Overview
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Learn budget-friendly methods for additive manufacturing with metal. Explore metal 3D printing with filament and related techniques.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Metal 3D printing on a budget
- Who this is for
- Lower-cost metal 3D printing overview
- Filament-type printing process introduction
- Green and brown process stages
- Material considerations
- Pros and cons vs. other technologies
- Debinding and sintering
- Part shrinkage and density
- Design considerations for benchtop metal additive
- Resolution, shrinkage, and isotropy
- Post-sintering treatment and specialty materials
- Simulation, testing, and validation
- Outsource or make in-house?
- Overview of higher-volume-production metal additive
- Part geometry considerations
- Selecting a metal 3D printing technology
- 3D printed composite parts
- High-strength parts
- High-temperature polymers
- 3D printing ceramics
- Learn more about 3D printing metal
