Additive Manufacturing

Course details

Become the expert on Additive Manufacturing in your organization. This course will fast track your understanding of additive manufacturing (AM), its possibilities and limitations. You will learn the fundamentals, how the technology is disrupting the market and in detail how to create business cases for the technology inside your organization.

What's Special About This Course?

This course is one of the few courses available on Additive Manufacturing running both publicly and in-house. This course is run by Christopher Schmitz, who supports customers to exploit the opportunities arising from additive manufacturing (AM) in his position at Additive Minds – the consulting unit of EOS – . Since Christopher is fluent in five languages, he has conducted projects in more than a dozen different countries and has experience in identifying serial-grade applications and integrating them in existing business models successfully.

Also, remember that this course is operated by WorleyParsons, a key and widely recognized player in the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) ;

Course Overview

This 4 day course is designed to take you from a point of being intrigued about 3D printing, to being the expert people turn to in your organisation. Led by an industry expert, you will learn the fundamentals, business case, and possibilities of this exciting new technology. Learn how you can use your new knowledge to gain the competitive edge.

You will Learn How to

• Identify and understand the key benefits of AM.
• Become the AM thought leader within your company and inspire others.
• Discover how to optimize for the AM production process by learning from best-in-class business cases.
• Unleash your creativity and find innovative AM applications.
• Analyze your value chain and see how AM can positively influence it.
• Know how to screen and select parts from your portfolio.
• Learn how to develop decentralized and flexible production as a basis of Industry

Topics

1. Overview of AM technologies
2. AM technology advantages
3. Case Study discussion
4. AM Disruption Game
5. AM Disruption Levers
6. How to innovate your value chain
7. Risks and Opportunities with AM
8. Extract and prioritize key strategic elements
9. DMLS Process Fundamentals
10. Design Thinking in AM
11. Part screening methodology technical criteria
12. Part screening methodology economic criteria
13. Pain Point Analysis
14. Cost estimation vs. Cost calculation
15. Solving of an AM business case
16. Technology Outlook both globally and locally

Updated on 05 September, 2018