Collaborative Framework for effective Education of reliable 3D Printing Technologies: Virtual & Physical Prototyping
Swiss partners
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HES-SO Valais-Wallis - Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie: Haifa Sallem (main applicant)
Partners in the MENA region
- Université de Tunis El Manar - Ecole nationale d'ingénieurs de Tunis ENIT, Tunisie: Tarek Mabrouki (main applicant), Adel Hamdi, Khalil Mansouri
- Université de Tunis - Ecole nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs de Tunis ENSIT, Tunisie: Habib Sahlaoui
Presentation of the project
The collaboration between the three engineering schools HEI-Valais-Switzerland ENI-Tunisia and ENSIT-Tunisia aims to implement a Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM) driven polyvalent framework for the integration and dissemination of metal 30 printing technologies into engineering educational program and to bring more scientific comprehension of the process.
On the one hand, this project was an opportunity to foster synergies between the skills provided by the involved academic institutions and has enabled to:
- Implement an institutional cooperation between Switzerland and MENA region for integrating AM technologies and Industry 4.0 into engineering background and create a student-based learning environment involving engineering student exchange,
- develop a multidisciplinary collaborative framework for Selective Laser Melting (SLM) technology including a continuous workflow from the part design through printing, and part qualification . It includes the real manufacturing space combined with a virtual digital one considering the multiple physical aspects of the process.
- make research equipment for MAM accessible in higher education by sharing the available infrastructures for exploration in engineering fields based on the combination of both virtual and physical prototyping, respectively through the development of numerical predictive models, and printing tangible 30 samples.
On the other hand, the proposed framework was a fertile ground to future engineers and young researchers to develop skills in common processing equipment based on scientific concepts, to test several materials, and to be immersed in an innovative technology allowing a flexible integration of the metal AM toward the industry 4.0.
Meeting with the Swiss ambassador in Tunisia, March, 2023
Co-organisation of the conference AIAM'2023