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MSC Software and MIG accelerate additive manufacturing with microstructure simulation

By Leslie Langnau | September 5, 2019

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MSC Software Corporation (MSC), a global leader in computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulation software and services, announced a research collaboration to advance additive manufacturing (AM) techniques for high performance and high reliability applications with the Materials Innovation Guild (MIG) at the University of Louisville, USA.

Additive manufacturing is moving from prototyping to production, where it will have a transformative impact on many aspects of product design, manufacturing, materials, supply chain and workforce implementation, but there remain issues and opportunities. Through MIG, the University of Louisville helps organizations such as NASA and Boeing develop additive programs and trains future engineers in new design and production techniques.

Under the partnership, MSC Software will support the University’s on-site and distance learning by supplying software and training. Startups in its 3D Printing Business Incubator will also use MSC software products in conjunction with education in techno-economic aspects AM to enhance their competitiveness in product and manufacturing design.

Dr. Sundar Atre, Endowed Chair of Manufacturing and Materials, MIG commented: “By integrating MSC’s Simufact and Digimat platforms into MIG’s research and teaching initiatives, I believe we will provide the opportunity to introduce new material, design and product innovations in healthcare, defense and transportation.”

Consistency of material properties in new designs remains a barrier to the adoption of additive manufacturing in high performance and high reliability applications. MIG research will use MSC Software’s Simufact and Digimat modeling and simulation platforms to understand the fundamental materials properties and microstructure in metal powders, polymers and composites, and how to exploit the new materials-design¬-process relationship. These new materials and properties will help the industry define a common language for additive manufacturing and enhance the additive manufacturing capabilities of MSC Software tools.

The MIG Is collaborating with NASA on a new additive manufacturing technology called Metal Fused Filament Fabrication (MF3), that will be simulated within the Digimat-AM product as part of the collaboration. Dr. Kunal Kate, Assistant Professor at UofL, explained why: “MF3 or similar powder-binder based 3D printing processes require post processing steps of debinding and sintering, that are currently subject to trial-and-error experiments. Combining experimental research with capabilities of MSC Software can develop new tools that predict 3D printed part material properties and effectively capture post debinding and sintering effects for powder-polymer based 3D printing.”

MSC Software
www.mscsoftware.com


Filed Under: Aerospace + defense, 3D printing • additive manufacturing • stereolithography
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