The AM E3T workshop is a hands-on training program of PADT’s comprehensive AM consulting services. The goal of this high-octane intensive workshop is to allow participants (1) to gain comprehensive overview of AM, and (2) to gain hands-on practice in AM technology and workflow. This workshop offers hands-on learning and experience in 4 key modules: Engage, Enable, Empower, and Transform.  With this workshop under your belt, expect to discover what AM is and what it can do for your business, understand how AM technologies work, experience AM practice, and innovate your business with AM.

At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Describe differences between AM and SM, and cases where AM or SM is a better technology choice.
2. Describe current AM technologies and their applications (Fused Deposition Modeling, Selective Laser Sintering, etc.).
3. Select an appropriate AM process for a given set of product constraints.
4. Describe the process flow for polymer and metal AM technologies.
5. Completed a conceptual redesign of an assembly and determine quantitatively how AM reduced the cost of said assembly.