General Methodology for the Generation and Dissemination of Manufacturing Knowledge: A Case Study with the Double Diamond AM Knowledge Approach

The ever-increasing consolidation of industry 4.0 technologies and the imminent advent of the industry 5.0 paradigms makes it essential to use new methodologies for the generation and the transfer of knowledge in the manufacturing sector. Considering the state of the art regarding pedagogy and Additive Manufacturing (AM) and starting from the need to create a unique tool to make the most of the potential of additive technology, a case-study based on the method called “Double Diamond AM Knowledge Approach” (D2AMKA) is introduced with a deep discussion of the results obtained in the European project CAPT’N’SEE, managed by EIT manufacturing, which saw the collaboration of the Polytechnic of Turin, of the École Nationale Superieure d’Arts et Metiers of Paris and of Add-Up. In extending the D2AMKA, arose the need to create an information system to carry out the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for an AM process taking into account the differences with traditional processes. In order to satisfy this need will be shown how to apply to the case a previously created model to manage the information of a production process with a lean perspective. To summarize this paper presents a general methodology to (i) capture knowledge needs in a specific manufacturing area and about a specific manufacturing sector, (ii) develop an e-learning path in that manufacturing sector with the collaboration of partners of that manufacturing area, and (iii) organize a journey in the name of training, dissemination, sharing and brainstorming.