The Complete Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing Design Guide
Discover how multi-metal and multi-material additive manufacturing enables designs once thought impossible — and how to prepare your parts for it.
“From impossible to printable”
What’s in the guide
Application inspiration
A showcase of applications and industry use cases currently using multi-material additive manufacturing.
Material combinations
Learn about which materials and material combinations are available to optimize the functionality and design of your part.
Design guidelines
Features specifications, limitations and best practices.
Design Guidelines
- Support structure requirements for overhangs and complex geometries
- Wall thickness specifications for different materials (100-200 microns)
- How to design internal holes, escape passages, and cooling channels
Best practices
- How to design for features specific to your part
- Pitfalls and design features to avoid
- How not to design you part
Multi-material capabilities
- Complete material compatibility chart: steel + copper, ceramics + metals
- Functional grading techniques for optimized performance
- Design strategies for eliminating traditional assembly processes
Technical specifications
- Layer thickness parameters (40-200 μm)
- Build volume constraints (250 mm³ maximum component size)
- Pixel resolution requirements (300 μm) and recoating speeds
How LPBF works
- What is Laser Powder Bed Fusion?
- How the process works
- How Schaeffler’s Omnifusion 3D system takes this process to unheard of limits
Project roadmap
- 4-phase process from concept to production
- Sample run specifications and evaluation criteria
- Equipment selection guidance and cost considerations
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