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Improving Volumetric Accuracy of AM Part Using Adaptive Slicing of Octree Based Structure
In Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, the layer-by-layer fabrication of complex
geometries may lead to stair casing and thus error resulting in volumetric inaccuracies in the
model. Using thinner slices reduces the staircase error and improves part accuracy but there is a
tradeoff between number of layers and the build time for manufacturing part. This paper
presents a octree based structure to improve the accuracy as well as reduces the build time. In the
current work, firstly converting STL file into a modified boundary octree data structure
(MBODS) and then calculating the non-uniform slice thicknesses (adaptive slicing) from the
octree representation. This slice thickness at any height is computed from the AM machine
parameters and the smallest octree size at that available height. After the computation of the
variable slice thicknesses has been completed, the part is virtually manufactured and the part
errors are calculated. The virtually manufactured part and physical models are inspected to
evaluate the volumetric errors. This algorithm uses an octree approach to improve the volumetric
accuracy. And build time for the two different case studies are also done.Mechanical Engineerin