IceXL: Advanced modeling and slicing software for additive manufacturing

Projektinformationen

IceXL

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 713613

DOI 10.3030/713613

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 19 Mai 2016

Startdatum 1 September 2016

Enddatum 28 Februar 2018

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Gesamtkosten € 149 750,00

EU-Beitrag € 149 750,00

Koordiniert durch

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE
France

Ziel

The ICEXL proof of concept project targets the pre-commercialization of a novel software for additive manufacturing of complex technical parts. It relies on innovative approaches from the SHAPEFORGE project (Stg-2012-307877) and in particular our software prototype IceSL. We aim at unlocking the full potential of additive manufacturing in terms of the complexity of the parts that can be designed and manufactured and in terms of customization possibilities by non-experts in computer aided design.

A key challenge of additive manufacturing is to deal with extremely complex designs having micron-scale details in possibly meter-scale objects. Such a profusion of details is both a challenge for the engineers -- manually creating such details while following precise specifications is a daunting task -- as well as a technical challenge due to the size and complexity of the considered geometries. Another challenge is to allow non-expert users to customize parts and to adapt them to a specific usage.

Our software prototype IceSL has the potential to answer both challenges. Complex objects are described as combinations of base shapes (e.g. union, intersection, difference, offsets). IceSL stores this list of operations in a digital blueprint that retains design parameters such as construction rules and dimensions. The blueprint is many times smaller than a triangle mesh of the full final object. The decisive advantage of IceSL compared to other software is that it directly produces
instructions for the manufacturing process from its digital blueprint. It allows the interactive visualization of the final object as well as the interactive edition of the blueprint parameters.

The goal of the ICEXL project is to turn the research prototyped in IceSL into a software product, and to demonstrate its applicability on industrial case studies. Potential customers include preliminary contacts within the medical, automotive, aerospace and consumer market domains.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software
• natural sciences › mathematics › pure mathematics › geometry
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › manufacturing engineering › additive manufacturing

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme

Thema/Themen

• ERC-PoC-2015 - ERC Proof of Concept Grant

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

ERC-2015-PoC

Finanzierungsplan

ERC-POC - Proof of Concept Grant

Gastgebende Einrichtung

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 149 750,00
• Adresse: DOMAINE DE VOLUCEAU ROCQUENCOURT ; 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex ; Frankreich
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Yvelines
• Aktivitätstyp: Research Organisations
• Gesamtkosten: € 149 750,00

Begünstigte (1)

INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE

Frankreich

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 149 750,00
• Adresse: DOMAINE DE VOLUCEAU ROCQUENCOURT ; 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Yvelines
• Aktivitätstyp: Research Organisations
• Gesamtkosten: € 149 750,00