The course aims to introduce fundamental concepts, theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience on powder-bed metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies to address high-mix low-volume production for applications in the aerospace, marine, automotive, biomedical, as well as other related industrial sectors. 

Participants will acquire knowledge and skills on materials and metallic AM process selection to fulfil specific functional requirements. New insight, understanding and more in-depth perspective are gained on various powder-bed metal AM processes, such as Binder Jet Printing (BJP), Laser Powder Bed Fusion (L-PBF), Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion (EB PBF), and other upcoming powder-bed metal AM processes. The course includes case studies and practical lab sessions to substantiate the technology adoption of metallic AM processes in actual production. 

This course is designed to meet the objectives of providing skills training for professionals, managers, executives and technicians (PMETs) working on areas of testing, design, processes, production, reliability and quality improvement in manufacturing industries, such as aerospace, biomedical, medical technology, electronics, precision engineering, automotive and general manufacturing. 

Learning Objectives: 

This course allows participants to learn about the powder-bed metal additive manufacturing technologies to fabricate complex functional metallic components. Participants gain understanding of the entire process flow (pre- and post processing) that is critical for additive manufactured components. With the guidance of experts in additive manufacturing, participants also get hands-on experience on binder jet printing, laser powder bed fusion, electron beam powder-bed fusion, and learn to conduct quality assessment of additive manufactured parts. 

Contents covered in this module include: 

• Overview of powder-bed additive manufacturing (AM) of metals and their applications 
• Metal powder production methods and characterisation 
• Process and hardware for BJP, L-PBF and EB-PBF 
• Practical lab sessions on three powder-bed metal AM technologies (BJP, L-PBF and EB-PBF)
• Quality assessment of AM parts
• Project work on metal powder-bed AM technologies