OSE Chapter Training Calendar

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Application

The time until beginning of training can be between 6-12 weeks, depending on pace of progress. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The weekly schedule may look like:

  1. Video of Interest
  2. Interview 1 - Basic Interview
  3. Interview 2 - Expectations and Risk Assessment Meeting
  4. Sponsor is identified for funding the Chapter, and funding is secured. This step can take several weeks.
  5. Enterprise mentor is recruited
  6. Workshop space is secured for 2 years, about 100 square meters minimum.
  7. Payment is made to OSE
  8. Kickoff meeting - program beginning.

Curriculum

General

Work focuses on hands-on development, which will be at least 50% of the learning time. For the weekly meeting with the instructor - prior reading materials are reviewed before the meeting. Each meeting starts with a 5 minute assessment or exam of last week's learnings, discussion of that work's week, and ends with a preview to next week's content. Work focuses on FreeCAD design followed by build for any of the development items. Typically, we work with existing designs in FreeCAD, we redesign/upgrade them, and prototype the new design. At all times, we decide on where to freeze the designs vs make improvements. The trainee is involved in learning the ropes, while making small improvements and contributions to the work.

Development Process

Each week also involves continuing training in OSE Specification and OSE Development Protocol. We will continue delving into OSE Specifications on a point-by-point basis - until the student can demonstrate a good understanding of applying each specification point to actual designs as the program moves forward. We will frequently discuss, 'how does this design feature meet specification X?'. In a similar fashion, we will continue to iron out the collaborative development protocols of the OSE Development Protocol - focusing on the 40 items of the product development template, and 20 items of the enterprise development template.

Collaboration

There will be ample time throughout the 1-2 years to engage in collaborative design activity where students/collaborators gain significant exposure to large-scale, collaborative development protocols. The intended outcome is that the collaborator becomes comfortable with leading design and development work - guiding others in learning the process.

Builds Schedule

The weekly, hands-on, technical learning schedule (outside of OSE Specifications and OSE Development Protocol lessons, is as follows. Each week will involve work on different steps of the OSE Collaboration Protocol, while learning to build things in real life.

  1. Work plan - creating an editable, updatable work plan with milestones based on a Critical Path template.
  2. Collaborative literacy - how to collaborate on a large scale by publishing early and often, and what tools to use
  3. FreeCAD design and merge workflow. Part library creation.
  4. Machine Design Basics - Frames, precision axes, rotary axes, rotors, bearings, geardowns, stepper motors, stepper drivers, and heater elements
  5. OSE Specifications and design for distributive manufacturing
  6. 3D printer build - Universal
  7. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Frames
  8. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Axes
  9. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Heat Bed
  10. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of Extruder
  11. 3D Printer Build - Pro Design of High Temp Heat Bed
  12. 3D Printer Build - Pro Build
  13. 3D Printer Build - Pro 2 Build
  14. 3D Printer Build - Pro 3 Build
  15. 3D Printer Build - High Temperature Build Chamber Design
  16. CNC Torch Table - Design Upgrade
  17. CNC Torch Table - Build Frame
  18. CNC Torch Table - Build Frame
  19. Plastic Shredder - Design. Source parts.
  20. Plastic Shredder - Build Geardowns
  21. Plastic Shredder - CNC Blade Cutting
  22. Plastic Shredder - throughput data collection week
  23. Plastic Shredder - Design Improvements 1
  24. Plastic Shredder - Design Improvements 2
  25. Filament Maker - Design
  26. Filament Maker - Build Frame and mechanical
  27. Filament Maker - Build electronics
  28. Filament Maker - Data Collection on throughput, quality
  29. Data Collection on Extrusion Rates and Their Maximization with up to 1.6 mm nozzles
  30. 3D Printer Extruder Development - scaled heater blocks with clamp design
  31. 3D Printer Extruder Development - building prototypes
  32. 3D Printer Extruder Development - Making upgrades
  33. 500 Modules - introduction to generating the entire technosphere
  34. Large 3D printer for Construction Materials
  35. Large 3D printer: Multiple-Head 3D printers
  36. From here on, this is the track that is done only if we have completed all of the above. CNC Cicuit Mill - design
  37. Quality control procedures for distributed quality control
  38. 3D Printer Design for Manufacturing
  39. The last 3 months are dedicated to a final development project, based on agreed-upon priorities for achieving success as a Chapter. This may be a technology prototyping or a documentation/edu-marketing project
  40. Weeks 40-50 are discressionary - covering any time overruns on other weeks in addition to work on the final project
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