You can find the latest news about the course in the Moodle course and under the current news of the institute.

The sequence is as follows:

1. Introduction to additive manufacturing
2. Development methodology for additive manufacturing and design of components
3. AM design in the system context – Thinking AM
4. Process induced properties
5. Outline of lightweight design
6. Industrial examples of AM
7. Introduction to lattice structures
8. Manufacturing based design at the mesoscale
9. Analysis and fabrication of strut-based lattice structures
10. The digital process chain for additive manufacturing
11. Life cycle assessment of additively manufactured components
12. Introduction to life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon footprinting in additive manufacturing
13. Additive manufacturing in the context of Industry 4.0

Exercises:

1. Methodical concept development of AM-parts based on requirements (new products or redesign)
2. Design of AM-parts in the system concept
3. Digital work preparation
4. Introduction to LCA for AM components
5. Re-design of a Punch rivet tool for the AM process.
6. Integration of lattice structures into solid-wall designs

• Lecture slides of the lecturers
• Lachmayer, R., Lippert, R.B.: Entwicklungsmethodik für die Additive Fertigung, Springer Vieweg 2020
• Lachmayer, R., Rettschlag, K., Kaierle, S.: Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung, Springer Vieweg 2021
• Lachmayer, R., Bode,B., Kaierle, S.: Innovative Product Development by Additive Manufacturing, Springer Nature, 2022
• Kirchner, E.: Werkzeuge und Methoden der Produktentwicklung: Von der Idee zum erfolgreichen Produkt, Springer Vieweg 2020

Information, lecture notes and supplementary materials are available on the e-learning platform Moodle of the course “Additive Manufacturing (Laser-Powder-Bed-Fusion) I“.