
High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Process chain for design, optimisation and production of open-porous
lightweight structures
P. Sembdner, R. Weggässer, C. Schöne & R. Stelzer
Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Institute of Machine Elements and Machine Design,
Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
ABSTRACT: Open-porous structures satisfy the increasing demand for lightweight materials of sufficient
specific strength. These structures are becoming more and more important in many fields, such as in mechanical
engineering and medicine, since they are capable ...