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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing: Costs Structures and Benefits
EIT RawMaterials and LUT University
The course delved into the concept of cost in additive manufacturing of metal parts. The course covered direct and indirect costs involved, practicalities of owning a machine in-house vs. subcontracting the service, and, economic feasibility of it based on examples from industry. The readiness level of metal printing was explored together with trends & developments in industry.
4 weeks, 1 hour per week
Dr Didier Zimmermann
Interim Director Education
EIT RawMaterials
Heidi Piili, D.Sc. (Tech.)
Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering
LUT University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Assess the economic implications of 3D printing
- Evaluate the possibilities of additive manufacturing and its impact on start-ups
- Describe how cost structure and supply chain in additive manufacturing differ from those of conventional production
- Explain different ways to gain competitive advantage with additive manufacturing
Syllabus
- Metal additive manufacturing methods and associated expenses
- Feasibility of owning a metal additive manufacturing printer in production vs. subcontracting
- Direct and indirect costs of additive manufacturing
- Economic feasibility of additive manufacturing and opportunities for digitalisation of manufacturing
Issued on 8th December 2020
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