Design for Polymer Powder Bed Fusion

This hands-on practical course will provide you with the necessary skills and knowledge to be able to exploit the design freedom of polymer Additive Manufacturing and take a design from conception through to AM processing.

Method: Face to Face

Duration: 2 Days

Cost: £1000+VAT

Location: Coventry

Is this course for you?

Can you…

  • Explain how to optimise the functional design of a component for Additive Manufacturing?
  • Exploit the design freedom of AM?
  • Design components which follow the particular design rules for your chosen polymer technology?

If you’ve answered ‘no’ to any of these, then this course is for you.

Day 1

  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Polymer Processes
  • Workflow
  • Part Down-selection
  • DfAM Mindset
  • Design Brief
  • Generative Design & Topology Optimisation
  • Cellular Structures: Lattices
  • Compliant Mechanisms

Day 2

  • Design for Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Design for Post Processing & Inspection
  • Practical Design Task
  • Task Evaluation/feedback