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Additive Manufacturing: Metal 3D Printing

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Overview

Learn budget-friendly methods for additive manufacturing with metal. Explore metal 3D printing with filament and related techniques.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Metal 3D printing on a budget
  • Who this is for
1. Lower-Cost Metal 3D Printing
  • Lower-cost metal 3D printing overview
  • Filament-type printing process introduction
  • Green and brown process stages
  • Material considerations
  • Pros and cons vs. other technologies
  • Debinding and sintering
  • Part shrinkage and density
2. Workflow and Post-Processing
  • Design considerations for benchtop metal additive
  • Resolution, shrinkage, and isotropy
  • Post-sintering treatment and specialty materials
  • Simulation, testing, and validation
3. Outsourcing vs. In-House
  • Outsource or make in-house?
  • Overview of higher-volume-production metal additive
  • Part geometry considerations
  • Selecting a metal 3D printing technology
4. Alternatives to Metal
  • 3D printed composite parts
  • High-strength parts
  • High-temperature polymers
  • 3D printing ceramics
Conclusion
  • Learn more about 3D printing metal

Taught by

Joan Horvath and Rich Cameron

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