New Sapphire printer and its accompanying software will reside in the Raytheon Technologies Research Center in Connecticut.
Velo3D Inc, a metal additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical parts, announced Pratt & Whitney, a Raytheon Technologies business, acquired an end-to-end solution from Velo3D to evaluate the Sapphire printer for manufacturing production jet engine components. This is the first Sapphire printer to be located at Pratt & Whitney; it previously utilized Velo3D’s contract manufacturer network to produce printed and finished parts. Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon Technologies are experienced and accomplished users of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies with extensive knowledge across various platforms and applications. Raytheon Technologies is a launch participant of President Biden’s AM Forward initiative, a new program encouraging companies to explore the use of AM to transform supply chains and drive innovation. Raytheon Technologies’ commitment includes seeking small-medium-enterprise manufacturers’ involvement in over 50% of its requests for quotes on products manufactured using additive technologies, seeking to simplify and accelerate the procurement process of AM parts. “Metal additive manufacturing can transform aviation and space systems by delivering unprecedented part consolidation, lighter weight components, and more efficient systems,” said Benny Buller, Velo3D Founder and CEO. “We’re pleased to see Pratt & Whitney move forward with their own Sapphire XC printer. We’re eager to see how they innovate their most mission-critical designs using our end-to-end solution, and how the economies of scale of an in-house system help increase addressable use-cases.” “Pratt & Whitney looks forward to future applications using the Sapphire XC printer, and collaborations with other potential suppliers with the Velo3D capability, for Pratt & Whitney GTF and advanced engine programs,” said Jesse Boyer, fellow, Additive Manufacturing, Pratt & Whitney. The company’s new Sapphire XC printer is calibrated to print in Inconel 718, a nickel-based superalloy well-suited for extreme temperatures. The Raytheon Technologies Research Center is the company’s central innovation hub where engineers, scientists and researchers explore and develop new, transformative technologies. The center provides the company’s businesses with groundbreaking innovations and solutions to critical customer problems in a wide range of research areas, including complex integrated systems, advanced materials and manufacturing, autonomy-enabling technologies, electrification, and sustainability. This is possible because Velo3D’s end-to-end solution, including Flow print preparation software, the Sapphire family of printers, Assure quality assurance software, and Intelligent Fusion underlying manufacturing processes. The system uses known recipes to achieve the geometries desired without using supports and monitors the build process layer-by-layer to ensure the highest quality.
Discover the value of hybrid manufacturing.
Hybrid manufacturing describes the combined use of additive and subtractive manufacturing processes to produce end use components. This emerging technology has the potential to displace conventional manufacturing approaches and enable advances in product sustainability, performance, and lead time. However, uptake of the technology has been relatively limited due to its high barriers of entry; the inaccessibility of machines and software and the knowledge required to be successful with the technology, to name a few. As industry rapidly develops, novel solutions to these challenges are prevailing. This talk showcases a recent collaboration between Autodesk and Phillips Corp. to develop a combination of accessible hardware and software solutions for hybrid manufacturing. Using the Haas machine platform, directed energy deposition technology from Meltio and integrated CAD-CAM with Autodesk Fusion 360, this collaboration demonstrates how hybrid technology is ready for the machine shop.
Meet your presenter Brian Kristaponis joined the Phillips team in 2016 as an applications engineer for the federal division and, shortly after became applications manager. Kristaponis and his team supported the U.S. Government with all things Haas and additive. His latest venture combined CNC machining and metal 3D printing into one system, bringing the best value additive hybrid machines to market! Hybrid gives customers the benefits of both technologies.
Robert Bowerman is a technical consultant at Autodesk, based in the Fusion360 product team, working in the field of AM. His work includes collaborative work with industrial partners and internal R&D to create the future workflows for AM processes, with a focus on directed energy deposition and powder bed fusion. Bowerman’s motivation is to drive innovation within AM to achieve scale and adoption throughout the supply chain.
Brian Matthews, chief technology officer, Meltio. Matthews holds a postgraduate degree in nuclear physics with over 23 years of experience in advanced nuclear energy systems design and analysis. A proven successful startup entrepreneur, Matthews founded a nuclear consulting company in 2012, founded a vertically integrated metal additive manufacturing company in 2015, and co-founded a global additive manufacturing company in 2019. Matthews serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Meltio and oversees the R&D, special projects, and technology incubation activities of the company. Matthews holds several patents related to multi-laser AM and has served as the PI on several first-of-a-kind projects related to AM in aerospace and micro-gravity applications. Matthews is an advocate for tightly integrated ground-up technologies and promotes these principles within the Meltio organization as it rapidly commercializes its novel technology to create a genuinely disruptive AM solution in the market.
About the company For more than 50 years, federal government, industry, and education leaders have trusted the people at Phillips Corporation to solve their greatest manufacturing challenges. With a worldwide presence and partnerships with technology leaders like Haas Automation and EOS, our goal is to create value for the manufacturing community by unlocking solutions to propel manufacturing capabilities, profitability, and productivity. Phillips is a global manufacturing solutions company that started as a machine tool distributor. We’ve most recently established a Public-Private Partnership agreement to work with the U.S. Department of Defense to educate, inspire, and redefine the capabilities of additive manufacturing.
The innovative equipment includes North America’s newest, largest, and most advanced 5-axis MasterMill machine, offering new capabilities and capacity for our customers.
Ingersoll Machine Tools’ new manufacturing, assembly and testing center in Rockford, Illinois officially opened. The facility features North America’s newest, largest, and most advanced 5-axis MasterMill machine, offering new capabilities and capacity for customers. “We have completed construction of new buildings, refurbished existing facilities, and built our largest and most capable machine tool to date, to create a 40,000 foot2 Technical Center and further our contracting abilities for our partners,” says Ingersoll’s Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jeffrey Ahrstrom. “Additionally, we have added extensive testing and measuring equipment, so that we can ensure the precision work performed, matches the demanding standards set by customers, such as the US Navy and the groundbreaking Giant Magellan Telescope.” “We will be helping drive the growth of American manufacturing, creating innovative private-public partnerships, and strengthening our economy,” says Chip Storie, Chief Executive Officer of Camozzi Machine Tools Division. “For the local community, this means creating jobs, advancing skills, and developing the next generation of manufacturing leadership.” “I am extremely proud to be here today,” says Lodovico Camozzi, President and CEO of the Camozzi Group. “When we bought Ingersoll in 2003, we were already aware of the value of this company and the contributions to manufacturing the institution had made historically. By bringing our global resources together, we have achieved some great things. We have met major technological challenges, including the automated inspection, and wash robots of the Genoa bridge, and the Magellan telescope. The most advanced manufacturing technologies include the MasterPrint Robotic Thermoplastic Hybrid Additive printing cell; the world’s largest 3D metal printing and milling machines, and the Mongoose and Hawk Hybrid Multitasking Composite system configured for the Space Industry – all designed, built and supported in Rockford, Illinois. High tech machines on display will include:
* The world’s largest metal additive and milling machines
* A multi-tasking machine based on a 5 Axis MasterMill fitted with multiple spindles and integrated with a MasterPrint additive machine.
* A High Rail MasterMill transfer pallet system with integrated cooling and quality monitoring for heavy land vehicles.
* MES 4, the largest and most productive 5-Axis MasterMill ever built.
* A technology development cell showcasing many Ingersoll core competencies, such as milling, automated fiber placement, large-scale 3D polymer printing, and quality inspection.
The steps you need to take before investing in AMRs.
Material handling is the lifeblood of modern manufacturing and warehousing. Proper flow of material into, out of, and within facilities is what makes businesses successful. Between labor sourcing challenges, global pandemics, and supply chain disruptions moving items from Point A to Point B has never been more difficult. At the same time, those same forces have created a perfect storm of autonomous mobile robot (AMR) adoption. Learn how AMRs are being used in the real world, why it's easier than you think to get up and running, and how to avoid dreaded downtime.
In this session, you will learn AMRs are benefiting the bottom line for users such as Danfoss Power Solutions, automotive supplier Faurecia, Mauser Packaging Solutions, and more.
Adrian Ennis has been involved in the technology and automation world for more than 20 years. Most recently, Ennis oversaw the design, concept, and production of OTTO Lifter, OTTO Motors’ autonomous forklift. Earlier in his career, Ennis spent more than 10 years at Raytheon in a variety of technical program management roles and responsibilities. He's a graduate of the University of Waterloo with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. When not at work, Ennis is active in volunteer community justice efforts in Ontario.
About the company OTTO Motors is Clearpath Robotics’ industrial division, providing autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling inside manufacturing facilities and warehouses. OTTO is trusted for mission-critical deliveries spanning the most demanding of industrial environments. Customers include Fortune 100 brands such as GE and Toyota.
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