How to Make 3D Printing Work for YOU. DfAM Tips, Creativity, and Lessons Learned

Conference Abstract

These are the most creative tips and applications you will see in AM. Sharing my passion in Design for AM as an MIT, CTA, to challenge and inspire smart, open, curious minds, to be in control of the concept to finished part without leaving your desktop. These tips, and lessons learned empowers engineers, to make AM work and do their duty to further the cause, to advance mankind. Many part samples pass around. A bird’s eye view of the processes and principles for AM and a deep dive into DFAM How to design strong SMART parts, embedding RFID's. Pause, Embed, Print. Design parts for AM by combining process understanding and case studies. Learn how to select an AM process, material. Understand the Design Paradigm Shift Influence of Part Orientation. How to minimize support structure and post processing The reversal of the Complexity paradigm. See the advances in lattice generation techniques and 4D printing.

Learning Objective

1. Learn the DFAM process with rules, case studies and practical lessons learned and Inspect physical samples of good and “Not so good” design techniques.
2. See why some conventional design techniques cannot work for DFAM.
3. Learn the skills and Feel confident to Evaluate and champion a business case to justify making a product with AM instead of conventional manufacturing.