ANSYS offers a complete simulation workflow for additive manufacturing (AM) that allows you to transition your R&D efforts for metal AM into a successful manufacturing operation.

Additive manufacturing (3D printing) is a technology that produces three-dimensional parts layer by layer from a variety of materials. It has been rapidly gaining popularity as a true manufacturing process in recent years. In the AM process, a digital data file is transmitted to a production machine, which ultimately translates an engineering design into a 3D-printed part.

More About ANSYS Additive Manufacturing:

  • Initially, AM was utilized as a rapid prototyping method — an accelerated method to create (mostly plastic) parts before manufacturing by well-accepted methodologies, such as injection molding, casting, forming, joining,
    etc.
  • Creating parts and structures that are impossible to manufacture with traditional methods. Parts may be designed and produced for better performance and with more efficient use of materials.
  • Manufacturing replacement metal parts on-demand, without the need for an entire factory and multiple machines.
  • Replacing worn out or broken parts that are no longer manufactured. Deposition processes enable new functionality to be built on top of existing parts, opening up new opportunities for the remanufacturing of components.
  • Producing of novel materials with unique properties.

ANSYS AM simulation tools will help you :

  • Design for AM (DfAM) utilizing topology optimization and lattice structures.
  • Improve build setup — with additional design features for part manufacturing, including part orientation and automatic generation of physics-based support structures.
  • Explore and gain greater understanding of materials.
  • Conduct design validation.
  • Simulate print process.

ANSYS AM solution is especially designed for these users:

  • Aerospace OEMs and suppliers
  • Metal AM print services bureaus
  • Biotech companies with AM efforts
  • Automotive OEMs and suppliers
  • AM materials R&D companies
  • Metal AM machine manufacturers