Safety and Workflow Considerations for Modern Metal Additive Manufacturing Facilities

Luke Scime; Sandra De Vincent Wolf; Jack Beuth; Stephen Mrdjenovich; Michael Kelley

doi:10.1007/s11837-018-2971-4

Safety and Workflow Considerations for Modern Metal Additive Manufacturing Facilities

Luke Scime, Sandra De Vincent Wolf, Jack Beuth, Stephen Mrdjenovich, Michael Kelley

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Abstract

There is a strong desire within the metal additive manufacturing industry to immediately leverage research discoveries to improve process and part quality. Rapid transfer of knowledge from a university setting to a factory floor is greatly enhanced if researchers have direct access to the same type of equipment being used by industry. Challengingly, the operation of much of this equipment requires specially designed facilities—the specifications for which are not well reported in the prior literature. Informed by their recent experience of constructing a new metal additive manufacturing research laboratory, the authors enumerate many of the design challenges they faced and the solutions they implemented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1830-1834
Number of pages	5
Journal	JOM
Volume	70
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-018-2971-4
State	Published - Sep 1 2018
Externally published	Yes

Funding

Ideas for the design of the NextManufacturing Center’s Additive Manufacturing Laboratory originated from a variety of sources. In particular the authors would like to thank the following individuals for their contributions: Tara Balonick, Debomita Basu, Dr. Brian Fisher, Dr. Zachary Francis, Jeffery Harris, Dr. Colt Montgomery, Dr. Sneha Prabha Narra, Michael Patrick, Prof. Allen Robinson, and Edward Wojciechowski of CMU; Mick McNutt of GBBN Architects; Joseph Gaus, A.J. Kryzosiak, and Carl Thieret of CJL Engineering; Mark Rayburn and Kevin Shaffer of Rycon Construction; and Cliff Humes, Bob Kappas, Tim Kunz, and Bob Oddis of various sub-contractors.

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Canadian Mennonite University

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