Figure 9
The two manufactured generatively designed gear components are placed on a flat surface. The left side shows a cross-sectional view of the G D gear, revealing internal lattice-like support structures and internal geometry within the gear body. A smaller cut section below displays the internal material pattern in detail. The right side shows the complete G D gear with external teeth, cylindrical hub, and central bore. Arrows label the Cross-Sectional View of G D Gear and Full G D Gear.4140 steel GD gear samples printed via Bound Metal Deposition
Source: Authors’ own work