The optimization of frame supports in additive manufacturing (OSAM) project is a collaborative initiative bringing together HELMo Gramme (the technical department of Liège university college HELMo) and Sirris. This is a 'FIRST Haute Ecole' project being conducted at Sirris by a trainee engineer from HELMo.
The new database is both a training tool for future engineers who are university college graduates and a design tool for industry.
The OSAM project involved studying all the parameters to add to and simplify the existing database, and putting forward a methodology of best practices. The new tool incorporates all the basic parameters for obtaining the best possible result: the material used, the construction technology, the geometry of the part to be manufactured, and so on.
The OSAM project involved studying all the parameters to add to and simplify the existing database, and putting forward a methodology of best practices. The new tool incorporates all the basic parameters for obtaining the best possible result: the material used, the construction technology, the geometry of the part to be manufactured, and so on.
With this optimized database, the manufacturers now have a practical methodology that facilitates the design of the materials, starting with the design phase for the metal parts that need to be produced using additive manufacturing, so providing a vital tool that will benefit both trainee engineers studying at the university college and SMEs that are getting their first taste of the action in the area of metal additive manufacturing.