Additive Manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, rapid prototyping or freeform fabrication, is “the process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies” such as machining. The term 3D printing can be defined as “the fabrication of objects through the deposition of a material using a print head, nozzle, or another printer technology.”
There are 2 main families of additive manufacturing technologies:
- Powder bed technologies
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF) where the metal powder is melted by a laser beam
- Electron Beam Melting (EBM) where the metal powder is melted by an electron beam after a preheating step
- Precision inkjet printing where the metal powder is mixed with a binder: after the printing operation, the part is consolidated by sintering
- Blown powder technologies, also known as Laser Metal Deposition or Laser cladding
- In this process, the metal powder is blown coaxially to the laser beam which melts the particles on a base metal to form a metallurgical bond when cooled
For more information on Additive Manufacturing, EPMA has a short introduction here.
Despite the current Corona-related restrictions, registration for this heavily sponsored 5-day course is nearly completed, only a few spaces are still available. With the total number of participants limited to 20, the event takes place in a seminar environment fit for more than 100 individuals which ensures ample space for social distancing rules with the respective hygienic precautions. The practical work will be carried out in small groups, providing enough room to observe the recommended minimum distance.
Date: 24 - 28 August 2020
Location: Dresden, Germany
Fees*: Regular €2000 / Academic €1000 / Individual (unemployed) €400
Academic Partner: Fraunhofer IFAM, Technische Universität Dresden
Industrial Partner: H+E Produktentwicklung GmbH, Moritzburg
(* Fees include 5 nights accommodation/lunches/refreshements/training material. For additional internship weeks and/or additional PM life modules on other topics, please refer to the fees page)
Registration Deadline: 10 August 2020
Programme:
| Time | Session | Details |
| 08:30 | Welcome and general introduction to Additive Manufacturing |
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weissgärber & Dr.-Ing Olaf Andersen, (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:15 | Electron Beam Melting (EBM) | Johannes Trapp, (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
| 11:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 |
Additive Manufacturing of ceramics & lab visit Fraunhofer IKTS |
Dr.-Ing. Tassilo Moritz, (Fraunhofer IKTS) |
| 14:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:45 | Solid state Additive Manufacturing technologies | Dr.-Ing. Kay Reuter, (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
| 16:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Visit of Fraunhofer IFAM labs & Get Together, end ca.19:00 | |
| Time | Session | Details |
| 08:30 | Laser Beam Melting (LBM) | Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Müller (Fraunhofer IWU) |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:15 | Metal powders for AM - Properties and characterization | Dr.-Ing. Burkhardt Klöden (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
| 11:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 | Workshops in small groups: Electron Beam Melting, LBM, FFF | |
| 14:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:45 | Workshops in small groups: Electron Beam Melting, LBM, FFF | |
| 16:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Design for Additive Manufacturing and industrial application examples | Richard Huff, GE Additive |
| 18:00 | End of Day |
| Time | Session | Details |
| 08:30 | General Topic 1: Mechanical Testing | Dipl.-Ing. Ulrike Jehring (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:15 | Hybrid Technologies in Additive Manufacturing | Prof. Dr. Frank Brückner, (Fraunhofer IWS) |
| 11:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 | Binder Jetting: Current research and industrial applications |
Claus Aumund Kopp (IFAM)
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| 14:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:45 | Workshops in small groups: Electron Beam Melting, LBM, FFF | |
| 16:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Workshops in small groups: Electron Beam Melting, LBM, FFF | |
| 18:00 | End of Day | |
| 19:00 | Social Event in the city of Dresden |
| Time | Session | Details |
| 08:30 | Lab work: powder characterization | |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:15 | Industrial case studies (60mn) | Michael D'Hoore |
| 11:15 | Exam preparation (30mn) | Dr.-Ing. Olaf Andersen (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
| 11:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 | Lab work: powder characterization | |
| 14:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:45 | Plant visit | H+E Produktenwicklung GmbH, Moritzburg |
| 18:00 | End of Day |
| Time | Session | Details |
| 08:30 | General Topic 2: Introduction to Life Cycle Analysis | Dr.-Ing. Olaf Andersen (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:15 | Exam (60mn) | |
| 11:45 | Lunch Break | |
| 12:45 | Exam feedback, Certificates and farewell | Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weissgärber & Dr.-Ing. Olaf Andersen (Fraunhofer IFAM) |
The programme may be subject to change
