At the IGMR, we are working on the next generation of additive manufacturing as part of the DFG-funded FunkDAF research project together with the MSE and VCI institutes: layerless, multidimensional material deposition.
What does that mean?
Multiaxial additive manufacturing with a robot-guided print bed allows us to deposit material along specific stress paths. This leads to improved material utilization and reduces the disadvantages of layer-by-layer construction.
Our challenges:
– Precise robot guidance along the print paths
– Synchronization of extruder and robot movement
– Constant printing speed for maximum quality
The print paths are generated on the VCI from FEM stress data – resulting in mechanically optimized structures. 
Contact person:
Mark Witte – witte@igmr.rwth-aachen.de
