151-3215-00L Design for Additive Manufacturing
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2022 |
| Lecturers | M. Meboldt, J. Ferchow |
| Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Comment | Please write a short motivation letter to apply for the course. The motivation letter should include why you intend to visit the course. Additionally, please mention what experience you have with relevant topics, such as CAD, project work, additive manufacturing (AM), simulation or design of experiments. Please also mention in the letter, if you already have a proposal for an AM component to be designed as part of the project or if you have a real-world challenge you could address by AM. Please send the letter to Julian Ferchow (email: ferchowj@ethz.ch). |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151-3215-00 G | Design for Additive Manufacturing
 | 2 hrs |
| M. Meboldt, J. Ferchow |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | This course focuses on the design, fabrication, and testing of components produced by additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. The course includes a project based on a real-world problem in which students design, fabricate and iteratively optimize functional AM parts using an appropriate AM technology. |
| Learning objective | In this course fundamental knowledge of Design for Additive Manufacturing (AM). The course will prepare the students to: - Apply fundamental AM processes (metal and plastics) - Apply the AM design guidelines - Adopt AM in an industrial environment - Apply design tools and methods in AM - Create an added value of AM - Work in a project-based product development team |
| Content | Parallel to the lectures the students design, manufacture and test prototypes in a project in different product development stages. The course is addressing the following topics: - State of the art AM Processes for metal and plastics (LPBF, BJ, MJF, SLS, FDM) - Design guidelines in AM - Industrial adoption of AM - Value creation and business models for AM - Design tools and methods for AM - Quality management in AM - Industry cases of AM applications - Problem solving and creativity - Agile Development |
| Lecture notes | Script and handouts are available in PDF-format. |
| Literature | Christoph Klahn; Mirko Meboldt: Entwicklung und Konstruktion für die Additive Fertigung - Grundlagen und Methoden für den Einsatz in industriellen Endkundenprodukten Vogel Business Media, Würzburg ISBN: 978-3-8343-3395-7 Ian Gibson; David Rosen; Brent Stucker: Additive manufacturing technologies - 3D printing, rapid prototyping, and direct digital manufacturing Springer, New York ISBN: 978-1-4939-2112-6 |
| Prerequisites / Notice | This course is for master's students. Please write a short motivation letter to apply for the course. The motivation letter should include why you intend to visit the course. Additionally, please mention what experience you have with relevant topics, such as CAD, project work, additive manufacturing (AM), simulation or design of experiments. Please also mention in the letter, if you already have a proposal for an AM component to be designed as part of the project or if you have a real-world challenge you could address by AM. Please send the letter to Julian Ferchow (email: ferchowj@ethz.ch). The successful completion of the course requires active participation in the project, the lecture and the oral exam. Final grades are based on the performance in the projects, the oral examination and the performance and the participation in the lecture. |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 4 credits |
| Examiners | M. Meboldt, J. Ferchow |
| Type | graded semester performance |
| Language of examination | English |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
| Additional information on mode of examination | Registering to the course requires fulfilling the semester performance (active participation in the semester project and oral exam). If the semester project or the oral exam is missing the course is not passed (Abbruch). Final grades are based on the performance in the projects (50%), the oral examination (30%) and the performance of the participation in the lecture (20%). The language of the projects and the presentation can be English or German, depending on the student's preference. |
Learning materials
| No public learning materials available. | |
| Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General |  : Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturers |
| Places | Limited number of places. Special selection procedure. |
| Waiting list | until 29.09.2022 |
| End of registration period | Registration only possible until 07.09.2022 |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctorate Materials Science | Advanced Manufacturing (MaP Doctoral School) | W |  |
| Mechanical Engineering Master | Design, Computation, Product Development & Manufacturing | W | |