• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.104-107
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• 2002

Direct Metal Manufacturing (DMM) is a new additive process that aims to take die making and metalworking in an entirely new direction. It is the blending of five common technologies : lasers, computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), sensors and powder metallurgy. The resulting process creates parts by focusing an industrial laser beam onto a tool-steel work piece or platform to create a molten pool of metal. A small stream of powdered tool-steel metal is then injected into the melt pool to increase the size of the molten pool. By moving the laser beam back and forth, under CNC control, and tracing out a pattern determined by a computerized CAD design, the solid metal part is built line-by-line, one layer at a time. DMM produces improved material properties in less time and at a lower cast than is possible with traditional fabrication.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.103-109
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• 2017

Metal 3D printing, which is an additive metal manufacturing (AMM) process, enables the development of full-density metallic tools and parts using metal powders that are precisely delivered and controlled for deposition with no powder bed. However, some unknown geometric defects and irregular geometric features on an STL model can possibly result in incorrect metal part fabrication after the build. This study first proposes a methodical approach for verifying the build part, including the missing facet problems in an STL model, by defining some irregular features that possibly exist on the part. Second, 2D tool paths on each build layer were investigated for detecting any singular region inside the layer. The method was implemented for building two sample STL models using a direct energy deposition process, and finally, it was visually simulated for diagnosis.

• Clean Technology
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.228-234
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• 2007

In this study, the productivity and environmental effects of laser aided direct metal deposition (LADMD) process which is one of promising rapid manufacturing technology is evaluated. The production time predicted using PowerMill shows that the productivity of LADMD is superior to that of conventional milling process. Though LADMD is known as an environment-friendly technology, it has a disadvantage to utilize much energy to generate laser beam. Considering both productivity and environmental effects, LADMD is expected to be widely used in remanufacturing industry.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 1999

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Laser Processing Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.11-16
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.187-190
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• 2007

The objective of this paper is to investigate into the development of injection mould with high cooling characteristics using a direct metal RP technology. In order to manufacture the injection mould with a high cooling rate, three-dimensional conformal cooling channels have been generated in the mould. DMT process, which is one of direct metal RP technologies, has been utilized to directly manufacture the metallic mould with three-dimensional conformal cooling channels. In order to examine the performance of the designed mould, injection molding tests have been carried out. The results of the experiments have been shown that a cooling time and the injection time of the proposed mould are reduced by the factor of five and two times in comparison with the injection mould with linear cooling channels.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2004.10a
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• pp.327-330
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• 2004

Laser aided direct metal deposition (LADMD) process offers the ability to make a metal component directly from 3-D CAD dimensions. A 3-D object can be formed by repeating laser cladding layer by layer. The key of the build-up mechanism is the effective control of powder delivery and laser power to be irradiated into the melt-pool. A feedback control system using optical sensors is introduced to control laser power and powder mass flow rate. Using H13 tool steel and $CO_2$ laser system, comprehensive analysis are executed to test the efficiency of the system. In addition, the dimensional characteristics of directed deposited material are investigated with the parameters of deposition thickness, laser power, traverse speed and powder mass flow rate.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.552-556
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• 1997

The Direct Metal Prototyping(DMP), one of the rapid prototyping technologies, allows the manufacturing of three-dimensional metallic parts using metal powders directly from the CAD data. Laser power and scanning speed are the most important variables of the process. The objective of this study is to obtain the design data for laser power and scanning speed to bond metal powders effectively using the finite element method. To obtain the design values, a numerical analysis considering two-dimensional heat transfer during the sintering of metal powder layers of the process was performed. The laser beam has been modeled to have directionality in its heat flux distribution, i. e., in the scanning direction a Gaussian beam mode distribution has been assumed and in the thickness direction a square beam mode distribution. The three-dimensional irregular distribution of metal powders of the powder layer is idealized as two-dimensional distribution in which metal powders are located regularly and periodically on the plate. In this study the design values of laser power vs scanning speed have been obtained. Temperature distribution and temperature variation of the powder layers with respect to time have been predicted. The commputed dsign data will be useful in determining the initial conditions of the process.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.11c
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• pp.172-175
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• 2001

쾌속조형기술은 제품 설계나 기타 물체의 형상 데이터로부터 광경화성 수지, 금속 등 다양한 재료를 이용하여 수 시간 내에 실물 모형을 제작할 수 있는 기술이다. 쾌속조형기술은 주로 자동차나 제품의 모형제작에 주로 사용되어 왔다. 사이버메드에서는 인체에 대한 3차원 형상화 기술과 쾌속조형기술을 이용하여 개인별로 상이한 인체 골격에 대한 비교적 저렴한 비용으로 실물 모형을 제작할 수 있는 기술을 개발하여, 국내 및 일본의 병원에서 수술 계획 및 모형 수술에 직접 적용하고 있다. 이 논문은 쾌속 조형 기술, 인체의 3차원 형상화 기술의 개요와 그 동향, 그리고 이를 결합한 수술용 인체 골격모형의 제작 기술과 적용 사례에 대해서 기술하였다.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.58-60
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• 2005

기존의 금속조형물은 만드는 공정으로 주조-후처리 또는 정밀 기계가공방법은 많은 시간과 노력이 필요한 단점이 있었다. 최근에 귀금속 성형점토 (PMC)라는 마이크로 크기의 분말과 바인더가 혼합되어 마치 점토와 같이 직접 수공 또는 치공구를 이용하여 완성하고 $650-850^{\circ}C$ 정도의 저온에서 소결하여 단시간 안에 최종 조형물을 만들 수 있는 신공정이 개발된 바 있다. 본 연구에서는 선진사와 비슷한 $1{\~}3{\mu}$m급은 분말을 1:1로 혼합하고 고형 바인더를 첨부하여 기존 선진사와 동등하거나 우수한 미세조직과 표면경도를 확보하고 조형비가 있는 시작품을 만드는데 성공하였다.