Sintavia's Innovative Approach to Aerospace Replacement Parts Using IoT

To address the challenge, Sintavia utilized a combination of concept generation with solidThinking Inspire and manufacturing with SLM 280 machine. The process began with capturing the geometry of the original part using a blue light scanner, followed by creating a high-fidelity CAD model to the exact specs of the original geometry. The team then determined all of the loading conditions that the part would incur during its usage and applied these to the model. Multiple optimization iterations were run on the part, including multiple rounds with modified design spaces, testing of different compression, factory of safety, etc. Finite element analysis (FEA) was then run on the results to compare and determine the best optimization iteration to move forward with. Once a final Inspire optimization result was selected, the team used the PolyNURBS tools inside of solidThinking Evolve to refine the optimization into its final geometry. The final optimized geometry was created using Sintavia's SLM Systems’ 280 twin laser machine, coupled with Inconel 718 powder.