A general overview of additive manufacturing will be given with the topics
▪ Marketable technologies and their typical applications
▪ Material spectrum for additive manufacturing
▪ Impact of AM design on AM manufactured parts.
▪ Representation of the process chain
Prior knowledge
No prior knowledge of 3D printing or additive manufacturing is expected
Skills
A general overview of additive manufacturing will be given with the topics
▪ Marketable technologies and their typical applications
▪ Material spectrum for additive manufacturing
▪ Impact of AM design on AM manufactured parts.
▪ Representation of the process chain
Learning content
Marketable technologies and their typical application
o Structure and operation of marketable AM technologies such as fused deposition modeling, laser sintering, laser melting, EBM, stereolithography, DLP, MultiJet and others
o Typical applications and uses
o Range and depth of application of the different AM technologies
o Strengths and weaknesses of the technologies in comparison
Material spectrum for additive manufacturing
o Standard materials for the AM technologies
o Materials for specific application areas, such as series production
o Requirements for printing materials
o Special features of powder materials
Impact of the design of AM-manufactured components
o Weight reduction through optimal geometry design and material efficiency
o Functional integration into AM components
o Software tools for the optimization of AM components
o Examples of optimized assemblies, adapted conventional part designs and benefits of designing directly for AM
Representation of the process chain
o Presentation of the entire AM process in the process chain
o Classification of 3D printing in a digital supply chain
o Approaches to the economic viability of the entire AM process chain with special consideration of the added values as a result of the special AM design and the advantages of additive manufacturing
