We are introducing a 2-day training course for Additive Manufacturing (AM) process simulation. In this class, you will learn how to set up the entire AM workflow from manufacturing planning to process simulations. Through lectures, live demonstrations and hands-on self-contained workshops, attendees will become conversant with applications available through the following roles: Additive Manufacturing Programmer and Additive Manufacturing Researcher.
The manufacturing applications, central to the Additive Manufacturing Programmer role, allow you to plan the build for metal powder bed fabrication, which includes nesting, support structure generation and slicer strategies. A guided step-by-step lecture walks you through the following steps in the workflow.
1. Under build setup, select or create the machine and build tray.
2. Orient the part(s) and position them using automated or manual nesting.
3. Create the support structures for the part(s) from a library or manually.
4.Specify and generate the scan paths based on machine specific parameters and hatching strategies.
5. Export the data in standard or vendor-specific formats.
The above exercise only covers those portions of the applications that are relevant to the subsequent process simulations.
The Additive Manufacturing Researcher role allows you to conduct finite element simulations based on the generated AM process parameter. The goal is to predict part distortions, residual stresses and microstructure evolutions that occur during the layer-by-layer build of the additive part. A guided step-by-step lecture guides you through the steps involved in setting up the simulation model for metal powder bed application with information coming from the manufacturing applications. After the manufacturing simulations (thermal, stress) are complete, the next step is to simulate build plate removal and predict the final deformations in the part. Finally, you will learn how to customize the interface for other manufacturing processes (e.g.: LDED, FFF) and include external tool/scan path data.
This 2-day course has been constructed to give you as much hands-on training as possible. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own parts and geometries to the class or select from a suite of different workshops to accelerate their digital additive journey!
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