{"id":2761,"date":"2024-08-07T14:11:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T13:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/?p=2761"},"modified":"2026-06-26T09:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:05:11","slug":"design-for-additive-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/2024\/08\/07\/design-for-additive-manufacturing\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximum leverage of Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM)."},"content":{"rendered":"

Another textbook example, showing how design for AM and outside the box thinking results in an optimized product for high demanding applications.<\/h2>\n

\"\"This case concerns an assembly for a steering wheel for professional sim racing teams containing many different parts such as push buttons, an LCD-display and micro switches. The assembly consists of seven printed parts; a housing, two micro switches, two shifter handles and two encoder turn buttons, combined with 2 milled carbon fibre plates.<\/p>\n

DfAM was applied for following functions:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Strain relief:<\/strong>
    \nThe cable entry has been drawn from the back and enters with a curve. A recess has been provided in the channel to tighten the cable with a tension strap and the cable relief is integrated into the design.<\/li>\n
  2. Positioning slot:<\/strong>
    \nAn encoder is mounted on the inside and is always aligned in the right position by applying a recess in the inside.<\/li>\n
  3. Overhang:<\/strong>
    \nThe design includes overhangs eliminating the need to create two separate parts.<\/li>\n
  4. Flipper Axe Holes:<\/strong>
    \nAdditive Manufacturing makes it possible to integrate the axe holes and produce in one time whereas it has to be created separately for injection moulding or milling.<\/li>\n
  5. Magnet holder:<\/strong>
    \nMagnets are glued into this very accurate \u2018chamber\u2019.<\/li>\n
  6. M4 threads:<\/strong>
    \nThreads were created as parts of the design.<\/li>\n
  7. Cable hole:<\/strong>
    \nThe cable hole entry is easy to produce through Additive Manufacturing compared to conventional technologies.<\/li>\n
  8. 45\u00b0 Slope angle:<\/strong>
    \nBy applying a 45 degree angle, support structures for printing are not necessary, resulting in less finishing afterwards.<\/li>\n
  9. Integrated Push buttons<\/strong>
    \nhave been designed with integrated symbols and guidance for perfect alignment and assembly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Find out more about Design for Additive Manufacturing via sales@temco-ddm.be!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

    \"Design<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Another textbook example, showing how design for AM and out the box thinking results in an optimized product for high demanding applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,15,16,19,10,11],"tags":[7,17,18],"class_list":["post-2761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-additive-manufacturing","category-assemblies","category-automotive","category-electronics","category-mass-customization","category-series-production","tag-complexity","tag-design-for-additive-manufacturing","tag-dfam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2761"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6245,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2761\/revisions\/6245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tenco-ddm.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}