Description
While it's common knowledge that additive manufacturing (AM) has become an integral tool in product development, it can be difficult to know how to fit AM into your workflow. In this talk, we'll discuss how to effectively use AM to accelerate product development and prepare designs to ramp up to production. We will include an overview of the common additive technologies and materials currently used by product designers, and look at the advantages and disadvantages of each from a product development perspective. Building on this overview, we'll discuss example workflows and case studies where additive manufacturing was used effectively to reduce time to market and mitigate process and design risk.
Key Learnings
- Learn about 3D-printing technologies commonly used in product development and their pros and cons.
- Learn how to effectively incorporate additive manufacturing in four key areas throughout the design process.
- Learn how to apply additive manufacturing effectively to answer design questions and guide product direction.
Speaker
Anne PauleyAnne Pauley is a Technical Program Manager who supports design for manufacturing for Google Pixel. Her passion for prototyping and additive manufacturing began with building RepRap printers and has taken her on a journey including startups, Autodesk, Disney, Fathom, and Meta. She received her bachelors and masters in mechanical engineering from Penn State, focusing on additive manufacturing and mechanical design.