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  • Summary - annotation

    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.

    The content of the course consists of the following thematic units:

    1. Introduction to additive technologies, comparison with other production technologies.
    2. History and development of additive technologies and methods of rapid prototyping.
    3. General principle of printing 3D objects, requirements for input data and their quality.
    4. Possibilities of additive technology in terms of design, materials and quality.
    5. Classification of additive technologies, possibilities and differences of individual methods, suitability for use.
    6. An overview of the most important methods of additive technologies based on 3D printing from photopolymers.
    7. An overview of the most important methods of additive technologies based on 3D printing from powders.
    8. An overview of the most important methods of additive technologies based on 3D printing from solid state material.
    9. Printing preparation, the influence of various settings of printing parameters on the resulting properties of models.
    10. Processing of CAD data for production using additive technologies. Example of calculating the price of a printed part.
    11. Operation of machines for 3D printing - preparation of the machine for printing, setup with the start of own production.
    12. Post-processing - final works on printed parts.
    13. Prototype technology of vacuum casting into silicone molds.
    14. The future of additive technologies, hybrid technologies.

  • Additive Technology - Introduction

    Introduction of additive technologies - manufacturing principle, input data format, overview of basic principles of 3D printing.

  • AM - 3D printing technology from photopolymers

    Introduction of selected 3D printing technologies from liquid photopolymers.

  • AM - 3D printing technology from powders

    Introduction of selected 3D printing technologies based on powder materials.

  • AM - 3D printing technology from solid materials

    Introduction of selected 3D printing technologies based on solid materials.

  • CAD models for 3D printing

    • Assignment
      CAD models Assignment

      Prepare a CAD model in STL format of approx. 50x50x30 mm of a part suitable for additive manufacturing and submit it to the teacher for inspection and possible further discussion on Friday 2021/11/19. It is possible to prepare also an assembly of several parts into one functional unit. You can upload the file(s) here but it is not necessary.

  • Design for AM

  • Vacuum casting technology, the future of AM

  • Introduction of selected technologies in practice

    Lecturer / seminar tutor: Ing. Jiří Šafka, Ph.D.