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.
Course Content
Learning Objectives
Target Audience
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
