Development of an Additive Manufacturing Guide-Based Iterative Design Support System

Additive manufacturing technology represents a new opportunity for users of production technologies, materials, and design approaches. In this context, the efficient use of additive manufacturing technology is a crucial issue for ensuring the integration of users with technology, as it determines the appropriate approach to additive manufacturing in processes such as material selection, design, manufacturing methods, and route determination. From this perspective, in this study, with the appropriate use of additive manufacturing technologies and the iterative selection of appropriate alternatives and decisions in design processes such as material selection for additive manufacturing, modeling of part geometry, and comparisons with traditional methods involving the application of generative design, an iterative design support system for additive manufacturing is developed. The bell-crank part produced by milling from quenched and tempered 4140 Cr-Mo steel material was studied as an example. After analyzing the proposed additive manufacturing guide-based productive design support system, the required safety is achieved. The calculated coefficient is 2.552, which is above the target safety limits. As a result of the final model, the part’s mass is 77.957 g, and it is 253.842 g lighter than the part designed and produced using the traditional milling method.