Developments in Additive Manufacturing
DFW Chapter meeting in Fort Worth on September 13
Location: University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (UTARI)
Address: 7300 Jack Newell Blvd S, Fort Worth, TX 76118
Date: Thursday, September 13
Time: Registration, Breakfast & Networking: 7:00-7:30 a.m.
Meeting & Tour: 7:30-9:00 a.m.
Additive manufacturing – the industrial version of 3-D printing – has been used for a while to make niche, low volume items, such as medical implants, and to produce plastic prototypes for engineers and designers.
But more and more industries such as aerospace are using the technology to mass-produce larger, higher volume and mission critical parts. For example, GE is now using the technology to manufacture fuel nozzles for its aircraft engines, a critical metal-alloy part to be used in thousands of jet engines.
These types of applications are a significant milestone for the technology. And while 3-D printing for consumers and small entrepreneurs has received a great deal of publicity, it is in manufacturing where the technology could have its most significant commercial impact.
Please join us on Thursday, September 13, 7:30-9:00am when Kelly Knake and Sam Hockaday of Impac Systems Engineering will discuss this impact.
The meeting is free for A&D Forum members ($30 Early Bird for non-members until September 6, $40 thereafter). Guests may attend twice for free. For more information and to register to attend the meeting, go to https://adfdfwsep18.eventbrite.com.
Click here for more information about and to join The Aerospace & Defense Forum.
The Dallas-Ft. Worth Chapter is sponsored by Frost Brown Todd.
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