Search

Browse

• Communities
• Authors
• Year
• Titles
• Subjects

My Space

• Login

Manufacturing capabilities of additive manufacturing technologies in unmanned aerial vehicle production

Kostakis Ioannis

Full record

---

Summary

The term Additive Manufacturing (AM) includes a set of manufacturing technologies of natural products with complex geometries directly from three-dimensional data models (CAD data). In contrast to the conventional manufacturing technologies (cutting, turning, milling) based on material removal, AM technologies the finished product is made by adding raw material 'layer by layer'. The rapid development of both computer science and materials science, gave a huge boost to AM technologies, which have been developing since about 1980. Until recently Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Tooling was the term used for AM technologies, as they applied mainly for prototyping and for tools production, during the design and development stages of a new product. The term AM adopted to signal the opportunity offered by these technologies for direct manufacturing of finished products ready to use. AM technologies accelerate innovation, reduce the total time of production of new products, shrink supply chain, reduce waste and lower consumption of both materials and energy. These promising technologies have penetrated many sectors of industry, such as aviation and automotive industries as well as electronic industry.In this paper an attempt will be made to study and present all the technologies that included in the term Additive Manufacturing. Moreover all these technologies will be categorized according to the type of raw materials used in each method and according to the type of basic technology that is used to achieve the construction of the final product. Then we investigate which of these technologies can be used in the aviation industry and specifically in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle production.

Available Files

Services