DfAM & PPE Part 3: IS AM THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB?
by John E. Barnes (TBGA) & Buck Helfferich (TRONIX3D)
The Barnes Group Advisors (TBGA) and TRONIX3D have teamed up as small businesses to provide a unique perspective on how Additive Manufacturing (AM) can support COVID-19 efforts. In this third installment, TBGA and TRONIX3D examine the prickly question: IS AM THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB?
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DFAM & PPE PART 2: THE NEED FOR SPEED
by John E. Barnes (TBGA) & Buck Helfferich (TRONIX3D)
The Barnes Group Advisors (TBGA) and TRONIX3D have teamed up as small businesses to provide a unique perspective on how Additive Manufacturing (AM) can support COVID-19 efforts. The virus is fast, and supplies are low. Therefore, everyone is looking for ways to reduce the delivery time of proven solutions.
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DfAM & PPE Part 1: More than a Shape
by John E. Barnes (TBGA) & Buck Helfferich (TRONIX3D)
The Barnes Group Advisors (TBGA) and TRONIX3D have teamed up as small businesses to provide a unique perspective on how Additive Manufacturing (AM) can support COVID-19 efforts.
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Sunset of the AM Evangelist
by Laura Ely, The Barnes Global Advisors
e·van·ge·list /əˈvanjələst/ noun: a zealous advocate of something.
Every technology has phases of maturity. Technologists and business analysts use various models to represent a technology’s maturity like the NASA Technology Readiness Level (TRL) methodology or the Gartner Hype Cycle. Additive manufacturing is no different.
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Certification and Qualification in Additive Manufacturing Simplified
The topics of Certification and Qualification will feature prominently in the future of Additive Manufacturing (AM). Certification and qualification are not unique to highly regulated industries such as aerospace and medical. I will describe certification and qualification in terms of AM, and how it applies to both safety-critical and relatively relatively mundane applications.
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