AM for Production

Arno Sprengers is an experienced engineer with a passion for innovation at the intersection of design and production. With a background in high-tech mechanics and a keen eye for manufacturability, he focuses on applying new technologies such as additive manufacturing in complex systems. Arno believes that AM is not just a production technique, but requires a different way of thinking – and that successful application starts with the design. In his work, he actively seeks collaboration between designers, suppliers and production experts to arrive at smart, manufacturable solutions.

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Metal additive manufacturing offers complex, customised parts but encounters quality challenges when used for batch production. Current control methods are reactive, costly, and fail to prevent defects, causing inconsistencies within and across batches. In this presentation, we discuss a quality strategy that integrates proactive Quality Assurance (QA) and reactive Quality Control (QC), using methods like Six Sigma and Quality by Design. Successful implementation of quality strategies requires an understanding of material–design–process relationships to minimise variation through process control, and aligning with industry needs. Proactive, process-focused quality management is vital for consistent, certifiable, and industrial-scale metal AM production.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is continuously searching for the most competitive advantage. When operating in the picometer range, every detail matters. Therefore, we strive to innovate every day. That means making use of state-of-the-art technology, also for manufacturing.
However, our application in Electron Microscopy poses some unique challenges.
This lecture showcases some of our studies into using AM designs in Electron Microscopy. Clarifying the design considerations and indicating why (not) to use AM as chosen manufacturing technology.

We are all on the same journey, identifying opportunities for AM and addressing the challenges to turn these into successes.

Additive manufacturing processes generate a wealth of data that can be harnessed to ensure quality. This lecture presents how Sirris is leveraging data to achieve transparent and reliable AM production. We will highlight multiple R&D initiatives that focus on melt pool monitoring, powder bed analysis, sensor fusion, and closed-loop control. By integrating these data-driven solutions, the complexity of AM processes can be better understood and controlled, effectively bridging the gap from research innovations to high-quality industrial parts.

Delivering high-quality parts demands more than post-production inspection – it requires a proactive understanding of how product design and manufacturing process variables impact part quality. This presentation revisits a typical manufacturing workflow, starting from quality assurance, and tracing back to the design phase where simulation plays a pivotal role. By leveraging digital twins of both the part and the process, manufacturers can verify manufacturability and process robustness, anticipate defects and optimize process parameters, thus reducing costly trial-and-error iterations and improving overall part quality. This simulation-first approach empowers teams to achieve first-time-right production, streamline development, and minimize waste across the value chain.

As OEM of metal powder bed equipment Additive Industries has encountered and overcome many part-quality influencing challenges. An insight in the equipment related factors.

Laser powder bed fusion is considered a special process, where multiple small details can have a large impact on part quality and consistency. This lecture will provide an insight where theory meets reality in a production environment.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific is continuously searching for the most competitive advantage. When operating in the picometer range, every detail matters. Therefore, we strive to innovate every day. That means making use of state-of-the-art technology, also for manufacturing.
However, our application in Electron Microscopy poses some unique challenges.
This lecture showcases some of our studies into using AM designs in Electron Microscopy. Clarifying the design considerations and indicating why (not) to use AM as chosen manufacturing technology.