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Modern Additive Manufacturing

Teaching: Completely taught in English

ECTS: 4

Level: Graduate

Semester: Summer

Prerequisites:

None

Load:

Lectures	Exercises	Laboratory exercises	Project laboratory	Physical education excercises	Field exercises	Seminar	Design exercises	Practicum
30		15	0	0	0	0	0	0

Course objectives:

Acquirement of basic knowledge from the field of Additive Manufacturing of products (Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling, Rapid Manufacturing).

Student responsibilities:

Grading and evaluation of student work over the course of instruction and at a final exam:

Mark of preliminary exam and final exam, as well as valuation of seminar paper.

Methods of monitoring quality that ensure acquisition of exit competences:

Recording of attending lectures and active participation of students in discussions during lectures. Continuous monitoring of consultations during learning.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to (learning outcomes):

After the course the student should be able to: - analyse possibilities and needs of application of additive manufacturing in modern development and production - select single area of additive manufacturing in development and production (Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Tooling, Rapid Manufacturing) - analyse and select apropriate type of prototypes in different phases of product development - analyse basic steps in processes of additive manufacturing - evaluate and select the best process of additive manufacturing based on input data - estimate advantages and disadvantages of application of additive manufacturing in modern development and production

Lectures

1. Introduction to additive technologies

2. Basic principles of additive technologies

3. Additive technologies production phases

4. Polymeric materials for additive technologies

5. Other materials for additive technologies

6. Fused deposition modeling (FDM), low-budget 3D printers

7. Stereolithography (SLA)

8. PolyJet and PolyJet Matrix technologies

9. Digital light processing (DLP)

10. Selective laser sintering (SLS)

11. 3D printing (3DP)

12. Laminated object manufacturing (LOM)

13. Production of metalic products and tools with additive technologies

14. Selection of an optimal additive technology procedure

15. Economic impact of additive technology application

Exercises

1. Exaples of application of additive technologies

2. Prezentation of project realised by Chair for polymer processing in the field od additive technologies

3. Computer modelin for additive technologies

4. Computer modelin for additive technologies

5. Prototype production - detailed description of all production phases (exapmle of 3D printing with low-budget printer)

6. Prototype production - detailed description of all production phases (exapmle of 3D printing with low-budget printer)

7. Pre-exam

8. Workshop on 3D printer Connex 350

9. Workshop on 3D printer Connex 350

10. Seminar work - computer modeling and production various products by low-budget 3D printer

11. Seminar work - computer modeling and production various products by low-budget 3D printer

12. Seminar work - computer modeling and production various products by low-budget 3D printer

13. Seminar work - computer modeling and production various products by low-budget 3D printer

14. Seminar work - computer modeling and production various products by low-budget 3D printer

15. Pre-exam

Compulsory literature:

Gibson, I., Rosen, D.W., Stucker, B.: Additve Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing, Springer-Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 2010.
Godec, D., Šercer, M: Aditivna proizvodnja, Sveučilišni udžbenik, UNIZG, 2015

Recommended literature:

Gebhardt, A.: Rapid Prototyping, Carl Hanser Verlag, München, 2003.
Godec, D., Šercer, M.: Brza proizvodnja kalupa, Polimeri 28(2007)1, 32-39
Godec, D., Šercer, M., Pilipović, A.: Direct Rapid Tool Production, CIM 2009, 12th International Scientific Conference on Production Engineering, Proceedings, Hrvatska udruga proizvodnog strojarstva, Zagreb, Biograd, 17.-20.06.2009., 69-74
Godec, D.: Doktorski rad: Utjecaj hibridnog kalupa na svojstva injekcijski prešanog plastomernog otpreska, Fakultet strojarstva i brodogradnje, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, mentor: prof. dr.sc. Mladen Šercer (2005.)