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PM Life is a new lifelong training programme, supported by EIT RawMaterials, aimed to help develop the future of Powder Metallurgy and help provide a comprehensive training course to those looking for a related career. The course will offer students the chance to either attend the full five-week programme to learn about the whole industry or pick specific modules to further their knowledge in certain areas. Each week will be hosted in a different venue across five European countries to provide participants with a wide range of experiences and contacts within the Powder Metallurgy Industry.

PM Life also offers an optional internship either in a factory or in a university, to practice what has been discussed during the course in a working environment.

At the end of each module there will be a short exam after which a certificate will be presented. PM Life will help provide the knowledge and experience needed to help you take the next step in your career.

Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, rapid prototyping or freeform fabrication, is “the process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer, as opposed to subtractive manufacturing methodologies” such as machining. The term 3D printing can be defined as “the fabrication of objects through the deposition of a material using a print head, nozzle, or another printer technology.”

There are 2 main families of additive manufacturing technologies:

  • Powder bed technologies
    • Selective Laser Melting (SLM) where the metal powder is melted by a laser beam
    • Electron Beam Melting (EBM) where the metal powder is melted by an electron beam after a preheating step
    • Precision inkjet printing where the metal powder is mixed with a binder: after the printing operation, the part is consolidated by sintering
  • Blown powder technologies, also known as Laser Metal Deposition or Laser cladding
    • In this process, the metal powder is blown coaxially to the laser beam which melts the particles on a base metal to form a metallurgical bond when cooled

The course agenda is available here.

For more information on Additive Manufacturing, EPMA has a short introduction here.

Academic Partner: Fraunhofer IFAM, Technische Universität Dresden
Industrial Partner: H+E Produktentwicklung GmbH, Moritzburg

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