Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive Manufacturing

The Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) structure can optimize the design to reduce weight. Currently, the fabrication of gears with complex internal structures such as TPMS is possible thanks to additive manufacturing. This study investigates the mechanical properties of a TPMS structure when a...

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Main Authors: Loc Huu Nguyen, Khoi Thanh Nguyen
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Published: Publishing House of Wrocław Board of Scientific Technical Societies Federation NOT 2022-12-01
Series:Journal of Machine Engineering
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description The Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) structure can optimize the design to reduce weight. Currently, the fabrication of gears with complex internal structures such as TPMS is possible thanks to additive manufacturing. This study investigates the mechanical properties of a TPMS structure when applied to Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) plastic gears. The research content includes displacement, deformation, and Von-mises stress intending to evaluate the stiffness and strength of gears. The structure used to optimize the gear mass is the Gyroid structure, and to apply the Gyroid structure to optimize mass while ensuring gear performance. This study also provides a mass lean process for gear designers. It uses design of experiments methods to choose a suitable topology structure, and the final research result is a regression equation, which clearly shows the close relationship between the volume reduction and displacement with the specified control variables of the unit cell.
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spelling doaj-art-3f2340ea05b94604a3abc02e958bed282025-08-20T02:56:24ZengPublishing House of Wrocław Board of Scientific Technical Societies Federation NOTJournal of Machine Engineering1895-75952391-80712022-12-01224214210.36897/jme/157077157077Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive ManufacturingLoc Huu Nguyen0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-5287Khoi Thanh Nguyen1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1402-9766Mechanical Engineering, HoChiMinh City University of Technology (HCMUT)- VNUHCM, Viet NamMechanical Engineering, HoChiMinh City University of Technology (HCMUT)- VNUHCM, Viet NamThe Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) structure can optimize the design to reduce weight. Currently, the fabrication of gears with complex internal structures such as TPMS is possible thanks to additive manufacturing. This study investigates the mechanical properties of a TPMS structure when applied to Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) plastic gears. The research content includes displacement, deformation, and Von-mises stress intending to evaluate the stiffness and strength of gears. The structure used to optimize the gear mass is the Gyroid structure, and to apply the Gyroid structure to optimize mass while ensuring gear performance. This study also provides a mass lean process for gear designers. It uses design of experiments methods to choose a suitable topology structure, and the final research result is a regression equation, which clearly shows the close relationship between the volume reduction and displacement with the specified control variables of the unit cell.http://jmacheng.not.pl/Lightweight-Plastic-Gear-Body-using-Gyroid-Structure-for-Additive-Manufacturing,157077,0,2.htmladditive manufacturingspur gearplasticgyroid
spellingShingle Loc Huu Nguyen
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Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive Manufacturing
Journal of Machine Engineering
additive manufacturing
spur gear
plastic
gyroid
title Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive Manufacturing
title_full Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive Manufacturing
title_fullStr Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive Manufacturing
title_full_unstemmed Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive Manufacturing
title_short Lightweight Plastic Gear Body using Gyroid Structure for Additive Manufacturing
title_sort lightweight plastic gear body using gyroid structure for additive manufacturing
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