We report on a comprehensive study to evaluate fundamental properties of a hybrid
manufacturing approach, combining selective laser melting and high speed milling, and to …

Biomimetics as well as additive manufacturing have prominently produced novel design
approaches for parts and products independently from each other. The combination of both …

Particulate matter (PM) emitted during laser additive manufacturing with stainless steel
powder materials has been studied in detail. Three different additive manufacturing …

Although numerous successful showcases demonstrated the technological readiness of
Additive Manufacturing (AM), its adoption continues to pose a major challenge to industrial …

Feature databases for additively manufactured (AM) designs have been identified as a
promising tool to support engineers during the design process. This paper investigates the …

Automated clamping for post-processing of mass-customized parts is a challenging step in
the laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) process chain. In this study, a novel modular sheet …

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) enables the production of complex and individualized
designs. However, most AM parts require postprocessing with subtractive manufacturing …

Over the last decades, Additive Manufacturing (AM), also called 3D-Printing, has matured
from a rapid prototyping process to a manufacturing process for end-user applications. At …

Nature is the biggest teacher and inspirer for humen since it involves the evolution over 3.5
billion years. Nature motivates scientists to capture the diverse models to be transformed …

In order to minimize the effort involved in conceptualizing lightweight designs, this paper
presents a novel approach to topology optimization that helps designers to enhance their …