Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Aktiengesell Schaft

Philipp Emanuel Stelzig

Wendelin Feiten

Utz Wever

Dirk Hartmann

Roland Gersch

Harald Held

Kai Wurm

Provided is a control device for a production module having a data memory for storing operational settings of production modules and restrictions, which must be complied with by at least some of the operational settings. A settings management module is used to determine the external operational setting of an adjacent production module on which a local operational setting of the production module is dependent on the basis of a common restriction. An optimization module is also provided and has a local assessment function, which assesses the local operational setting, and a further assessment function which assesses noncompliance with the common restriction.

Control device for a production module, production module having a control device, and method for operating the control device

A method () for optimizing a production process for a component () that is to be manufactured by additive manufacturing by means of simulation () of the production process () includes: a) ascertaining a position of the component () in a production space that has been optimized according to a process optimization criterion (); b) calculating displacements and/or stresses in the component () that can be caused by the production process (); c) ascertaining supporting structures () that counteract the displacements and/or stresses that have been optimized according to the process optimization criterion (); and d) ascertaining at least a portion of the design of the component () that has been optimized according to a component optimization criterion ().

Optimization of a production process

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Munich, Germany

Philipp Emanuel Stelzig