The teams will look at how to assess whether 3D printing could meet their needs while also evaluating it against conventional manufacturing technologies. Cost, volume, and performance will be judged. Not only the additive step, but also design and post-processing will be looked at. Participants will also get to see and work with 3D printers at MIT and get to work with CAD and other 3D printing software.
Through lectures and discussions, teams of students will learn and apply their knowledge to business cases. Teams will create a vision, business case, design, and strategy. In so doing, they’ll learn how to implement and apply additive to their own business lives. They say that, “We hope you arrive at MIT with an open mind, and leave the course with a clear idea of how to use AM and, more importantly, practical experience in doing so.” The course will be presented through the lens of an actual 3D printed part. Through the business case, design, and costing, they will learn which processes (or if at all), this part will work. At RAPID, the students will see and interact with the parts, machines, technologies, and suppliers they may need for their business case. Teams will be led across the show floor to meet people and see parts. Around 40% of the course will be lectures and 40% will be working in groups. They estimate that 40% of the course will cover additive manufacturing as a technology, 30% will focus on the latest developments, and 30% will cover applying the technology.
You could be new to 3D printing or have some experience. Engineers, design engineers, managers, doctors, and more have done similar classes at MIT. The team thinks that the sectors “aerospace and defense, medical devices, thermo-electrical components, automotive, fluid handling devices, semiconductors, art, design and architecture, consumer products, and other general manufacturing of physical goods” are the most relevant.
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