Advanced Digital Manufacturing

According to the American Electronics Association and NASDAQ, the Texas State Technical College System is one of only four colleges in Texas to rank in the top 50 nation wide for engineering degrees and engineering technology.

Digital Manufacturing is the latest advancement in the advanced technology arena. Advanced Digital Manufacturing Technology (ADMT) uses computer generated drawings to manufacture parts and products using laser technology and powdered material. Unlike the subtractive process, used in traditional machining, where products are made by cutting excess material away to form an object. ADMT, is an additive bonding production process that represents the future of machining technology.

In ADMT, a machine, similar to a standard photocopying machine, places powdered material onto a work platform that is then bonded, layer-by-layer utilizing a computer guided laser to reproduce the shape of a particular part or product. Objects as simple as a clamp or as complex as a boat propeller or unidirectional valve may be manufactured on the machines.

In the ADMT program, students will learn 3D printing, Selective Laser Sintering and Stereo-lithography along with other support areas designed to keep ADMT graduates, competitive in the job market not only in Texas, but world wide.