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151-3215-00L 4 Credits MSC D-MAVT

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Design for Additive Manufacturing

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Mirko Meboldt, Dr. Julian Ferchow

For a place in the course please write a short letter of motivation stating why you like to attend the course, your experiences in CAD-Design, Simulation and additive manufacturing. Please mention in the letter, if you already have a suggestion for a part to be designed in the semester project. Send the letter to Julian Ferchow (email: ),

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Abstract

This course is focusing on design, development and innovation with Additive Manufacturing (AM) production technologies. Part of the course is a project, where students design and produce their own functional AM part in metal, with selective laser melting (SLM). The different designs of the students will be analyzed and an the design will be optimized.

Objective

To provide a fundamental knowledge of Additive Manufacturing (AM) and generate experience and knowledge in the field of the design for AM (DfAM), product development and value creation with AM.

Content

Parallel to the lectures the students design SLM prototypes in a project. Further, the prototypes going to be manufactured and possible optimizations will be discussed in the group. The cours is addressing the following topics: - AM-Processes including SLM, SLS and FDM - AM-Principles - Materialise Magics-Introduction - AM-Guidelines - Value added chain of AM - AM-Quality management - Microstructures and materials for AM - Industry cases of AM

Resources

Lecture Notes

Script and handouts are available in PDF-format.

Literature

Christoph Klahn; Mirko Meboldt: Entwicklung und Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung - Grundlagen und Methoden für den Einsatz in industriellen Endkundenprodukten Vogel Business Media, Würzburg ISBN: 978-3-8343-3395-7 Ian Gibson; David Rosen; Brent Stucker: Additive manufacturing technologies - 3D printing, rapid prototyping, and direct digital manufacturing Springer, New York ISBN: 978-1-4939-2112-6

General Information

Language: English
Levels: MSC
Frequency: Yearly recurring

Examination

Type: graded semester performance

Registering to the course requires fulfilling the semester performance (active participation in the semester project and oral exam). If the semester project or the oral exam is missing the course is not passed (Abbruch). Final grades are based on a mixture of design projects (60%) and oral exam (40%). The language of the projects and the presentation can be English or German, depending on the student's preference.

Registration & Places

Signup End: 07.09.2021

Course Components

Type	Title	Time & Place	Hours
lecture with exercise	Design for Additive Manufacturing	Tue 13:15-16:00 (LEO B 8.1)	2 h weekly

Offered In

Mechanical Engineering Master
- Core Courses
  - Design, Computation, Product Development & Manufacturing (The courses listed in this category “Core Courses” are recommended. Alternative courses can be chosen in agreement with the tutor.)