![]() ![]() MSC Apex Generative Design is a subsidiary of Hexagon, and offers ‘smart generative design for an unmatched design for additive manufacturing experience.’ Mathieu referenced the need to have a holistic approach to designing for additive manufacturing – to consider all the steps from the design to the printed and processed part, such as the risks posed by post-processing when parts have not been designed with this step in mind. In the case of BEWI, these benefits included a 74% weight reduction, a 53% price reduction, and a 25% reduction in lead time.įinishing off this session was Mathieu Pérennou, Additive Manufacturing Solutions Director at Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. Sigurd Vigen Pedersen, AM Consultant at the Danish Technological Institute, spoke about design for AM (DfAM), and used case studies from Airflight, an industrial drone manufacturing company, CeramicSpeed, a cycling parts company, and BEWI, a provider of packaging solutions, to illustrate the benefits of generative design. Tim also referenced Lightning Motorcycles’ use of generative design in the company’s bike production, as a good case study. Tim Frank Andersen, CEO, and Co-Founder of Liveshopper, gave an introduction to generative design with examples where generative design has been used to reduce the amount of material needed, save printing time, and optimize the topology of parts, such as when General Motors used generative design to create a seatbelt buckle that used 40% less material but increased the overall strength of the buckle by 20%. The next AM Summit 2022 session, consisting of three speakers, focussed on generative design. Making the point that the focus of AM should not be to replace parts, but rather the technology should be designed for – to actually eliminate parts. In terms of sustainability, “the best part is no part,” argued Melissa Orme. ![]() After Melissa Orme’s introduction, we knew that Boeing has 20 AM sites around the world (US, Canada, Australia, UK), and employs more than 70,000 additively manufactured, flying parts on the company’s enterprise platforms. The first speaking guest of the day was Melissa Orme, Vice President of Boeing Additive Manufacturing, who started by giving the audience a holistic view of Boeing’s AM (affectionately referred to as the “BAMily”) and helping the audience understand just how much Boeing relied on AM, with present-day statistics and recent case studies. The conference hosted exhibitors and speakers from around the world, and all areas of the additive manufacturing industry, from aerospace to molecular-level bioprinting, and everything in between. ![]() Almost a week after the AM Summit 2022, Dansk AM Hub, in partnership with AM Ventures and Hello Tomorrow, will host the annual AM Venture Day, an event that allows startups and investors from the world of AM and Deep Tech to connect. Frank Rosengreen Lorenzen, CEO of Danish AM Hub, who gave the introductory speech, even argued that Denmark “has the flattest and most creative factory floor.” Image courtesy of Dominik OehlerĪccording to Frank Rosengreen Lorenzen, approximately 500 Danish producers have been involved in Dansk AM Hub’s projects to date, and 32% of Danish producers now use AM, in one form or another. The country’s hierarchical structure enables the free flow of different and innovative ideas across titles. More specifically, how Denmark has the potential to become the most sustainable production center in the world – largely thanks to its flat/horizontal hierarchy. The Danish conference was hosted by Dansk AM Hub and had a very clear focus – green manufacturing and sustainability. ![]() 3dpbm recently attended the annual AM Summit 2022, the largest AM conference in Scandinavia, on 7 September, at TAP1, in Copenhagen, Denmark. ![]()
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