#SC-04-17 Additive Manufacturing for Business: Practices and Ecosystem
About Course
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Identify how to implement additive manufacturing in your organisation
On this course, you’ll examine the business case for additive manufacturing (AM) alongside experts at EIT RawMaterials.
The introduction of AM has created exciting opportunities for innovation in multiple industries, from product design to aeronautics, and understanding the market is crucial to reaping the benefits.
Learn how additive manufacturing can boost your business
AM has the potential to be profitably used in business and can have a positive impact on value chains and business models.
You’ll learn to explain how AM can be used to boost business – whether you’re an entrepreneur looking to enter the 3D printing market, or a professional interested in enhancing an existing company with AM.
Discover the additive manufacturing ecosystem
You’ll be given an in-depth overview of the current AM landscape, learning how to find your place in a market that has greatly expanded over recent decades.
You’ll also examine the practical process of implementing AM within a business.
Lead an additive manufacturing strategy in your company
Ultimately you’ll come away able to confidently make the business case for the use of additive manufacturing, armed with a clear and concise understanding of the current market and processes.
What topics will you cover?
- Key financial advantages of additive manufacturing
- Additive manufacturing applications in the product lifecycle
- Strategic framework of additive manufacturing implementation
- Additively manufactured spare parts
- Additive manufacturing ecosystem
- Distributed manufacturing
Who will you learn with?
Jouni Partanen is Professor of Advanced Production on Technologies in Aalto University, Finland. He has a PhD degree in Physics and 15 years of industrial experience in 3D Printing technologies.
Sergei Chekurov (DSc.) defended his thesis on the industrial opportunities of additive manufacturing in 2019 and continues to research the effect of AM on value creation systems at Aalto University.
Interested in Additive Manufacturing technologies, new materials, and related software solutions. Currently working as a post-doctoral researcher at Aalto University.
Who developed the course?
Initiated and funded by the EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology), a body of the European Union, EIT RawMaterials is the largest European raw materials partnership.
What Will I Learn?
- Explain how additive manufacturing can be used to improve business
- Justify why additive manufacturing should be used in your company
- Explore the additive manufacturing ecosystem
- Lead additive manufacturing implementation in your company
- Assess your position in relation to other players of the additive manufacturing ecosystem
Topics for this course
Introduction
Welcome to the course00:02:14
Differences between additive manufacturing and conventional manufacturing
Please introduce yourself
Strengths and weaknesses of additive manufacturing
Application areas of additive manufacturing
It was a really good course, I learned more than I thought. Thank you for preparing it.
Everyone did an excellent job delivery such needed content. I really learned a lot. Dr. Jouni Partanen
It was very interesting. I enjoyed all over the course.
I knew a few things and it also refreshed my learning, the content was very good and I liked doing the challenges.
This course was good.The level was right and the content was interesting. The discussion tasks and assignments were also good and the videos were informative.