Event

The lecture "Project Internship Additive Manufacturing: Development and Production of an Additive Component" combines the basics of metallic laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) with a development project in cooperation with an industrial company.
The students learn the basics of the following topics in the project-related lecture:

• Influence of different process variables on the component quality of parts produced in the LPBF process
• Preparation and simulation of the LPBF process
• Production of additive metallic components
• Process monitoring and quality assurance in additive manufacturing
• Topology optimization
• CAM for subtractive rewor

The topics addressed in the course will be applied practically in various workshops on the individual topics and transferred to the developmental task in self-study.
Finally, the results of the elaborations are produced additively and post-processed subtractively.

Learning Outcomes:

The students …

• are able to describe the properties and applications of the additive manufacturing processes laser powder bed fusion (LPBF).
• are able to select the appropriate manufacturing process for a technical application.
• are able to describe and implement the creation of a product along the entire additive process chain (CAD, simulation, work preparation, CAM) from the idea to the production.
• are able to discuss the development process for components that are optimized for additive manufacturing.
• are able to perform topology optimization.
• are able to simulate the additive process, compensate for process-related distortions and determine the ideal alignment on the building platform.
• are able to create necessary support structures for the additive process and to derive a building order file.
• are able to create a CAM model for the subtractive rework process of additive parts.

Workload:

regular attendance: 12 hours
self-study: 108 hours