Additive manufacturing

Introduction History and Advantages of Additive Manufacturing, Distinction Between Additive Manufacturing and CNC Machining, Types of Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Nomenclature of AM Machines, Direct and Indirect Processes; Prototyping, Manufacturing and Tooling. Layer Manufacturing Processes: Polymerization, Sintering and Melting, Extrusion, Powder Binder Bonding, Layer Laminate Manufacturing, Other Processes; Aerosol printing and Bio plotter.

Development of Additive Manufacturing Technology Computer Aided Design Technology, Other Associated Technology, Metal and Hybrid Systems. Generalized Additive Manufacturing Process Chain: The Eight Steps in Additive Manufacturing, Variation from one AM Machine to Another, Metal System, Maintenance of Equipment, Material Handling Issue, Design of AM.

Additive Manufacturing Processes Vat Photo polymerization: Materials, Reaction Rates, Photo polymerization Process Modelling, Scan Patterns Powder Bed Fusion Processes: Material, Powder Fusion Mechanism, Process Parameters and Modeling, powder Handling Extrusion Based System: Basic principles, plotting and Path Control, Other Systems Material Jetting: Materials, Material Processing Fundamentals, Material Jetting Machines Directed Energy Deposition Processes: General DED Process Description, Material Delivery, DED systems, Process Parameters, Processing-Structure-Properties Relationships

Additive Manufacturing Design and Strategies: Potentials and Resulting Perspectives, AM based New Strategies, Material Design and Quality Aspects for Additive Manufacturing; Material for AM, Engineering Design Rules for AM. Software Issue for Additive Manufacturing: Introduction, Preparation of CAD Models: The STL file, Problem with STL file, STL files Manipulation, Beyond the STL file, Additional Software to Assist AM

Material Design & Quality Aspects Machines for Additive Manufacturing, Printers, Secondary Rapid Prototyping processes, Intellectual Property, Product Development, Commercialization, Trends and Future Directions in Additive Manufacturing, Business Opportunities Applications Aerospace, Automotive, Manufacturing, Architectural Engineering, Art, Jewellery, Toys, Medical, Biomedical, Dental, Bio-printing, Tissue & Organ Engineering and many others.