Additive Manufacturing Apparatus TRIZ Cases

Melting wax forms with embedded ceramic supports let green and brown parts move during debinding and sintering, reducing friction-driven deformation.

Additive manufacturing creates a lightweight aircraft-light power housing with hollow cavities, honeycomb support, and reduced potting volume.

Matching labial and lingual furrows create optical variation without costly multi-layer construction while preserving tooth strength.

Replace only worn 3D metal-printed regions in modular concrete block molds to cut material waste and maintenance costs.

Laser-melted aluminum powder with Ni, Cr, and Zr addresses limited strength and thermal stability in additive-manufactured parts.

A conformal lattice follows tubular curvature to maintain fluid paths and minimize fluid hammer, cavitation, and weak curved sections.

Flexible vacuum bags, metal layers, and controlled heating fuse molded or 3D-printed parts to thermoplastic skins without complex rigid tooling.

A tailored nickel-based alloy composition balances creep resistance with solidification crack reduction for high-temperature additive manufacturing components.

A landmark-conforming base uses friction or clearance fits to position a smaller cutting guide, limiting surgical interference and extra fixation.

Inkjet-printed additive suspensions vary local composition in granular layers, enabling region-specific hardness and resilience after thermal treatment.

Particle-laminated ceramic cores can be porous and rough; graded erosion-rate layers improve casting surface finish while preserving collapsibility.

A controlled alumina-zirconia-magnesia blend reduces friability and density while retaining heat resistance for molten steel filtration.

See how cyclic ketene acetal photoresists produce sub-micrometre 3D structures that degrade under mild aqueous-base conditions.

Heating softens the earpiece core for in-ear fitting, while cooling fixes the shape and reheating enables resetting to the original form.

Radial heat-insulating portions in an extrusion die help prevent resin solidification in nozzle holes and produce uniform pellets.

A jettable primary-and-secondary antioxidant blend quenches polymer radicals during 3D printing to limit thermal degradation and discoloration.

Multi-valent reactive groups form a pseudo-interpenetrating network that improves flexural properties and reduces leachables in dental appliances.

Decellularized ECM powder forms cell-ECM self-assemblies that enable micrometer-scale patterning and mature artificial tissue printing.

A sol-gel layer on additively manufactured AlSi10Mg prevents smutting and improves epoxy-primer adhesion without hazardous acid etching.

A PDP unit reheats deposited metal and melts a metal rod for controlled layer bonding, reducing mold use, waste, and casting hazards.

Ultrasound and mixed organic solvents remove sintered powder from complex 3D-printed metal parts, including narrow and bottomed flow paths.

Photocurable collagen-PEG conjugates stabilize viscosity at physiological temperatures for accurate dispensing and complex 3D bioprinting.

Virtual body meshes and tessellated links enable custom chainmesh garments with targeted compression, improved fit, and less material waste.

Cast ferroalloy infiltrates a precast ceramic openwork shell, embedding reinforcement to balance grinding-ball abrasion and impact resistance.

Modified cellulose fibers provide shear-thinning rheology for transparent printing, shape fidelity, and cell alignment.

Auxiliary conductive features in serpentine heater bends redistribute current at slot ends, reducing hot spots and thermal gradients.

An abrasive-filled fluid jet shapes and polishes microstructured ophthalmic lenses for precise adaptation to individual eyes.

An addressable SLM and scanning optics overlap projected layer images to produce large complex parts with micron-scale features.

An actuated nozzle tensions yarn and bonds it at spaced points on textured wearable surfaces without a release layer.

Manual measurements can produce poor-fitting custom products; 3D scanning and format conversion create printable body replicas.

Laser melt-remelt cycles on dense alloy coupons simulate L-PBF thermal history without producing large powder batches, accelerating composition screening.

3D-printed ceramic preforms and liquid-metal infiltration enable complex metal matrix parts without expensive tooling.

CBD- and hemp-seed-oil-treated bristles deliver therapeutic agents directly to hair and scalp during grooming, combining treatment with brushing.

Hall effect sensors monitor actuator current signals while Bayesian models flag stealthy additive manufacturing tampering in near real time.

Coaxial rotating discs independently meter multiple powders for real-time composition adjustment in a compact additive-manufacturing feeder.

Rapid dissolution of Cr and Zr particles in an aluminum melt pool enables strong, thermally stable alloys for additive manufacturing.

Binder jetting creates customizable golf club head lattices, overcoming overhang constraints and enabling powder removal through connected port holes.

Controlled alloying and a predominantly martensitic matrix help plastic mold steel balance hardness, corrosion resistance, and dimensional stability.

Embedded fibers match the plastic substrate’s thermal expansion to metal plating, improving seal-plate adhesion across temperature changes.

Two-stage plasma spheroidization and planetary ball milling reduce copper and silver burnout while producing dense, spherical powder for medical 3D printing.

Sterically hindered end groups let low-molecular-weight PEG polyrotaxanes form shear-thinning, self-healing hydrogels for 3D-printing inks.

This case combines isocyanurate polyacrylate with crystallization inhibitors to keep 3D printing liquids stable for 28 days at 5–10°C.

Layered sheet segments create hollow molds or parts, while thermoset infusion adds strength and reduces material and equipment costs.

A narrow melting-onset range and controlled particle size help polymer powder retain form outside laser exposure and reduce warpage in large 3D models.

Multi-valent reactive groups form a pseudo-interpenetrating polymer network that raises flexural modulus and reduces leachables in orthodontic resins.

Direct ink writing mixes glass-forming species and dopants in a viscous suspension to build controlled gradients before drying and heat treatment.

Directly depositing and sintering each ceramic layer reduces relocation, misalignment, and manufacturing time in piezoelectric structures.

A 1–40 cP binder solution carrying 0.5–30 μm metal powder fills green-body cavities to achieve Ra ≤10 μm after dipping.

Conventional screws and rods may not support bone ingrowth; this implant uses threaded ends, press-fit fixation, and a porous middle structure for fusion.

An integrated strut heater concentrates heat at ice accumulation surfaces, accelerating melting while reducing detector power demand.