A Series of Workshops and presentations provided by the Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Alliance: Presentation held at Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace & Space, 21st - 22nd February 2018, München

Facilitated by the Fraunhofer Alliance for Additive Manufacturing, which is the largest consortium for applied research in the field of Additive Manufacturing in Europe – the workshop provides the opportunity to learn about the newest research in this field and the possible implementation of state of the art processes for your products. An overview will be given on how to design complex products for AM with a focus on metals and polymers and with respect to different applications related to Aerospace and Space. It will be discussed how AM can be integrated in the product development with other manufacturing technologies. A significant factor for the quality of AM products is the processing and quality of the raw material, which is metal or polymer powder for most AM processes. You will learn about influencing factors for powder quality and the implementation of an efficient powder process for AM. The information given will enable participants to evaluate potentials for their own AM processes and products and it is hoped to enable them to find approaches for the implementation of new or enhanced methods, tools and processes for their companies and organizations. What you will learn:• Overview of research state in design methods for AM and how to design complex geometries(e.g. bionic design, lattices) with already available design tools• How to implement design guidelines and additional functionality (e.g. electronics) in AM for metals and polymers in CAE product development and AM processes• Understanding of the importance of powder quality and processing and how to implement an efficient powder process for AM• New potentials in using surface-treated polymers for space applications About the Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Alliance:Fraunhofer is Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. Its research activities are conducted by 69 institutes and research units at locations throughout Germany. The Fraunhofer Gesellschaft employs a staff of 24,500, who work with an annual research budget totaling 2.1 billion euros. Of this sum, 1.9 billion euros is generated through contract research. More than 70 percent of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft’s contract research revenue is derived from contracts with industry and from publicly financed research projects. International collaborations with excellent research partners and innovative companies around the world ensure direct access to regions of the greatest importance to present and future scientific progress and economic development. The Fraunhofer Additive Manufacturing Alliance integrates seventeen Fraunhofer institutes across Germany, which depending on their main focus, deal with subjects concerning additive manufacturing and represent the entire process chain. This includes the development, application and implementation of additive production processes as well as associated materials