Presentations from R3D@Tri-C, the Regional 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Conference, held on June 18 and 19, 2015, at Tri-C’s Advanced Technology Training Center in Cleveland, Ohio.

1. Advanced Manufacturing
Workforce Development
in Cincinnati
6/16/2015
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2. Introductions
Dustin Lindley
Advanced Manufacturing Center Manager
University of Cincinnati Research Institute
dustin.lindley@ucri.org

3. UCRI:
University of Cincinnati Research Institute
• UCRI was established in 2012 as a not-for-profit
company with three primary goals
– Bridging the gap between industrial partners and UC
researchers
– Commercialization of IP generated by UC researchers
– Provide cooperative learning experiences for UC
students through engagement with industry
• Flexible and agile in developing contracts with
industrial partners
– Highly flexible with regard to the ownership and
protection of intellectual property
– Able to more quickly produce and enact agreements
• Operates 10 research centers
– UC Engineers
– uc2u
– Various others

4. UCRI
Advanced Manufacturing Center
• Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC):
researching the theory and application of
advanced manufacturing techniques in
industrially relevant ways
• Lab facility being developed in UC
Victory Parkway campus
• Specializing in functional materials and
applications (metals, composites,
functional plastics)
• Core competencies:
– Process development for AM production
– AM machine design and modification
– Sensor and process control development
– Material development and optimization

5. Cincinnati State Technical
and Community College
• ~10,000 students in a wide range of
programs
– Accounting to Yoga Teacher Training
• Excellent Electro-mechanical Engineering
Technology- Laser program
• Pre-Engineering students often continue at
University of Cincinnati
– Certificates and 2 year degrees
• Workforce development since 1969

6. • A public-private partnership led by Cincinnati and Dayton
applied earlier this year for a federal program, known as the
Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP)
• The partnership, known as the Southwestern Ohio
Aerospace Region (SOAR), was one of 12 regions awarded
the IMCP designation on May 28, 2014
• Designation puts the Cincinnati-Dayton region in the front of
the line to receive a slice of the $1.3 billion in total federal
money available for economic development projects related
to aerospace manufacturing in our region
• Six priority areas relating to aviation & aerospace have been
identified for spending: 1) workforce, 2) supply chain, 3)
research and innovation, 4) infrastructure and site
development, 5) international trade assistance, and 6) capital
access
Southwestern Ohio and Northern Kentucky Aerospace Region:
SOAR

7. • Workforce development collaboration
• Goal: Equip the Workers of Tomorrow
• How: Develop industrially relevant
curriculum in advanced manufacturing,
along with cutting-edge training facilities
• Help engage students through their innate
need and ability to make things

8. Advanced ⊃ Additive 3D Printing⊃
DMLS
FDM
SLA
SLS
Planning
Design
Subtractive
Post treat
Inspection

9. Where to start?
A certificate program is a good starting point:
• Relatively inexpensive and short
• Provides upskilling for existing workers
• A way for new workers to show basic skills
– Myth: Kids know how to use 3d printers
– Myth: Everyone has a 3d printer in their house
• A successful model exists in…

10. Cincinnati State Workforce Development Center (WDC)
Machine Operator Training
• Two certificate programs
– Machine operator 1: Metalworking Skills
• 210 contact hours in 6 courses
• Manual machining and metrology; shop math;
basic statistical process control
– Machine operator 2: CNC Modeling and
Programming
• 180 contact hours in 5 courses
• CAD, CAM, and CNC; print reading and
interpretation
• Focused on, but not limited to, machining
• Curriculum built to reflect the voice of the
customer (VOC) through a Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC)

11. Additive Manufacturing Certificate Program
(proposed)
• Two certificates
• Additive Manufacturing 1: Plastics
Objectives:
– Familiarity with the safe operation of consumer AM
machines
– Exposure to commercial machines
– Understanding of the basic problems that all AM processes
have
• Additive Manufacturing 2: Metals
Objectives:
– Familiarity with the safe operation of metal AM machines
– Exposure to modern metal characterization methods
– Understanding of the common failure modes of metal AM
processes

12. Additive Manufacturing 1: Plastics
• Equipment
– Classroom with consumer FDM
machines (~10-15 machines)
– Lab with commercial plastic
machines
– Computer classroom for build
prep/setup
• Some computer classroom time,
but concentrate on lab time
• Everyone builds something every
class
– Encourage students to use
machines for personal projects

13. Plastic technologies
Form 1 SLA printer
Makerbot Thing-
O-Matic
EOS P390 SLS
machine
Z Corp. Spectrum 510
HP Multi Jet Fusion printer
Cincinnati and ORNL BAAM

14. Additive Manufacturing 2: Metals
• Equipment
– Concept Laser Mlab
– Computer classroom for build
prep/setup
• Again concentrate on lab time
– Safety a real consideration
– Avoid reactive materials (Ti, Al) in
lab, but discuss during class
• Class builds something every
meeting
• Introduce material characterization
methods
– Metallography
– Mechanical testing

15. Metal technologies
EOS M250 at UCRI AMC
Arcam Q20 EBM machine
DMG Mori Lasertec 65 3DOptomec LENS MR-7
Sciaky EBAM Machine

16. Where to go from there?
• Develop courses for less advanced (K-12)
and more advanced (college and grad)
students
• Collaborate with University of Cincinnati to
develop courses
– Design Art Architecture and Planning
– Mechanical Engineering
• Continue to refine and update as new
equipment becomes available

17. Current collaboration activity:
• Formation of Technical Advisory
Committee
• Evaluating equipment and space needs
• Developing timelines
• Producing curriculum