Webinar

Demonstration of the New Additive Manufacturing Module

Learn how to generate data, set-up calculation types, and more

The Additive Manufacturing Module is an Add-on Module in Thermo-Calc that is primarily designed for modeling the powder bed fusion process in Additive Manufacturing.

Special focus has been given to have a unified treatment of alloy dependent material properties and process parameters when solving the multiphysics problem of a moving heat source that melts and solidifies metal powder. The multiphysics simulation involves thermal conduction, fluid flow, evaporation-, radiation- and convective- heat loss.

This webinar will give an overview of the module, followed by a live demonstration of how to: generate the materials data needed for the simulation, setup different calculation types, analyze results, couple results to other modules, and finally a preview of the 2024a development. 

Topics that will be discussed:
  • Generation of Materials Data
  • Overview of the Module
  • Demonstration of different calculation types:

    - Steady State (SS)
    - Transient with Heat Source from SS
    - Transient

  • Visualization and analysis of results
  • Comparison with experimental results
  • Coupling with Diffusion- and/or Precipitation Module
  • Preview of 2024a development

This webinar was created in September 2023, after the launch of the Additive Manufacturing Module to introduce users to the new Module. We are now planning a follow-up webinar to cover the advancements in the Additive Manufacturing Module from the 2024a, 2024b, and 2025a releases. If you liked this webinar and would like to learn more about the latest advancements, don't hesitate to register for the upcoming webinar:

Improve Your AM Simulations: Learn How to Use the Latest Features in the Additive Manufacturing Module (Wednesday 19 March 3 PM CET/10 AM EDT)

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