America Makes, Optomec, MachMotion, and TechSolve invite you to join us for a private unveiling — a legacy CNC machine tool upgraded with advanced 3D metal additive manufacturing technology. This accomplishment will enable manufacturers to leverage their existing machine tool assets to cost-effectively utilize 3D Printing in their factories. A panel of experts will also discuss how this accomplishment could impact industrial adoption of metal additive manufacturing technology.

This America Makes–funded program cost-effectively bridges the gap between additive and subtractive manufacturing processes by enabling any CNC machine tool to be upgraded with 3D Printing capability. At the unveiling you will see a legacy Fadal Vertical Mill with integrated LENS® 3D Printing technology performing additive and subtractive processes on the same metal part.
Representatives from the project development team will be available to provide technical details and answer your questions.

Space is limited. Please confirm your attendance by no later than May 1st. If a colleague in your organization is also interested in attending, please forward this email to them and ask them to register via email.

1:00pm to 1:30am – Program Overview
1:30pm to 3:00pm – Live Demonstrations
3:00pm to 4:00pm – Moderated Panel Discussion
4:00pm – Social Hour

† A moderated panel entitled An Evolutionary Approach To Adopting 3D Printing, with industry experts such as, Ralph Resnick, America Makes Founding Director and NCDMM President, Jennifer Chase Fielding, Ph.D., Program Manager, America Makes, Shawn Kelly, Ph.D., Director of the Additive Manufacturing Consortium of the Edison Welding Institute, and Chris Thompson, Global Repair Development Center Manager, G.E. Power and Water, will explore the challenges, opportunities, and long term impact of integrating advanced additive processes on the factory floor.