Workshops
UNI Foundry 4.0 and Metal Casting Center host a variety of workshops throughout the year. Registration for current workshops and links to previous sessions can be found below.
Previous Workshops
Additive Manufacturing for Investment Casting Workshop Series
This workshop series offers a comprehensive understanding of additive manufacturing techniques and their application in the investment casting process. Beginning with an exploration of basic concepts, participants progress to specialized topics like FFF, SKA/DLA pattern printing, wax and PMMA materials, and gating and rigging practices. View this workshop on YouTube through the links below.
Workshop Series includes:
- Session 1: Introduction to Additive Manufacturing for Investment Casting
- Session 2: FFF and SLA/DLA Pattern Printing for Investment Casting
- Session 3: Wax and PMMA Pattern Printing for Investment Casting
- Session 4: Designing Castings for use with Additive Manufacturing
Robotic CAD to Path Programming for Casting Finishing Workshop Series
This workshop series offered practical lessons on utilizing offline programming for robotic arms. These lessons included instruction on creating a variety of robot programs using industrial robots to finish a cast metal part. View this workshop on YouTube through the links below.
Workshop Series includes:
- Session 1: Offline Robot Cell and Part Setup
- Session 2: Intro to Offline Programs
- Session 3: Part to Process Operations
- Session 4: Process to Part Operations
Development of Real-Time Process Sensors for Use in Metal Casting Equipment Workshop Series
Participants learned about the Internet of Things (IoT) and explored its possibilities. This workshop covered the skills needed to build process sensors and how to display the results on a desktop using a web browser. View this workshop on YouTube through the links below.
Workshop Series includes:
- Session 1: Getting started with a Raspberry Pi
- Session 2: Installing MQTT to facilitate data acquisition
- Session 3: Developing flows with Node-RED
- Session 4: Expanding with Arduino-based microcontrollers
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Workshop Series
Our Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) 8-part workshop series gave participants knowledge on constructing cost-effective IoT solutions to monitor industrial environments using accessible components and open-source software.
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Workshop Series includes:
- Introduction to IIoT and Commonly Used Hardware Platform
- IoT Wireless Communication Overview
- Introduction to Python Programming
- Commonly used Sensors and Sensor Interface
- Implementation of a Flash Web Server for Simple IoT Applications
- Publish/Subscribe Protocol MQTT Implementation for IoT Applications
- Utilization of a Database in Cloud for IoT Applications
- Integration of Plotly Dash for Data Visualization
ABB Robotic Education Series
View our video series with UNI professors Julie Zhe Xhang and Rukmini Srikant as they demostrate the capabilities of the ABB Trainer Robot.
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