Re-Engineering of an Impeller for Submersible Electric Pump to Be Produced by Selective Laser Melting
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Abstract
The subject of the present study is the reproduction of a submersible electric pump impeller through reverse engineering and additive manufacturing. All of the phases commonly envisaged in the reproduction of an existing piece were carried out. The aim of the study is to show how the chosen pump component can be effectively re-engineered and produced with the selective laser melting technique, obtaining a final product that is comparable if not even better than the starting one. To achieve this goal, the original piece was redesigned and a new model was created and analyzed. The whole process has been split into three main phases: (i) realization of the three-dimensional model from an existing piece using reverse engineering techniques; (ii) finite element analysis for the optimization of the use of the material; and (iii) 3D printing of a concept model in polyethylene terephthalate by using the fused deposition modeling technology and of the functional model in AISI 316 stainless steel with selective laser melting technology.
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OpenAlex topics: Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies · Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes · Manufacturing Process and Optimization
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Department of Engineering, University of Rome “Niccolò Cusano”, Via Don Carlo Gnocchi 3, 00166 Rome, Italy
Faculty of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Technikumplatz 17, D-09648 Mittweida, Germany
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