, through
values of surface roughness. UNIDEMI, project UID/EMS/00667/2019.
Layer height should be as small as possible.
If any face is angled with any other face, the part should be Appendix A. Screening experiment
positioned, insuring the angled surface is at least at 45º or
higher for the best results. Table 5 – DoE results for RSM (surface Roughness)
Figure 5 shows a part with all of the above considerations.
Inputs Responses
1 0.07 25 15 7.101
2 0.13 25 15 11.117
3 0.07 75 15 6.557
4 0.13 75 15 9.233