Browsing by Subject "Additive manufacturing"
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Applications of additive manufacturing at selected South African universities: promoting additive manufacturing education
(Emerald, 2019)Purpose This paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the recent applications of additive manufacturing (AM) research and activities within selected universities in the Republic of South Africa (SA). Design/ ... -
Development of a non-destructive testing method to determine the tensile fatigue life of Ti-6Al-4V additively manufactured parts
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)Direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) is a powder bed fusion (PBF) technology used for additive manufacturing (AM). This process deploys a laser to selectively fuse regions of a powder bed. The manufacturing of a part is ... -
Effect of powder characteristics and layer thickness on the densification of Selective Laser Melted CoCrMo
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2023)Selective laser melting (SLM) is a metal additive manufacturing (AM) process that fabricates parts according to a CAD design in a layer-by-layer fashion by melting metal powder. There are a vast number of powder-related ... -
Efficacy of the distortion compensation method for Selective Laser Melting specimens
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)As industry 4.0 has gained momentum, the need for accurate, fast, and customizable component prototyping and fabrication has risen drastically. Additive manufacturing provides the freedom and capability to fabricate complex ... -
Evaluation of carbon fibre powder scrapers used in metal additive manufacturing
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom, 2019)Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) is an Additive Manufacturing process which builds parts, layer by layer, by melting the cross-section of the part onto a powder layer. Aeroswift is a PBF machine, designed and built in South Africa. ... -
Evaluation of carbon fibre powder scrapers used in metal additive manufacturing
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) is an Additive Manufacturing process which builds parts, layer by layer, by melting the cross-section of the part onto a powder layer. Aeroswift is a PBF machine, designed and built in South Africa. ... -
Framework for effective additive manufacturing education: a case study of South African universities
(Emerald, 2019)Purpose In this era of Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing (AM) has been recognized as one of the nine technologies of Industry 4.0 that will revolutionize different sectors ... -
Insights into emissions and exposures from use of industrial-scale additive manufacturing machines
(Elsevier, 2019)Background Emerging reports suggest the potential for adverse health effects from exposure to emissions from some additive manufacturing (AM) processes. There is a paucity of real-world data on emissions from AM machines ... -
A maturity model to enhance the adoption of Additive Manufacturing in spare part provisioning in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) demands a significant change in the way businesses operate. The previous three industrial revolutions were initiated from the market and demanded that organisations adopt to the ... -
Non-destructive, high-resolution X-ray micro-CT of a Hairy Stalagmite: investigating the structural details of a biogenic speleothem
(Springer, 2018)Three-dimensional X-ray micro-computed tomography permits to investigate the internal structure of objects at a high resolution without altering its original form. It also facilitates the rendering and visualization of a ...