The document summarizes key points from the 2017 Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference, including: - Over 1040 attendees and 150 technical presentations focused mainly on applications of additive manufacturing technology. - 231 companies exhibited, showing metals and ceramics production parts, as well as printed electronics and embedded electronics. - Many new materials and larger 3D printers were displayed, including desktop, industrial, and large format machines from companies like HP, Carbon, and Stratasys. - Topics covered optimization techniques, case studies in industries like aerospace, and the growing market potential of the additive manufacturing sector.

1. Dave Pierson
Senior Design Engineer
MAGNET

2. 1040 attendees
Over 150 technical presentations
Majority of presentations focus on
Applications of AM technology..
2017 location pending

3. Largest Additive Manufacturing show in the US.
Growing at over 25% +per year.
26th year.
45K square feet
231 companies exhibiting.
AM Production parts..

4. Metals
On Fire..!

8. Norsk shipped 2.4 metric tons of titanium aerospace
parts for certification testing in 2Q2015
Hybrid process..
Large format

10. 1000+ desktop printers in China
Crazy amount of new materials, rubbers, conductive,
colors, strength, Post Processing

11. • ProX DMP 320
• 3D Systems
• J750
• Stratasys
• Colors 360,000++
• Auto Color mapping
• Mcor ARKe
• Paper
• ~ $ 10K

12. Envision Tech
• Vector 3SP
• Micro Plus
Carbon M1

15. New machines released at RAPID
HP
Jet Fusion (Formerly Multi Jet Fusion)
Material- Nylon powder
X Jet
Direct Nanoparticle Jetting.
Silver
Gold
Mention of Carbide……….

16. Jet Fusion..
Nylon Powder (PA-12)
First machines will print black only
~$150K per machine, optional extra build chambers.
Production parts comparable price point @ 55K EAU.
Next generation machines printing color, and electronics…..
340 Million Voxel’s per second.
4200 shipping in October, 3200 mid 2017

17. Ceramics
Embedded Electronics
Printing of production parts…..

20. 5,000 to 55,000
Tessla BMW
Space X
GE

21. Topological Optimization..

22. Grab CAD printing optimization

23. Titan Robotics, (915 x 915 x 1220 mm)
3D Platform Workbench 1 x 1 Meter x .5
meter

24. Massivit 1800
1 foot / hour z build
1.8 meters z build height
1.5m x 1.2m (X-Y)

25. GrabCAD Print is an intuitive 3D printing
tool for professionals that works across
Stratasys printers. With the cloud-enabled
software, users can print, schedule, and
monitor print jobs from anywhere.

26. • Carbon
• RPU Rigid Polyurethane
• FPU Flexible Polyurethane
• EPU Elastomeric Polyurethane
• CE Cyanate Ester
• PR Prototyping
• Somos Element (Investment Casting)
• Lithoz High temperature Ceramics
• Vertex Dental
• Prodways

27. • Toray Toremiru PPS resin particles for PBF systems
• DSM Novamid ID Excellent strength and toughness (SLA) $ overhangs
• Arnitel ID a highly flexible TPC (ThermoPlastic Co-polymer)
• Graphene 3d lab Conductive Filament

28. Initial brake pedal conventionally manufactured in Aluminum was
too flexible. Driver had poor race car feedback on brake point.
Target was to develop a brake pedal that is stiffer without
compromising weight.
Hollow design weight 178G in titanium instead of 190G in aluminum
reducing the displacement on stresses from 1.8mm to 0.6mm
Further weight savings potential with the use of lattice structures.
Concepts are weighing down to
80g

33. TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OPTIMIZING A STRUCTURE BASED ON
AVAILABLE SPACE, LOAD PATH AND NATURAL FREQUENCIES

35. Most pre orders in kick starter history for a
3D printer…16,180 backers..

37. Impossible objects printed Carbon fiber
Fusion 3D High performance FDM
Aleph Objects High performance FDM
Point Grey Vision system
Permabond Infiltrant for 3D Printing
FDA

38. Alcoa 60 Million
GE 37 Million
Autodesk 100 million
Airbus 150 Million
NY State 125 Million
Google 100 Million (Carbon 3d)
America Makes 160 Million in Research
HP ?? Million

39. AM sector is growing at a phenomenal
rate…!
Look past the Hype…..
Looking forward to a very bright future in
AM.
This is a Very condensed presentation,
contact me for more information, Scanned
information from AMUG and Rapid available……

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