Course: Additive Technology

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Course title Additive Technology
Course code KSA/ADIT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Šafka Jiří, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Keller Petr, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The content of the course consists of the following thematic units: 1. Introduction to additive technologies, comparison with other manufacturing technologies. 2. History and development of additive technologies and methods of Rapid Prototyping. 3. General principle of 3D objects printing, requirements for input data and their quality. 4. Possibilities of additive manufacturing methods in terms of design, materials and quality. 5. Classification of additive technologies, possibilities and differences of individual methods, possibilities of usage. 6. Overview of the most important methods of additive technologies based on 3D printing from photopolymers. 7. Overview of the most important methods of additive technologies based on 3D printing from powders. 8. Overview of the most important methods of additive technologies based on 3D printing from solid state materials. 9. Production preparation, effect of different print parameter settings on the resulting model properties. 10. Processing of CAD data for production using additive technologies. An example of calculating the cost of the printed part. 11. Preparation of the 3D printing machines for printing and its setting before starting production. 12. Post-processing - finishing of printed parts. 13. Prototype technology of vacuum casting into the silicone moulds. 14. Future of additive technologies, hybrid technology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture, Practicum
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to teach students to use modern approaches in the development of new products and innovation of existing ones. Getting acquainted with modern tools, their possibilities of use and limitations.
Students will acquire knowledge of Additive Technologies, their possibilities and using. Students will practise some technologies in lab.
Prerequisites
Nothing

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination

Requirements for the credit are attendance at seminars and preparation of semestral work. The subject is finished with the written exam, which deals with studied topics, their understanding and applications.
Recommended literature
  • GEBHARDT A. Understanding Additive Manufacturing. Munich: Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-446-42.
  • SRIVATSAN, T. S. a T. S. SUDARSHAN. Additive manufacturing: innovations, advances, and applications. Boca Raton: Taylor & Francis, 2016. ISBN 9781498714785.


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