09 Jul,2019

Centre For Additive Manufacturing

 

Details of Training Module

 

• Introduction to 3D Printing
  • What is a digital design?
  • What is physical form?
  • How a machine/ printer prints the model?
  • Materials used for 3D Printing
  • Why 3D Printing is used?
  • Application of 3D Printing

• Steps involved in 3D Printing process
  • CAD Model
  • Print format
  • Slicing of the model
  • Machine Code Generation
  • 3D Printer
  • Object

 

• 3D Printing Technologies
  • FDM
  • SLA
  • SLS
  • DOD
  • Binder Jet
  • EBM

• 3D Printing Ecosystem
  • What is an ecosystem?
  • Elements/ machines used for 3D Printing

 

• Fused Deposition Modelling
  • Working principle
  • Operation
  • Materials used in FDM

• Handling a 3D Printer
  • Technical data
  • Extruder handling
  • Build platform settings
  • Loading design in the machine
  • Loading and unloading of filament
  • How to print, pause, resume and stop a print
  • Other handling factors

 

• Slicing software
  • Slicing software overview
  • Use of slicing software

• Parameters affecting product quality in FDM
  • Orientation of object
  • Support structure
  • Layer thickness

 

• Basic level use of slicing software
  • Loading a design
  • Adjusting size in the software
  • Adjusting position and orientation of the digital model
  • Support structure generation and removal
    • Types of support structures

• Printing Day 1
  • Basic designs from students will be printed to check the preliminary understanding

 

• Expert level use of slicing software
  • Layer thickness
    • Layer thickness considerations
    • Layer thickness settings

• • Shells/ Perimeter
    • Shells in 3D Printed object
    • Shell considerations
    • Shell settings

 

• • Infill
    • What is infill?
    • Types of infill
    • Infill considerations
    • Infill settings

• • Support
    • What is support?
    • Why support is used?
    • Types of support
    • Support considerations
    • Support settings

 

• • Raft
    • What is raft?
    • When raft is used?
    • Raft considerations
    • Raft settings

• • Pre-Extrusion
    • What is pre-extrusion?
    • Why pre-extrusion is done?
    • Pre-extrusion considerations
    • Pre-extrusion settings

 

• • Brim
    • What is brim?
    • When brim is used?
    • Brim considerations
    • Brim settings

• Cooling
  • Why cooling is used?
  • When to use cooling in 3D Printing?
  • Cooling considerations
  • Cooling settings

 

• • Printing Day 2
  • • A design from students with all the expert level parameters taught and adjusted as per need of the model