ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING is the magazine devoted to industrial applications of 3D printing and digital layering technology. We cover the promise and the challenges of this technology for making functional tooling and end-use production parts.
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additiveconference.com 9 SCHEDULE | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:00 – 8:30 Additive Manufacturing Deployment Strategies Austin Schmidt | Caterpillar Anyone can buy a 3D printer. However, that is where the easy work ends when it comes to deploying AM within an organization. Once you have a printer, you are left with the Five Ws of AM. What to print, where to print, who to run the printer, when to print, and most importantly, why to print. It quickly becomes evident that human capital is the limiting factor in getting organizations to broadly adopt AM. From teaching your engineers how to design for 3D printing, to build up a manufacturing staff with additive process know-how, nothing comes easy or fast. In this lecture, we will explore strategies to inform, educate and implement AM in a large scale organization. 8:30 – 9:00 Designing for Additive Manufacturing at the Intersection of Materials, Machine and Process Raphael Stargrove | Autodesk Materials design and selection is a critical tool in product development, but with additive manufacturing, it's not just materials that determine end part performance. Machine, material, software stack and process parameters interact in complex and sometimes unpredictable ways, impacting cost, performance and manufacturability. Given this complexity, how can designers, engineers, and product developers think about and choose the right manufacturing approach, and how can they do so early enough in the design process to allow true design for manufacturing? We'll introduce the manufacturing solutions approach, outline how solution selection and development fits into the product development process, and explore examples of specific products where software, hardware and materials work together to deliver product performance. 9:00 – 9:30 Evaluation of 3D Printed Composite Molds Zeke Sudbury | Cincinnati Inc. Fiber reinforced composites provide desirable properties, such as high stiffness and low weight. Composite parts are typically manufactured using a mold or tool, which are made of a durable material like aluminum in high-volume productions. However, molds for low-volume production are generally handmade by a skilled technician using wood, fiberglass, or similar materials. The time and labor of this technician directly impacts the productivity and cost effectiveness of making a composite part. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has the potential to quickly produce unique, near- net shape geometries for molds and tools. This project examines the use of Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) to quickly produce molds for fiber reinforced composites. Molds were printed on Oak Ridge National Laboratory's BAAM, and then the surfaces were treated with a variety of methods. The durability of the surface was measured by the amount of composite parts the mold could make before failure. The additively manufactured molds were found to be an effective method for producing low-volume fiber reinforced composites. 10:00 – 10:30 Integration Matters: Additive and One-Process Manufacturing Evan Syverson and Tom Hipp | Sodick It is becoming increasingly clear that integration is one of the defining advantages of additive. Manufacturers can produce integrated parts that may have required as many as 20 or 30 separate components. Additive and subtractive have been