43 - The AM Ecosystem, User Journeys and More from Formnext Forum Austin

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Formnext Forum Austin, the first Formnext event to be held in the United States, concluded August 30 after two full days of conference programming dedicated to industrial additive manufacturing. The event is jointly organized by Mesago Messe Frankfurt, AMT—The Association For Manufacturing Technology, and Gardner Business Media, the publisher of Additive Manufacturing Media. Along with sessions on additive end markets, production applications, AM technology and design for additive manufacturing (DFAM), Formnext Forum included a lively expo featuring nearly 80 exhibitors plus The Cool Parts Showcase. Attendees also had access to several facility tours and networking opportunities. The event drew more than 900 attendees, including the editors of Additive Manufacturing. Pete Zelinski, Fiona Lawler and Stephanie Hendrixson recorded this conversation for AM Radio shortly after the event.

Find photos and the transcript of this episode in this blog post.

This episode is brought to you by The Cool Parts Show.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Formnext Forum Austin
• Formnext Chicago, coming in spring 2025
• The Cool Parts Show bonus episode on Wilson's airless basketball
• 6K's lifecycle assessment of its Unimelt process for creating metal powders
• Seurat's business model based on developing and using high-throughput laser powder bed fusion
• The Cool Parts Showcase finalists and the 2023 winning parts
• Designfusion's work with startup Rekkie, an example of a small company taking advantage of 3D printing's flexibility for product launches
• Carolyn Seepersad's research on customizable, 3D printable medical devices
• Eaton Aerospace and the additive work being undertaken in South Carolina
• Tangible Solutions (now Marle Tangible) and their journey to AM production
• Elementum 3D's metal matrix composite and A6061 aluminum
• 3DXTECH's Gearbox HT2 3D printer
• Other examples of Fabrisonic's successes with ultrasonic additive manufacturing
• Additive Engineering Solution's production of 3D printed submarine fairings for Dive Technologies
• A past podcast episode including our discussion of LFAM