如果不使用支撑能够制成增材制造零件吗？

简述

“增材制造设计”通常用于想方设法制造非增材制造设计产品。这意味着很多时候必须在零件上添加支撑结构才能加工成功，而不是在一开始设计零件时就考虑增材制造工艺的限制条件以减少甚至消除支撑。

通过充分考虑并及早应用增材制造设计，有助于在设计过程中（而不是之后）提高并完全控制零件的质量和一致性。现代设计工具支持创建高效结构，但仍需要智能设计思维来提高零件制造速度和效率。如果受设计约束而无法实现理想的自行支撑，则仍然可以设计一次性结构以最大程度提高零件设计的加工效率。

Feature article: Can you build AM parts without supports

Most design for additive manufacturing (AM) is not really worthy of the name - ‘adapt to AM’ would be a better description. Too often we design a component for function, and then ask someone else to think about how to build it. In other instances, we are forced to adapt an old design that was conceived with very different manufacturing methods in mind. Both cases inevitably lead to compromise in the form of a forest of 3D printing supports, which slow us down, cost us money and may impact on part quality. When we are designing specifically for AM, we should aim to avoid relying on 3DP supports to make our builds feasible.
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Marc Saunders先生在高科技制造领域有超过25年的丰富经验。Saunders先生在雷尼绍先后担任了多个职位，在开发公司屡获殊荣的RAMTIC自动化加工平台中做出了关键贡献，还成功为航空航天领域客户提供交钥匙测量解决方案。

Marc现在是雷尼绍全球增材制造解决方案中心网络的负责人，致力于帮助考虑将增材制造工艺纳入生产流程中的客户在采购新设备之前获得实际操作体验。