Additive Manufacturing

Upon Completion of Each Module

Participants will be awarded with a Statement of Attainment (SOA) certificate for each individual module, if they meet the following criteria:

• Achieve at least 75% course attendance;
• Take all assessments; and
• Pass the course. 

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The individual modules offered under the Additive Manufacturing specialisation are:

• AM M1 : Smart Additive Manufacturing System (45 hours)
• AM M2 : Powder-bed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Complex Functional Metallic Components (45 hours)
• AM M3 : High Speed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Metallic Components (45 hours)
• AM M4 : Polymer-based Additive Manufacturing Processes for Flexible Mass Customisation (45 hours)

Pre-Requisites

• Applicants should possess a degree in any discipline or a diploma with a minimum of 3 years of related working experience.
  
• Applicants who do not have the required academic qualifications are still welcome to apply, but shortlisted candidates may be required to attend an interview for special approval.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.

Please visit the respective module's webpage for more information on the course details and fee breakdown.

• AM M1 : Smart Additive Manufacturing System (45 hours)
• AM M2 : Powder-bed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Complex Functional Metallic Components (45 hours)
• AM M3 : High Speed Additive Manufacturing Processes for Metallic Components (45 hours)
• AM M4 : Polymer-based Additive Manufacturing Processes for Flexible Mass Customisation (45 hours)

LONG TERM VISIT PASS PLUS (LTVP+) HOLDERS

• The LTVP+ scheme applies to lawful foreign spouses of Singapore Citizens with (i) at least one Singapore Citizen child or are expecting one from the marriage, or at least three years of marriage, and (ii) where the Singapore Citizen sponsor is able to support the family.
•  All LTVP+ holders can be identified with their green visit pass cards, with the word ‘PLUS’ printed on the back of the card.

ENHANCED TRAINING SUPPORT FOR SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISE (SMEs) SCHEME (ETSS)

• The ¹Enhanced Training Support for Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) scheme (ETSS) is for company-sponsored participants who are subject to the eligibility criteria shown below:

SKILLSFUTURE MID-CAREER ENHANCED SUBSIDY (MCES)

• The ²SkillsFuture Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES) is meant for employer-sponsored and self-sponsored Singapore Citizens aged 40 years old and above.
  

SkillsFuture Credit

• All Singaporeans aged 25 years old and above are eligible for SkillsFuture Credit (Opening SkillsFuture Credit and One-off SkillsFuture Credit Top Up) which can be used to offset course fees (for self-sponsored registrations only).

What You will Learn

This module allows participants to learn about the wide range of additive manufacturing technologies to fabricate metallic, polymeric and ceramic components. Participants gain an understanding of the entire process flow (pre- and post-processing) that is critical for additive manufactured components. With the guidance of industrial experts in additive manufacturing, participants receive hands-on experience in quality assessment of AM parts, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), and learn to conduct computational analysis and topology optimisation for additive manufacturing.

Contents covered in this module include:

• Background: history, evolution, distinction between AM and Subtractive Manufacturing (SM); value-add of AM with traditional precision manufacturing processes for component manufacturing
• Fundamentals and characteristics of key AM processes
• Materials and equipment systems for AM
• Post-processes and quality assessment of AM parts
• Print file preparation and optimised support structure placement
• Design for additive manufacturing (DfAM)
• Principles of computational analysis and fundamentals of topology optimisation for AM
• Implementing AR/VR into powder-bed fusion AM
• AM international standards, qualification, workplace safety and health (WSH) regulations
• Costing and lead-time estimation for complex high performance component design, process planning, and production
• Principles for evaluating and implementing AM integration plans that satisfy business, manufacturing, and legislative requirements
• Project work on virtual design and simulation of components for AM

Introduction

This module covers metal powder fabrication as feedstock for powder-bed 3D AM systems and the powder characteristics critical for AM processing. Also addressed in the module are the key powder-bed metal AM processes, for example Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Electron Beam Melting (EBM) and metal binder jetting technologies, to manufacture complex functional metallic parts. The industrial applications and relevant post-processing of such AM metallic components will also be shared with industrial case studies.

What You Will Learn

This course allows participants to learn about the powder-bed metal additive manufacturing technologies to fabricate complex functional metallic components. Participants gain understanding of the entire process flow (pre- and post-processing) that is critical for additive manufactured components. With the guidance of experts in additive manufacturing, participants also get hands-on experience on binder jet printing, laser powder bed fusion, electron beam powder-bed fusion, and learn to conduct quality assessment of additive manufactured parts.

Contents covered in this module include:

• Overview of powder-bed additive manufacturing (AM) of metals and their applications
• Metal powder production methods and characterisation
• Process and hardware for BJP, L-PBF and EB-PBF
• Practical lab sessions on three powder-bed metal AM technologies (BJP, L-PBF and EB-PBF)
• Quality assessment of AM parts
• Project work on metal powder-bed AM technologies

Introduction

This module will bring participants to delve into electron beam-based and laser-based AM technologies which enable the manufacturing of large format metallic components. They include wire-fed, powder-blown and hybrid processes that allow high speed manufacturing. The industrial applications and relevant post-processing of such metallic components will also be shared with industrial case studies.

What You Will Learn

Participants gain knowledge and skills on high speed additive manufacturing techniques for fabrication of metallic components and the industrial applications.

Contents of this course include:

• Principles of electrical arc, plasma arc, electron beam and laser for precision engineering
• Fundamentals of high speed metallic additive manufacturing techniques, processes and equipment
• Materials and metallurgy for high speed additive manufacturing of metallic components
• Quality assurance and certification of additively manufactured metallic components
• Post-processing of high speed additive manufacturing products and their equipment
• Design for high speed additive manufacturing
• Tool-path planning and generation
• Project-based case studies on high speed additive manufacturing

Introduction

Products from polymeric 3D AM systems are known for their accuracy and excellent surface finish. Participants will be introduced to the photopolymerization process in liquid-based polymeric 3D AM technologies and solid-based polymeric 3D AM technologies which use precursor materials such as polymeric powder or filaments. Liquid-based polymeric 3D AM technologies such as stereolithography and polymer jetting will be covered. Also shared in this module are the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), powder-bed inkjet 3D printing and Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) technologies. Furthermore, the industrial applications and relevant post-processing of such polymeric components will also be shared with industrial case studies.

What You Will Learn

This module is designed to equip participants with industrial knowledge of polymer-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes.

Contents covered in this module include:

• Polymer materials used in additive manufacturing
• Principles of various polymer-based additive manufacturing systems
• Vat photopolymerisation (stereolithography)
• Material jetting (3D polymer jetting)
• Powder-bed fusion polymer additive manufacturing (selective laser sintering)
• Polymer powder-bed inkjet 3D printing
• Material extrusion process (fused deposition modelling)
• Post-processing of polymer additive manufacturing parts
• Design guidelines and file preparation of specific polymer additive manufacturing systems
• Advantages and challenges in additively manufactured polymer parts
• Industrial applications and case studies of polymer additive manufactured components
• Quality assessment of polymer additive manufactured parts and material feedstock
• Project-based case studies on polymer-based additive manufacturing systems