Oct 25, 2021
From October 12-14, additive manufacturing (AM) professionals and those interested in adopting this technology gathered at the Additive Manufacturing Conference + Expo held this year in Cincinnati, Ohio. Attendance was lower than typical for this event, but the quality of the program speakers, exhibitors and attendees shone through. During a day and a half of sessions, speakers covered everything from 3D printed tooling to reshoring manufacturing to how teams of people — not just technology — need to change for successful AM adoption. Peter Zelinski, Julia Hider and Stephanie Hendrixson discuss the themes and ideas that emerged.
Related to this episode:
- Additive Manufacturing Conference
- Dustless Technologies, a company that adopted polymer AM to reshore its manufacturing
- M. Holland, plastic resin distributor
- EOS
- Dimensional Innovations, creators of the Raiders torch
-
Inside the additive manufacturing and design master’s program at
Penn State University
- Women in 3D Printing
- The Cool Parts Showcase
- Verdin Bell’s use of the Cincinnati Inc. BAAM for bell patterns
- Vertex Manufacturing, new business founded by Greg Morris
- Siemens
- Plus MFG, creator of COSMO (cost over specific modulus) tool for evaluating metal manufacturing methods