Additive Manufacturing: Metal 3D Printing

Learn budget-friendly methods for additive manufacturing with metal. Explore metal 3D printing with filament and related techniques.

Introduction

• Metal 3D printing on a budget
• Who this is for

1. Lower-Cost Metal 3D Printing

• Lower-cost metal 3D printing overview
• Filament-type printing process introduction
• Green and brown process stages
• Material considerations
• Pros and cons vs. other technologies
• Debinding and sintering
• Part shrinkage and density

2. Workflow and Post-Processing

• Design considerations for benchtop metal additive
• Resolution, shrinkage, and isotropy
• Post-sintering treatment and specialty materials
• Simulation, testing, and validation

3. Outsourcing vs. In-House

• Outsource or make in-house?
• Overview of higher-volume-production metal additive
• Part geometry considerations
• Selecting a metal 3D printing technology

4. Alternatives to Metal

• 3D printed composite parts
• High-strength parts
• High-temperature polymers
• 3D printing ceramics

Conclusion

• Learn more about 3D printing metal