OS-ADM-101 Additive Manufacturing

Overview

In this introductory course, you'll get an overview of common metal 3D printing processes. You'll find out about the equipment used in metal 3D printing, as well as the general steps involved in four common metal 3D printing processes. You'll also discover the advantages and disadvantages of each process as well as the different products each process creates. Finally, you'll learn about metal 3D printing safety.

By the end of this course, you will be able to

• Define metal 3D printing
• Discuss the advantages of metal 3D printing
• Describe the forms of metal material used in 3D printing
• Briefly describe each classification of 3D printing
• Describe four common metal 3D printing processes
• Provide an overview of powder bed fusion
• Provide an overview of binder jetting
• Provide an overview of directed energy deposition
• Provide an overview of bound metal deposition
• List products made by metal 3D printing

Estimated completion time (hours): 4.8