Additive Manufacturing

Best Practice in Powder Management

Delivered by our expert Materials Quality engineering team, this face-to-face course will provide you with a comprehensive powder management framework you can apply to your organisation.

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Face-to-face delivery

£450

1 day

Is this course for you?

  • Do you manage a team that works (or will work) with metal powders?
  • Are you considering bringing powder-based additive technologies into your organisation and need to know how to set up a powder management strategy?
  • Are you looking to improve your current powder-related documentation, protocols or traceability systems?

If you answered 'yes' to any of the above, this course is for you.

Introduction

  • Case Studies to provide context

Health and Safety

  • How to implement e.g. documentation to demonstrate process adherence
  • Safe System of Work, record retention, document register

Powder lifecycle

  • Procurement
  • Validation on arrival
  • Storage / quarantine
  • Release into production
  • Production (use, recycling, top-up, waste, sampling and testing)
  • Return to storage
  • Disposal
  • Shipping
  • Monitoring and record keeping throughout

Best Practice:

  • Procurement
  • Validation
  • Storage / quarantine
  • Release into production
  • Production
  • Return to storage
  • Disposal
  • Shipping
  • Monitoring and record keeping

Process Development

  • Techniques for process development and implementation
  • Gaining buy-in
  • Justify the rationale behind implementing a powder management system and outline what can happen without a strategy in place.
  • Outline best-practice H&S documentation and management strategies.
  • Correctly map the powder lifecycle from procurement to disposal.
  • Apply best-practice powder management strategies to each stage of the powder’s journey.
  • Identify effective methods for organisation, gaining buy-in, and achieving your desired outcomes.

This course is aimed at senior engineers, managers, business owners.

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World-class training and workshop facilities

Working with MTC Training ensures access to some of the UK’s most advanced engineering facilities. Our facilities boast world-leading manufacturing and engineering equipment and advanced technologies, alongside state-of-the-art teaching spaces to inspire and support all of our learners to upskill and continue their professional development.

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Need help choosing the right course?

Not sure if this is the right training for you or your team? Speak to MTC Training and we’ll help you understand the course, discuss your requirements and recommend the best next step.

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