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The adoption of AM products is essential to the continued growth of the AM industry, but the path can be confusing. The key to product acceptance is customer trust in the material, process, product, and provider. The established mechanism for trust is enduring performance to documented standards, specifications, and industry codes. Through certified, verified, or audited performance on this mechanism, a product can be qualified, accepted or otherwise trusted. Many AM proprietors are entrepreneurs new to manufacturing at large. Navigating the framework of technology advancement, implementing standards, establishing processes/procedures, and satisfying critical quality metrics is daunting. Beyond the paperwork some of the challenges are cultural and personnel related. The presenter will share the culture of excitement that comes with achieving final product acceptance.
Slade Gardner - Big Metal Additive
How to Build, Repair, and Enhance Metal Components with Additive Manufacturing
Metal additive manufacturing is in use today for more than just building parts. Technology such as directed energy deposition (DED) enables customers to FORM, ENHANCE, and REPAIR metallic parts on-demand. DED technology addresses: 1) delivering metal components that cannot be made by conventional methods, 2) repairing components by depositing material to return parts to service, and 3) adding new material onto existing components for enhanced performance.
Melanie Lang - FormAlloy Technologies, Inc.