Rethinking Co-Extrusion: Additive Manufacturing and Simulation-Based Design as a Duo for Extrusion Dies

Abstract

Combining additive manufacturing with a digital, simulation-based design process makes it possible to develop even highly complex extrusion dies in a time-saving and economical manner. Experts from the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences and ETH Zurich have successfully applied this technique using the example of a novel co-extrusion die.