Set the direction
Two hands-on days: additive manufacturing foundations, company goals and application identification.
Additive manufacturing Boost program
Your parts. Your team. A stronger business case.
Eight weeks of hands-on additive manufacturing development. Your engineers work on your equipment, developing tested designs and business cases.
8 weeksA focused development program
8 engineersOne cross-functional team
4 + 5Hands-on days + online meetings
€24,950Per team, excluding VAT
More than knowledge transfer
Make additive manufacturing part of
the engineering toolkit.
Your team works on 5–10 candidate parts from your own products: cost drivers, long-lead-time components or performance-critical applications. They learn to identify opportunities, redesign for additive manufacturing, evaluate the business case and explain their decisions to management.
The intended outcome is applied ability: engineers who can identify and develop suitable additive manufacturing applications more independently afterwards. The program involves about 40 hours across eight weeks.
The deliverables are tested designs and business cases. Production qualification, regulatory acceptance and release for operational use are separate steps where required, not automatic program outcomes.
The eight-week journey
Learn it. Apply it. Make the case.
Evaluate the opportunity
Develop your candidate applications and evaluate their business cases with online guidance.
Rethink the application
Optimize and integrate the applications, supported by an online session.
Design for manufacturing
Discuss process and design constraints and refine your approach online.
Examine the risks
A hands-on day on FMEA and FEA for your additive applications.
Apply the analysis
Apply the risk and engineering analysis to your designs with online support.
Prepare the evidence
Work on the designs, technical documentation and business cases with an online session.
Present the business case
A final hands-on day to present and review tested designs, business cases and next steps.
Who gets the most from Boost?
A team ready to
do things differently.
Especially relevant for industrial OEMs that have tried 3D printing but need the competence and internal confidence to apply it more effectively.
- Eight participants across relevant functions, with engineering at the core.
- Real candidate parts and access to application requirements.
- Willingness to redesign—not simply print the existing geometry.
- Management involvement and a decision-maker for the final business cases.
- Time and commitment to work between the guided sessions.
Investment in applied capability
€24,950 per team, excluding VAT
Investment-recovery commitment
Our ROI commitment is focused on recovering the program investment. We discuss how value is calculated, the measurement period, conditions and the applicable commitment with you before starting; those details belong in the agreed proposal.
Dutch employers may be eligible for training support. Availability and reimbursement depend on the current scheme and your organization’s eligibility; subsidy is not included in the price above.
Discuss fit, ROI and fundingGood questions
Know what you are
committing to.
How should we select the candidate parts for Boost?
Bring a mix of real components with identifiable cost, lead-time or performance challenges. Prioritize parts for which your team can access drawings, requirements and baseline data, and be open to redesign. Candidate selection should expose useful learning opportunities rather than assume every part will become a production application.
Which technical inputs should our team prepare?
Collect the available models and drawings, load cases, interfaces, operating conditions, expected quantities and current manufacturing costs. Add relevant cleaning, thermal, pressure and inspection constraints. Gaps can become part of the early assessment, but access to the application owner helps the team make defensible decisions.
How do risk analysis and simulation support the final business case?
Failure-mode analysis helps identify what must not go wrong, while engineering simulation helps investigate the design against defined loads and assumptions. Connect those findings to appropriate tests, manufacturing constraints and costs. The final decision should make clear what has been demonstrated and what qualification remains.
Where and in which language does it run?
The program is delivered in English, at your location, online and/or at Brainport Industries Campus in Eindhoven. The delivery arrangement is agreed with your team.
Do participants need to be additive manufacturing specialists?
No. It is intended for engineers and related technical participants with HBO-level or equivalent technical experience, often with some prior additive manufacturing exposure. Openness to redesign and practical work matters.
Are we guaranteed a fixed number of released production parts?
No. We start with real candidate parts and develop tested designs and business cases. The number and depth depend on the applications. Further production qualification or release may be needed.
What happens after Boost?
You can continue independently or involve us in application engineering, manufacturing and ongoing competence development. Boost does not obligate you to buy follow-on services.
Can we start with a smaller need?
Yes. A targeted engineering discussion or design for additive manufacturing training may be a better fit. We will discuss the appropriate starting point rather than force every company into Boost.
The customer perspective
“This is a program that every OEM with engineering team should do, to incorporate industrial 3D printing in the engineering toolkit.”
Sleeve Technology BV · Engineering manager
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