Additive Manufacturing Design Education & research
EXISTING 3D PRINTING / AM EDUCATION
Much design education relating to 3D printing / Additive Manufacturing is focussed on the instruction of how to draw an object in the appropriate CAD software that will then be successfully reproduced by the chosen 3D printing technology. Even more advanced study in Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) still focusses primarily on what you can make with AM. This is invaluable, yet it is only step one.
ADVANCED EDUCATION FOR SLS
Step two is understanding what is then worth making. This brings AM design education to the professional level, specifically concentrating on SLS which is the most versatile and accesible Additive Manufacturing technology available today. Design graduates entering the working world with a grasp of designing for value and dynamic performance, have the ability to purposefully transform their future employers’ horizons.
Current lectures / Webinars
Explaining the factors that drive the cost of 3D printing with SLS. The objective is to help designers understand the rules of production and thus providing a framework for them to design objects with a clear idea of the cost / value of the project from the outset. This is illustrated with a series of case studies that show how this understanding successfully enabled a number of high value Additive Manufacturing projects.
This focusses on the dynamic material properties that SLS possesses and reveals how with this technology you can not only design static shapes, but shapes that perform / transform. This powerful characteristic can be used to either maximise productivity to increase value or to produce parts that have functional behaviour. This is illustrated with series of inspiring case studies which demonstrate the dynamic performance of SLS for purposeful design with Additive Manufacturing
Technology, Research and Education Partners
