Design for Additive Manufacturing
Boot mooring cleat
Boot mooring cleat
The selected part is the boat mooring cleat, which is widely used on yachts and used to tie the ropes. These parts are designed according to the user's request and vary according to the optimization. The part was optimized according to volume reduction while maintaining the required strength. In the example given below, a volume reduction of 68.7% was performed.
In addition to generative design optimization and strength analysis, experience-based manual fine tuning was applied in.
• Analysis of 3D printing layer pictures
• Increasing of integrated support and decreasing of sacrificial support structures
• Determination of suitable additive manufacturing method
• Selection of proper material
