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3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing for Furniture Manufacturing

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The additive manufacturing course is structured in two parts. The first introduces the user to the technology, giving an overview of 3D printing and how it works, as well as showing the production process of a 3D printed product. In the second part, it is detailed how to use this technology in the wood and furniture sector, explaining some of its most relevant uses in this field. Reference is also made to the commercial and design benefits that the furniture sector can derive from additive manufacturing.

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This course is part of Specialization Digital and Physical World Hybridising

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Knowledge

- Steps to follow since you get the 3D model up to the printed piece.
- Influence of additive manufacturing on the design and prototyping of a product.
- Application of additive manufacturing for the production of pre-mold or molds for short series.
- Competitiveness of additive manufacturing in the production sector.
- How 3D printing is being used in the furniture market.


Skills

- Obtaining and printing a 3D object.
- Be able to identify what is printable or not.
- Knowing what types of software are needed for each step of the 3D printing process.
- Recognize what types of pieces of furniture can be printed in 3D.
- Be able to increase the added value of the product through this technology.
- Knowing when and how to use rapid tooling.
- Identify the different uses of 3D printing in the furniture market.


Competences

- Ability to make decisions within the printing process.
- Analyze the part before printing.
- Ability to adapt the prototype to the specifications of the customer.
- Analyze the production and be able to improve costs and times in the production process.
- Ability to work with hybrid technology (Pieces of wood assembled with 3D printing parts).
- Analyze and optimize the design for 3D printing, adapting it to market trends.

Course Content

  • 1# Introduction to 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing
    • 1.1 What is Additive Manufacturing?
    • 1.2 Technologies FDM vs SLA
    • 1.3 Production process in 3D printing. Obtaining the digital model.
    • 1.4 Production process in 3D printing. Extracting pieces.
    • 1.5 What is Rapid Prototyping?
    • 1.6 What are support structures in AM?
    • 1.7 Production process in 3D printing. Exporting the STL file.
    • 1.8 Production process in 3D printing. Post Processing.
    • 1.9 3D printing technologies. Overview.
    • 1.10 Model Infill
    • 1.11 Production process in 3D printing. Slicing the STL file.
    • 1.12 Main software used in 3D printing.
    • 1.13 What are STL and G-Code.
    • 1.14 How does 3D printing work?
    • 1.15 Production process in 3D printing. 3D printing.
    • 1.16 Key design consideration for 3D printing with FDM.
  • 2# Application of 3D printing in the Furniture sector
    • 2.1 Design in the furniture sector with 3D printing.
    • 2.2 Prototyping in the furniture sector with 3D printing.
    • 2.3 Moulds for Prototyping and final products. Rapid Tooling.
    • 2.4 Moulds for Prototyping and final products. Benefits of Rapid Tooling.
    • 2.5 Furniture and Additive manufacturing. Complex geometries.
    • 2.6 Furniture and Additive manufacturing. Short series.
    • 2.7 Furniture and Additive manufacturing. Product customization.
    • 2.8 Furniture and Additive manufacturing. Hybrid technology, assembled pieces of wood with 3D printing
  • 3# Commercial Aspects
    • 3.1 How 3D printing affects the furniture market.
    • 3.2 What role does Additive Manufacturing play in Industry 4.0.

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