The Potential of Product Customization Using Technologies of Additive Manufacturing

Roland Lachmayer, Paul Christoph Gembarski, Philipp Gottwald and R. Bastian Lippert ()
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Roland Lachmayer: Institute of Product Development
Paul Christoph Gembarski: Institute of Product Development
Philipp Gottwald: Institute of Product Development
R. Bastian Lippert: Institute of Product Development

Chapter Chapter 6 in Managing Complexity, 2017, pp 71-81 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The additive manufacturing offers new opportunities for engineering design. Thus, conventional design rules are no longer valid. For the application of the additive manufacturing, relevant constraints have to be taken into account, which result from the process, design, and value chain. To identify the potential of application, a comparison between conventional manufacturing processes and additive manufacturing regarding their advantages and disadvantages is realized. The results are used to evaluate the potential of the technology. Therefore, different demonstrators are analyzed. The investigated products are classified in a matrix, which describes the relation between the lot size and the degree of customization. Thereby, the degree of customization is clustered by a scale, which described six different forms of customization. By the classification of the demonstrators, an area is defined, which described potentially suitable components for additive manufacturing. The final consideration of an example process is based on a machine for brewing tea by using capsules.

Keywords: Additive manufacturing; Customization; Engineering design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29058-4_6

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