2014-09 Meeting
Jon D. Tirpak, PE, FASM
Executive Director, FDMC and Senior Program Manager, FAST
Advanced Materials Division
5300 International Boulevard, Charleston SC 29418
Additive Manufacturing vs. Forging from 2012
Audience:
Technical audience striving to sort out additive manufacturing as it relates to forging processes.
Abstract:
Is direct digital manufacturing a threat to forging? That is the question this presentation will explore.
Over the past decade many direct digital manufacturing or additive manufacturing technologies have been investigated with some being technically and commercially viable to make a shape. This presentation will identify the known current direct digital manufacturing technologies which compete with forging part manufacture and forging die manufacture.
The presentation will identify the activities surrounding this technical community. For instance the ASTM F-42 Committee was recently formed to standardize additive manufacturing technology with its first standard, ASTM F2792-10. Several Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies are available to produce metal parts. Whether or not these parts will compete with forgings remains to be seen. As fit-check prototypes, perhaps yes; as fatigue resistant, fracture tolerant parts, perhaps no.
It is advised that the forging industry continue to monitor AM sector to keep pace with these evolutionary or even revolutionary advances.
Recommendations will be suggested to keep pace with these new technologies which could both benefit or cost the forging industry, depending upon one’s perspective.
Executive Director, FDMC and Senior Program Manager, FAST
Advanced Materials Division
5300 International Boulevard, Charleston SC 29418
Additive Manufacturing vs. Forging from 2012
Audience:
Technical audience striving to sort out additive manufacturing as it relates to forging processes.
Abstract:
Is direct digital manufacturing a threat to forging? That is the question this presentation will explore.
Over the past decade many direct digital manufacturing or additive manufacturing technologies have been investigated with some being technically and commercially viable to make a shape. This presentation will identify the known current direct digital manufacturing technologies which compete with forging part manufacture and forging die manufacture.
The presentation will identify the activities surrounding this technical community. For instance the ASTM F-42 Committee was recently formed to standardize additive manufacturing technology with its first standard, ASTM F2792-10. Several Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies are available to produce metal parts. Whether or not these parts will compete with forgings remains to be seen. As fit-check prototypes, perhaps yes; as fatigue resistant, fracture tolerant parts, perhaps no.
It is advised that the forging industry continue to monitor AM sector to keep pace with these evolutionary or even revolutionary advances.
Recommendations will be suggested to keep pace with these new technologies which could both benefit or cost the forging industry, depending upon one’s perspective.
Hyatt Regency Cambridge (map)
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- 6:00 Social
- 6:30 Dinner
- 7:30 Program & Speaker
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