
High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Reducing repositioning distances in fused deposition-based processes
using optimization algorithms
N. Volpato & R.T. Nakashima
Federal University of Technology, Paraná (UTFPR), Mechanical Department (DAMEC),
Prototyping and Tooling Group (NUFER), Curitiba, PR, Brazil
L.C. Galvão, A.O. Barboza, P.F. Benevides & L.F. Nunes
Federal University of Technology, Paraná (UTFPR), Department of Mathematics (DAMAT),
Optimization Group, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
ABSTRACT: In Fused Deposition (FD)-based processes building time is important. Due to the peculiarity ...