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AFS Additive Manufacturing for Metalcasting Conference Breaks


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long-term print advertising program in MCDP—it’s the only advertising I do. It gives me great visibility and name recognition, both with existing customers and with new ones. And the steady fl ow of new business it brings in easily justifi es the investment.





Kevin Evers President St. Louis Precision Casting


Ground for Industry T e fi rst ever AFS Additive Manufacturing for Metalcast-


ing Conference was held Oct. 3-6 in Novi, Michigan. T e four-day conference was AFS’ fi rst full technical conference on additive manufacturing and 3-D printing technologies. T e conference featured over 35 expert speakers, each focusing on how the advancing technologies are being utilized in met- alcasting facilities to produce cast components. On day one, the conference kicked off with plant tours at


local facilities utilizing additive processes: Voxeljet, Canton, Michigan; Tooling & Equipment International (TEI); Livo- nia, Michigan; ExOne, Troy, Michigan; Temperform, Novi, Michigan; and Aristo Cast, Almont, Michigan. Keynote speaker Ralph Resnick kicked off three days of


presentations with his keynote address on Tuesday, October 4. Resnick is a part of NCDMM (National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining) and is also involved with America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing In- novation Institute. Resnick discussed the increased importance of additive manufacturing within metalcasting and where the future of the technology can take the industry. Spread throughout four days, the conference covered a va-


riety of metals, processes and topics revolving around additive manufacturing, including: • Component Design for Additive Manufacturing • Mold Design and Modeling • Equipment • Investment Casting • Materials • Foundry Application Case Studies Keynote presentations also were delivered by John Danko,


Danko Arlington, and Bill Harris, Sikorsky Aircraft. Danko dis- cussed the role of entrepreneurial management and training as a transformational force. and the additive manufacturing technolo- gies that have been implemented at the Danko facilities. Harris, Sikorsky Aircraft, gave his keynote address on using


technology to improve product, from helicopters to castings. T e conference also included poster sessions from univer- sities to show what is being done to train the next generation of metalcasters in additive manufacturing principles and techniques.


METALCASTINGDESIGN.COM Ravi Kunju, Solid Thinking, presents on additive manufacturing. 58 | MODERN CASTING November 2016


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