Unit ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES
- Course
- Engineering management
- Study-unit Code
- A005311
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Michele Moretti
- Teachers
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- Michele Moretti
- Hours
- 48 ore - Michele Moretti
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2025
- Offered
- 2025/26
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Ingegneria gestionale
- Academic discipline
- ING-IND/16
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- English
- Contents
- Teaching provides the basic skills necessary for the analysis and planning of the manufacturing cycle of a mechanical component using advanced process technologies. The main content covers additive manufacturing processes, applied polymeric and metallic materials. Additive manufacturing processes of various kinds, intended for diverse applications in industrial and non-industrial sectors, are covered.
- Reference texts
- Recommended texts 1. Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Ian Gibson, David Rosen, rent Stucker. Ed. Springer New York, NY Other sources: teaching materials including lecture slides, texts and solution of proposed exercises, tables, videos and others are available through the Unistudium platform
- Educational objectives
- The teaching concurs to train the student on the technical and operational aspects of additive manufacturing technologies, provides tools for the design of the manufacturing cycle of mechanical components and assemblies; The main objective of the teaching is to provide students with the basis for the evaluation and planning of the additive manufacturing process, providing methodological aspects of the design and manufacturing phase, both from the mechanical/structural and economic point of view. The main learning outcomes will be: - Knowledge of the basic principles of additive manufacturing technologies. - Knowledge of the main additive manufacturing technologies, principles of operation, materials and applications in different industries. - Ability to assess the feasibility of manufacturing specific geometries using additive technologies and comparison with classical technologies. Selection of the most suitable technology from technical and economic aspects. - Ability to plan fabrication and post-processing steps. - Ability to dimension the process parameters necessary to define the manufacturing cycle. - Ability to predict the effects of selected parameters on the manufacturing process.
- Prerequisites
- In order to understand and be able to apply most of the techniques described in the teaching, prior knowledge of Technical Drawing and General Physics is necessary.
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized into: - classroom lectures during which the topics covered in the course are addressed; - laboratory consisting of planning manufacturing cycles per part for which technical drawings are provided. The entirety of the teaching materials used during the course - e.g., lecture slides, performed and proposed exercises, tables, vide
- Other information
- More information is available through the dedicated Unistudium page. The lecturer is available for consultations at the end of each class; consultations with the lecturer in person or through the Microsoft Teams platform can also be arranged at other times.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of two parts: - A multiple-choice written test with theoretical and technical questions on the entire landscape of course topics. - An oral test. The tests are aimed at ascertaining knowledge of the topics covered. The oral test is particularly aimed at ascertaining the student's ability to correctly plan manufacturing cycles, highlighting critical issues and approaches for their resolution or mitigation. Unless otherwise advised, the two tests are held on the same day, one following the other. The final grade is the arithmetic average of the grades obtained in the two tests. To pass the exam, however, it is necessary to obtain a score of at least 15/30 in the written test.
- Extended program
- Introduction: Additive processes as opposed to subtractive processes, historical-technological context and the birth of early additive manufacturing processes for rapid prototyping. Applied cross-cutting technologies for additive manufacturing development. Classification of additive manufacturing processes. Single point, multi point, 1D-Array and 2D-Array processes. Powder bed, liquid polymer and fused polymer extrusion processes. Machine architectures. Hybrid processes. Stages of additive manufacturing. Transition from rapid prototyping to rapid manufacturing: Time to Market. Rapid tooling. Economic aspects of the additive approach. Process benchmarks and their selection. Process Benchmarks. Design of Experiment (DOE) Design for manifacturing: parametric and topological design.
- Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
- • Goal 4: Quality education • Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure