While TBGA ADDvisor® Tim Simpson is winding down one role with AM Magazine, he’s taking on a new adventure as co-host of AM Radio. This is the Tim we know – a jack of all trades – enlightening the AM community with training, design, and innovation expertise. He specializes in design for additive manufacturing, and has helped train and educate more than 1500 industry practitioners to realize AM’s unique value proposition in aerospace, automotive, consumer goods, defense, energy, medical, oil and gas and space industries.
Read MoreAs additive manufacturing’s influence permeates wider industrial circles and more companies consider the benefits it may bring, providing them with the knowledge and tools to push further innovation will be imperative. John Barnes, Founder of The Barnes Global Advisors and CEO of Metal Powder Works, discusses how his two businesses are driving integral change in the field.
Read MoreOften as a boots-on-the-ground ADDvisor®, Chelsea derives most of her experience from testing hardware and software to aid in AM design optimization. Her goals center around learning how various user-workflows impact design for various applications. By orienting design around process principles and target part performance, she can tailor optimization to parts across diverse use-cases.
Read MoreTBGA Stress Test encapsulates our 150+ years of combined experience in qualifying and implementing several AM technologies into series production, operating AM printers on the production floor, as well as certifying AM parts in the most regulated industries such as aerospace and medical.
Read MoreAs the predominant expert on all things AM Metals Manufacturing, Qualification and Certification, TBGA ADDvisor® Kevin Slattery had a hand in several major events this month. From NAMIC Singapore to Season 7 Las Vegas BattleBots, Kevin always brings insightful data, extensive knowledge, and valuable expertise to the table (or to the BattleBox!).
Read MoreOne of the more useful aids I have seen for this discussion is the AM Maturity Model that John Barnes sketched on the back of a napkin when he began The Barnes Global Advisors five years ago (see image). The model has withstood the test of time, and I refer to it frequently in the AM training that I run with the team as their Educational advisor.
Read MoreLasers and electron beams have been competing for applications for more than half a century when both became viable technologies to precision weld metals. Electron beams produced a deeper weld penetration, but needed vacuum to prevent scattering of the beam, which meant an expensive vacuum chamber limited the size of applications. Lasers had a smaller weld penetration, didn’t require vacuum and were not limited by chambers, but were susceptible to gas contamination. They both had their value propositions and applications, though, as noted, pop culture only popularized one.
Read MoreThe Barnes Global Advisors (TBGA) is positioning for growth in advanced manufacturing, supply chain resilience, and regional economic impact with the addition of two defense and advanced manufacturing industry veterans to its programs team. TBGA has appointed Andy Davis as Director of Government Programs and Ethan Clare as Project Manager.
Read MoreTBGA ADDvisor® Laura Ely has many superpowers, but her most notable is delivering intriguing content, bringing value to any discussion! Her recent panel and presentation at IMTS were no exception. From training additive manufacturing workforce to the supply chain’s vital role in metal additive manufacturing qualification, Laura championed insightful discussions from her breadth of leadership experience, industry knowledge and passion for optimizing manufacturing processes.
Read MoreListen in as John Barnes, CEO and founder of Barnes Global Advisors takes the mic once again for another Voices AMplified podcast on additive manufacturing and leadership lessons - in this case of a founder, Brad Keselowski, founder of Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing, learning his way through advanced manufacturing and part production.
Read MoreTBGA ADDvisor® and internationally recognized leader in metal additive manufacturing, Dr. Wayne King, recently received his 7th patent describing the creation of a power map that is an Intelligent Feed Forward model to control the laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing.
Read MoreTensile bars, tensile bars and more tensile bars. If you are a current or aspiring aerospace AM part producer, you must be asking, “How many more tensile bars do I have to pull?” If you are bringing to market a new AM material, a new AM process or perhaps both, then chances are you have been building a ton of these simple “dog bones.”
Read MoreLet’s step back and take a brief journey through the history of AM to set the stage for how and why consistency is so important. The roots of AM are in what was then called “rapid prototyping.” The term prototyping implied one-off and not “real” production. Early AM technologies sufficed for supporting prototyping; users could live with scrapping two builds for every successful one.
Read MoreJohn met with Duann Scott, founder of Bits to Atoms: Exploring Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), to answer a few questions about TBGA’s training courses along with how people and companies can accelerate their DfAM journey.
Read MoreThe Biden Administration's new package of aid for the nation's manufacturing SMEs called Additive Manufacturing Forward aims to promote innovation and adoption of additive manufacturing (3D printing) to solve a whole host of current problems – from blocked supply chains to off-shored manufacturing jobs to simply losing out to other nations when it comes to innovations in manufacturing. Americans are feeling the effects of the small manufacturers’ failure to modernize in the form of higher prices on goods, Biden said at the launch of the program on May 6 in Ohio.
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