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JOIN US IN BERLIN FOR THE FRAUNHOFER DIRECT DIGITAL MANUFACTURING CONFERENCE! |
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The Fraunhofer DDMC’s key research is cutting-edge Additive Manufacturing, including its application in industry and the environmental impact of such new manufacturing technologies. Impact on health, sustainability and technology will also be discussed.
From March 14-15, 2012 DDMC will bring together researchers, educators and practitioners from around the world and foster an atmosphere conducive to developing new ideas and refining already existing research developments.
Program
Topics of DDMC are:
1. Design, virtual environments and simulation
2. Laser based Additive Manufacturing technologies
3. Micro technologies, printing and deposition
4. Novel materials and compounds
5. Application toward manufacturing
6. Quality methods for Additive Manufacturing
7. Sustainable manufacturing and carbon foot print
For more detailed information, please check the program.
read more for keynote speakers.
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10th AM Platform stakeholders meeting |
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Dear AM stakeholder
The 10th AM Platform meeting will be held in conjunction with the VRAP 2011 conference in Leiria (Portugal) on September 28th 2011, start 15.00.
A late afternoon session will be organized to meet and discuss running issues such as the new SRA document (currently open for comments!), new EU plans currently being drafted as well as progress reports on the already running projects.
You are all cordially welcome to attend! Please note that there is a nice opportunity to combine with the VRAP conference itself.
For organizational purposes, please do register yourself for the AM Platform meeting and possibly for the conference itself with the forms to be downloadable here.
Looking forward to meeting you in Leiria
On behalf of the AM Platform management team
Frits Feenstra
More details on travel and location can be found at www.vrap.ipleiria.pt.
The agenda of the meeting can be found
here.
If you would like to attend the meeting, please register using
this form.
You can register for the VRAP2011 using this form
Info:
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Review: Additive Manufacturing Strategic Research Agenda |
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The latest draft of the Additive Manufacturing Strategic Research Agenda as presented on the AM Platform meeting dd June 21st 2011 by Emma Ashcroft (TWI) has now been uploaded for commenting and (re)viewing by all stakeholders.
The document can be downloaded here for registered members.
Please revert your comments and additions to
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We look forward to receiving your suggestions!
On behalf of the AM management team
Frits Feenstra
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Successfull stakeholders meeting June 21st 2011 |
The 9th RM (AM) Platform meeting on June 21st was attended by over 50 people and kindly hosted by Ecole Centrale Paris and AFPR in Paris.
In an open atmosphere, the following was reported:
- Chairman Martin Schaefer announced that we will from now on name ourselves Additive Manufacturing Platform AM-Platform, also changing the logo.
- Claude Rieg from the Commission gave an clear introduction to the upcoming calls NMP, FoF and mentioned also to have a close look in the ICT programme.
- Emma Ashcroft (TWI) guided us through the updated SRA document (revised by Rob Scudamore, TWI), comments are welcome to Rob.
- Five running projects Directspare, Impala, Step-up, Compolight and the new KARMA project (a Collaborative Research Project for Associations) presented themselves and showed good progress of the technology
- 5 new project ideas were presented in the 7 minute pitch session (see download area)
Note: it was suggested that the AM Platform will come with a proposal in the standardisation call as well. Contacts/interest for ideas and participation to be reported to
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(for the time being)
- Good progress reported by Joerg Lenz on the ASTM and VDI standardisation commissions. Things are moving fast and in the right direction!
All presentations are downloadable in the protective area
Thanks to AFPR for hosting us!
NB: the next meeting will be announced in time (end of this year/spring 2012)
Frits Feenstra
The presentations can be found here. (For registred users only)
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