Design Rules for Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion

Upon completion of this course you will be able to prepare a model fit for submission to a bureau to be manufactured using Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion.

Is this course for you?

Are you a design engineer interested in creating products using Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion?

Do you want to prepare designs for submission to a bureau and be sure they will be approved?

Course Content

• 1 Introduction
  -How does Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion work?
  -Introduction to designing for Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion
• 2 Designing for Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion
  -What do I need to understand as a designer?
  -What is unique about Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion?
  -Overall guidelines and insight
• 3 Process-specific design rules (Design for Manufacturing)
  -Design considerations
  -Design for Inspection
  -Design for Post-Processing
• 4 Application
  -Selecting correct adjustment
  -Selecting complete design most suited to Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion
  -Case study based decision-making activity

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Outline the unique considerations a designer must deal with in order to create an effective Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion design
• Implement effective design adjustments in order to optimise key features (which would otherwise affect buildability)
• Identify methods to optimise a design for post-processing and inspection
• Apply process-specific design rules for Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion to example 3D models