Function Integration through Design for Hybrid Integrating Additive Manufacturing Technologies

Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) technologies enable the design of new products due to their potentials. The potential of function integration can be extended through a combination of AM with a component integrating technology forming a hybrid integrating additive manufacturing technology (hiAM). With a created development method optimization areas within a product are identified on a functional level using characteristics, structural configurations and integrated functional areas. These are derived analysing examples in literature. The method is applied to a mechanical arm and hand prosthesis.

Function Integration in Additive Manufacturing: A Review of Approaches

“…While function integration can be achieved through different forms of hybrid manufacturing (e.g. Steffan et al, 2022), the literature focuses more on the technical side of integrating different processes and embedding components (e.g. Bellacicca et al, 2018) than the methodical integration of aforementioned design complexities along the product architecture.…”