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Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing for Maintenance Spares

Long lead times and costly imports for obsolete or hard to source parts stall many African maintenance operations. Additive manufacturing offers a practical way to produce jigs, brackets, guards and selected spares on site. This programme introduces maintenance teams to the technology, showing where printed parts add value, how to design for printing and what the realistic limits are.

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What you will be able to do

  • Explain the main additive manufacturing processes and materials relevant to maintenance.
  • Identify components and tooling that are good candidates for on site printing.
  • Apply basic design for additive manufacturing principles to maintenance parts.
  • Assess the strength, tolerance and material limits of printed components.
  • Estimate the cost and lead time savings of printing versus procurement.
  • Build a simple workflow for capturing, printing and validating spare parts.

Course outline

  1. 01Additive manufacturing processes and materials
  2. 02Selecting parts suited to printing
  3. 03Design for additive manufacturing basics
  4. 04Material properties and part limitations
  5. 05Cost and lead time comparison
  6. 06Scanning and reverse engineering parts
  7. 07On site printing and validation workflow

Who should attend

Maintenance engineers, planners, reliability staff and workshop technicians exploring additive manufacturing to reduce spares lead times and costs.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Kigali2US$1,100Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register
5 to 6 Oct 2026Cairo2US$1,100Register
6 to 7 Oct 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Oct 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Oct 2026Online2US$900Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
23 to 24 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
24 to 25 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000Register
25 to 26 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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