ADDITIVE MANuFACTURING personnel certification

APPLICATION SPECIALIST Profile

TEC EUROLAB

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PERSONNEL CERTIFICATION – APPLICATION SPECIALIST

Who is the Application Specialist and what does he/she do?

The specialist is the one who is entrusted with the layout of the components and the general organisation of the printing batch (parts distribution and orientation). He/She manages the essential variables of the machine so as to optimise printing according to the customer’s requirements and takes into account the stages following the additive process: base plate removal and media removal, heat treatment. In addition to a preliminary non-destructive inspection of the component, he/she can make considerations on the most significant destructive tests to be applied. In particular, the specialist has expertise in:

Safe raw material handling
Basic theory of laser additive technology
Basic theory of other additive technologies
Print management (job loading, part extraction)
Print file management (part orientation and positioning)
Management of the entire additive manufacturing process (base plate removal, support removal, heat treatment)
Effects of essential variables on the process
Maintenance and routine cleaning of the machine
Main quality characteristics of the technology
Main methods of non-destructive testing (volumetric, surface, residual stress) of parts
Main destructive testing methods (tensile, resilience, hardness, metallographic, residual stress) of parts
Drafting of operating instructions for the operator

REQUIREMENTS FOR TAKING THE CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION

Qualification: Technical diploma in the scientific field
Training: 40h training course (see “Training program”) or possession of 5 CFP (*)
Work experience in the sector: 6 months (*) 1 CFP = 8h of training or participation in a technical event or teaching activity, or publication of technical articles/memoirs or research activity (each activity is worth 1 CFP). All activities must be duly documented.