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• Aibuild has launched FETS for Additive Manufacturing, a Finite Element Thermomechanical Simulation tool that lets you simulate stress, distortion, thermal effects, and thermomechanical effects. The solution has been optimized for...
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Aibuild has launched FETS for Additive Manufacturing, a Finite Element Thermomechanical Simulation tool that lets you simulate stress, distortion, thermal effects, and thermomechanical effects. The solution has been optimized for DED, friction stir, and Material Extrusion. For both metals and polymers, the tool can be used to predict residual stress, warping, cracking, sagging, interlayer bonding, and adhesion. The team thinks that its solution is significantly faster than alternatives, perhaps 10,000 times faster. Aibuild went to the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) at Wichita State University to test the tool.
Aibuild CSO Guy Brown noted,
“We kept hearing the same thing from engineers. I know simulation is the right thing to do, but I just can’t wait three days for an an