4 — AM Supplement
F E A T U R E
T
he winner of the 2015 International Additive
Manufacturing Award is Hybrid Manufac-
turing Technologies of Plano, Texas, and
Leicestershire, U.K. Company cofounder Jason
Jones, Ph.D., attended the recent Manufacturing
for Growth meeting in Orlando, Florida, where he
accepted the award on behalf of Hybrid.
The company's innovation, and its core prod-
uct, is a self-contained laser cladding head that
mounts in a machining center's spindle (using
a toolholder) to enable the "subtractive" CNC
machine to apply additive manufacturing as part
of its capabilities. A machine tool builder adopt-
ing Hybrid's system can use it to add additive
manufacturing to the capabilities of a standard
machine. Multiple machine tool builders have
done this, perhaps most notably Mazak, which
introduced an additive-capable model to its line
of Integrex multitasking machine tools last year.
Meanwhile, machine tool end users can purchase
the system to retroft an existing machine tool to
Jason Jones to Speak at Additive
Manufacturing Conference, October 20-21
Additive Manufacturing magazine and Oak Ridge
National Laboratory are partnering to host the new
Additive Manufacturing Conference debuting this fall
in Knoxville, Tennessee. Building on the success of an
additive manufacturing workshop last year at IMTS,
the Conference will be much more than a 3D printing
event, focusing specifcally and exclusively on industrial
applications of additive technology to produce functional
metal parts and tooling.
Jason Jones of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies
(pictured) will be one of the speakers. Other speakers
from companies and institutions applying AM will ad-
dress additive processes, materials, the opportunities for
AM, and its challenges and practical considerations. The
event also includes tours of Oak Ridge National
Laboratory's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility and
car maker Local Motors.
To learn more about the Conference, including the
complete lineup of speakers—and also to register to
attend—visit additiveconference.com.
Highlighting
Hybrid
Manufacturing
The winner of the frst International
Additive Manufacturing Award is a
company that developed a head for
adding metal additive manufacturing
to an existing machine tool. The
victory highlights the signifcance of
combining additive and subtractive
processes into a single machine.
By Peter Zelinski