Course detail

Principles of additive manufacturing

CEITEC VUT-DS122Acad. year: 2020/2021

The bases, advantages and drawbacks of additive manufacturing, together with its social and economic impact, will be reviewed in this course. The student will learn how to control the interplay between materials, devices for fabrication and software for a successful development of a product. Four of the most spread additive manufacturing technologies will be revised in detail, including fused deposition modelling, direct ink writing, selective laser melting and stereolithography. The materials requirements, processing principles and conditions, accuracy, commune defects and properties of parts obtained will be discussed for each technology. Students will have the opportunity of in silicon design one object and built it layer by layer using either fused deposition modelling or direct ink writing technique. Last but not least, the concept of biofabrication and 3D-bioprinting, with high potential for the fabrication of human tissues and organs, will be introduced

Language of instruction

English

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of materials science, polymers, metals and ceramics. Basic concepts of traditional material processing

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Not applicable.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

S.H. Huang, P. Liu, A. Mokasdar, L. Hou. Additive manufacturing and its societal impact: a literature review. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 67, 2013, 1191-1203. (EN)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme STIAMN Doctoral

    branch AM , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
    branch ANTMT , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional