Fundamentals of AM Designs

Description

UL’s technical training curriculum was developed collaboratively with industry leading adopters and AM technical subject matter experts. The focus of UL’s technical design training is to impart a better understanding of how to fully capture the benefits of AM through effective design techniques.

Fundamentals of AM Designs gives students a working knowledge of how to create and fix design files, identify designs that are printable, and compare traditional design activities to additive manufacturing design activities. This course will provide an introduction into how to gather requirements for AM designs, design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) for AM, and implement DFMA in an organization. Students will work through example case studies to apply these principles.

Objectives

• Describe the steps required to output, investigate and repair additive manufacturing design files
• List the factors to determine manufacturability of existing designs for AM
• Explain how to implement design for manufacturability and assembly strategies using AM
• Discuss how to identify key design factors and gather customer requirements when creating a part for AM
• Explain how to design a part specifically for the AM process

Course Syallbus

Click here to download a copy of the syllabus.

Target Audience

This course is intended for professional designers, practicing engineers, and skilled technicians who want to understand how to design parts using AM.

Prerequisites

Students must either complete the general prerequisites below OR meet the alternate prerequisites and have their employer (or other credible organization) attest to their experience. Alternate prerequisite submissions must be made at time of registration OR one month prior to course date. Please use the Alternate Prerequisite template below to submit your information. Any clarifications to the listed experience will be handled directly with the student.

Click here to view and download a copy of the Alternate Prerequisites form.

General Prerequisites

• Completion of Tier I Foundations of 3D Printing Workshop & Industry Showcase (or equivalent)

Alternate Prerequisites

• At least 2 years of professional or production-level experience with additive and traditional manufacturing technology (or equivalent)
• Working understanding of the key elements of the AM supply chain
• Ability to identify the different machine and material technologies and their most suitable applications
• Ability to describe the general benefits and limitations of the technology
• Basic knowledge of the general 3d printing process from design to quality assurance
• Ability to describe the key safety and quality considerations in 3D printing
• Familiarity with software design tools (e.g. CAD)
• Familiarity with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Proficiency Exam

Upon completion of this course students will receive a certificate of completion. Students who have completed the course will also be eligible to complete a proficiency exam. Upon successful completion of the exam, students will receive a certificate of proficiency which will be required for UL’s additive manufacturing professional certification program.

The course exam is administered online and will be available at any time following the completion of the course. Students will have up to 2 years to complete the exam after successful completion of the course.

Cancellation and Rescheduling Policy

Cancellation occurring one (1) month prior to the course date will be billed for twenty-five percent (25%) of the total registration amount. Rescheduling occurring one (1) month prior to the course date will be billed an additional ten percent (10%) of the total registration amount.

Payment Options

Contact us for group discount options.

For non-US course offerings, contact us for payment in local currency.

To see Singapore class dates, click here.