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Chapter 3
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9624-0.ch003
ABSTRACT
In an increasingly competitive business world, the “time to market” of products has become a key factor
for business success. There are diferent techniques that anticipate design mistakes and launch prod-
ucts on the market in less time. Among the most used methodologies in the design and defnition of the
requirements, quality function deployment (QFD) and design for Six Sigma (DFSS) can be used. In the
prototyping phase, it is possible to address the emerging technology of additive manufacturing. Today,
three-dimensional printing is already used as a rapid prototyping technique. However, the real challenge
that industry is facing is the use of these machineries for large-scale production of parts, now possible
with new HP multi-fusion. The aim of this article is to study the entire product development process
taking advantage of the most modern models and technologies for the fnal realization of a case study
that involves the design and prototyping of an innovative multifunctional fan (lamp, aroma difuser and
Design for Additive
Manufacturing and Advanced
Development Methods
Applied to an Innovative
Multifunctional Fan
Leonardo Frizziero
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Giampiero Donnici
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6666-1309
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Alfredo Liverani
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
Karim Dhaimini
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2981-1168
Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy