Advanced Manufacturing and Additive Processes

Catalog description

Provides a comprehensive overview of manufacturing approaches and technologies used in today’s industry, including one of the fastest-growing areas—additive manufacturing (AM). Offers students an opportunity to understand the fundamentals of AM and 3-D printing, the key AM processes, including technologies based on material extrusion, vat photopolymerization, powder bed fusion, and binder and material jetting. Focuses on benefits of rapid prototyping and its application to aerospace, automotive, consumer good business, and healthcare. Includes important design and fabrication considerations.