additive manufacturing – Simulating Reality, Delivering Certainty

Commentary: Generative Design as a key enabler for efficiency and sustainability

mscsoftwareblog — Mon, 09 May 2022 09:09:32 +0000

Sustainability is currently a much-debated topic in politics, society and the world of business. Companies are increasingly trying to minimise their product’s ecological footprint and also to reduce energy consumption in the product’s operating phase in order to counteract rising energy prices. Lightweight construction to save resources has become an essential aspect of product development ...

New version of Simufact Additive 2021.1 with new supports and full parametric control

Michael Tran — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:11:21 +0000

Simufact Additive 2021.1 brings an enormous improvement in support structure generation. The latest version now allows the user to create new support types, such as tree supports, easily and automatically, which can be fully parameterised. You can now create support structures with the parameters you need, or simply create new supports and test them virtually ...

New release of Simufact Additive 2021 establishes a new process type and much more!

Michael Tran — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:35:13 +0000

Simufact Additive is a scalable software solution for the simulation of metal-based additive manufacturing processes which focuses on powder bed melting and metal binder jetting processes. It is designed to predict and compensate for distortion, residual stress and temperature distribution throughout the printing, heat treatment, cutting, HIP processes and machining, such as milling and drilling, ...

Multi-scale material modeling for additive manufacturing

Product Marketing — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:19:02 +0000

While additive manufacturing of reinforced polymers is appealing and increasingly considered for production of actual parts, major obstacles must be overcome by engineers. Dimensional accuracy of the part must obey to strict tolerances that may not be met due to thermally induced part distortion or poor surface roughness. On the material side, an anisotropic material behavior is brought in by the specific 3D printed layered architecture and oriented reinforcements. This process-induced material behavior make the part mechanical response challenging to predict.

Therefore, Digimat, the material modeling platform, can offer you a solution to overcome your challenges.

Additive Manufacturing Modeling, Simulation, and Lifecycle Management

Product Marketing — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:48:52 +0000

The expansion of additive manufacturing has created a need for simulation and data management tools that will help engineers optimize the 3D printing process in order to reduce production costs, increase robustness/reliability and improve performance by optimizing design. This blog post will explore how MSC’s simulation tools are currently being used by customers to advance 3D printing.

Next-Generation Materials Lifecycle Management for Additive Manufacturing

Product Marketing — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:14:10 +0000

Using a Next-Generation Materials Lifecycle Management System to Address Process Issues with Additive Manufacturing Some of the challenges faced by companies involved in additive manufacturing include the lack of a central repository where materials attributes are stored, high scrap rates, and a lack of process repeatability. However, MSC Software’s Materials Lifecycle Management ...

Bringing Additive Manufacturing Closer to Its Golden Age

Product Marketing — Mon, 09 May 2016 18:01:30 +0000

Bringing Additive Manufacturing Closer to Its Golden Age: Solving Problems with Materials Characterization, Process Variation and Machine Qualification Additive manufacturing is being widely used today in many different industries. It has become increasingly popular in the last two decades as the cost to print has decreased. Additive manfuacturing makes production faster, it can manufacture ...

The Rise of Additive Manufacturing

Product Marketing — Fri, 06 May 2016 18:19:01 +0000

When early manufacturing giants realized that their mass production techniques would not be effective if they wished to maintain their competitive edge, they started to research new manufacturing methods. One of the most remarkable outcomes of these efforts was rapid prototyping. In the past, production had always been a way to convert or shape a ...