Additive Manufacturing detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Industrial Engineering & Management 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of additive manufacturing is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 6
Overview – Need – Development of Additive Manufacturing (AM) Technology: Rapid PrototypingRapid Tooling – Rapid Manufacturing – Additive Manufacturing. AM Process Chain- ASTM/ISO 52900 Classification – Benefits. Applications: Building Printing – Bio Printing – Food PrintingElectronics Printing. Business Opportunities and Future Directions – Case studies: Automobile, Aerospace, Healthcare.
Unit II
DESIGN FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING (DfAM) 6
Concepts and Objectives – AM Unique Capabilities – Part Consolidation – Topology Optimization-Generative design – Lattice Structures – Multi-Material Parts and Graded Materials – Data Processing: CAD Model Preparation – AM File formats: STL-Problems with STL- AMF Design for Part Quality Improvement: Part Orientation – Support Structure – Slicing – Tool Path Generation -Design rules for Extrusion based AM.
Unit III
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Unit IV
POWDER BED FUSION AND MATERIAL EXTRUSION 6
Powder Bed Fusion: Selective Laser Sintering (SLS): Process – Powder Fusion Mechanism -Materials and Application. Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Electron Beam Melting (EBM): Materials – Process – Advantages and Applications.
Material Extrusion: Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)- Process-Materials -Applications and Limitations.
Unit V
OTHER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES 6
Binder Jetting: Three-Dimensional Printing – Materials – Process – Benefits- Limitations -Applications.
Material Jetting: Multijet Modeling- Materials – Process – Benefits – Applications. Sheet Lamination: Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM)- Basic Principle- Mechanism: Gluing or Adhesive Bonding – Thermal Bonding- Materials-Application and Limitation.
Additive Manufacturing Laboratory
Experiments
- Modelling and converting CAD models into STL file.
- Manipulation and error fixing of STL file.
- Design and fabrication of parts by varying part orientation and support structures.
- Fabrication of parts with material extrusion AM process.
- Fabrication of parts with vat polymerization AM process.
- Design and fabrication of topology optimized parts.
Equipment required – lab
- Extrusion based AM machine
- Resin based AM machine
- Mechanical design software
- Open-source AM software for STL editing, manipulation and slicing.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Ian Gibson, David Rosen, Brent Stucker, Mahyar Khorasani “Additive manufacturing technologies”. 3rd edition Springer Cham, Switzerland. (2021). ISBN: 978-3-030-56126-0
- Andreas Gebhardt and Jan-Steffen Hotter “Additive Manufacturing: 3D Printing for Prototyping and Manufacturing”, Hanser publications, United States, 2015, ISBN: 978-156990-582-1.
Reference Books:
- Andreas Gebhardt, “Understanding Additive Manufacturing: Rapid Prototyping, Rapid Manufacturing”, Hanser Gardner Publication, Cincinnati., Ohio, 2011, ISBN :9783446425521.
- Milan Brandt, “Laser Additive Manufacturing: Materials, Design, Technologies, and Applications”, Woodhead Publishing., United Kingdom, 2016, ISBN: 9780081004333.
- Amit Bandyopadhyay and Susmita Bose, “Additive Manufacturing”, 1st Edition, CRC Press., United States, 2015, ISBN-13: 978-1482223590.
- Kamrani A.K. and Nasr E.A., “Rapid Prototyping: Theory and practice”, Springer., United States ,2006, ISBN: 978-1-4614-9842-1.
- Liou, L.W. and Liou, F.W., “Rapid Prototyping and Engineering applications: A tool box for prototype development”, CRC Press., United States, 2011, ISBN: 9780849334092.
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