Electron Beam Melting is a cost-efficient and proven additive manufacturing solution that has developed rapidly over the last years as a result of dedicated system development. Significant improvements have been made concerning system productivity, system reliability and part quality of built parts, turning EBM into a mature production technology. Today, EBM is an integral part of several production chains in various applications.

EBM is used for production of CE-certified and FDA-cleared orthopedic implants. EBM is also used for production of aero engine components by several OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers in the aerospace industry, with the common goal to use the EBM technology for series production of commercial aero engine components.

Recent innovations in beam control have led to a revolutionary new melting strategy using point exposures instead of traditional hatched line melt. With Point Melt, a new journey begins in what can be achieved with EBM concerning building without any supports; surface finish and microstructural control.

Join this webinar as GE Additive’s Mattias Fager describes how Point Melt was developed and explores the many benefits that result from this innovation.

Speaker

Mattias Fager

Senior Staff Engineer, Materials Science and Engineering, GE Additive

With a background in solid state physics, Mattias Fager joined the metal additive industry in its genesis in 2001. Mattias has experience in research and development as well as sales and application development, as both as manager and tech lead. He has been an integral part in both introducing AM to the medical industry as well as guiding the GE9X LPT EBM production through the engine test programs. Mattias is one of the true process architects behind the success of EBM.

Successfully deploying metal additive binder jetting technology cannot be accomplished by simply buying and installing a machine. It requires a complete, configurable ecosystem of production hardware and software that addresses critical business objectives:  safety, quality, cost, and scale.

In order to achieve those goals, GE Additive’s Binder Jet hardware and processes were designed and tested for scaled throughput and high uptime.  The closed-loop, inert material handling system was developed with high EHS standards and minimal powder interaction. And the patented GE binding agent allows printing, depowering and sintering large complex parts with superior green strength, which promotes production automation processes.

Appropriate geometric tolerancing and dimensional control is achieved by the use of GE Additive’s Amp™ software, a single data flow from design to accurate final parts. The software characterizes the sintering process, simulates the expected deformation, and compensates the geometry to yield near-net-shape parts.

Join this session to learn more about how the GE Additive Binder Jet Line is helping customers establish full-scale production.

Speaker:

Sammie Rowe

System Validation Engineer
GE Additive

Sammie Rowe is an accomplished chemical engineer with a passion for additive manufacturing and the potential of disruptive technologies that will revolutionize the industry. She has been working at GE Additive for the past four years, where she has played a critical role in the R+D, and subsequent technology maturation of GE’s Binder Jet products.

During her time at GE Additive, Sammie has been involved in early parameter and binder development, as well as system validation. For the past three years, she has been focused on testing and validating the Series 3 Binder Jet product. Her work has helped to optimize the product performance and ensure its quality.

Sammie is particularly excited about Binder Jet’s ability to produce complex parts more quickly and at a lower cost than many other manufacturing methods. This has significant implications for a range of industries, from aerospace and automotive to healthcare and consumer products. Sammie is passionate about Binder Jet technology and looks forward to sharing how GE Additive has created a quality, production-ready machine.

During her time at GE, Sammie has received one patent and filed four others related to Binder Jet.

Prior to joining GE Additive, Sammie spent three years at GE Renewable Energy. While there, she completed the Edison Engineering Development Program and moved on to lead the testing and validation of the pitch-bearing system for onshore wind turbines.

Sammie graduated summa cum laude from the University of Kentucky with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering. She furthered her education by completing a master’s in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Inspired by magnetic levitation technology that is being employed to propel high-speed trains, MagLev Aero is applying this next-level technology to the concept of electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company's breakthrough MagLev HyperDrive™ platform will enable a new generation of eVTOL designs that are dramatically more quiet, efficient, safe, sustainable, and emotionally appealing to the mass market.  

To achieve their goals, MagLev has enlisted GE Additive’s AddWorks™ consultancy team, recognized for extensive additive industry experience, to help take advantage of metal AM for optimal weight, performance, and repeatability in their design.
 
Join this webinar to hear from MagLev's co-founder and chairman of the board, Roderick Randall, and GE Additive’s AddWorks team leader, Dave Chapin, as they explore this exciting new opportunity in air travel and how additive manufacturing will play an important role in enabling magnetic levitation propulsion to advance urban air mobility.
 

Speakers:

Roderick Randall
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
MagLev Aero

Roderick Randall is a highly accomplished tech entrepreneur, senior executive and venture capitalist with more than 25 years of experience in the wireless, telecommunications, computer-networking and electric vehicle industries. He is the co-founder and chairman of the board of MagLev Aero Inc., a pioneering electric aerospace technology company headquartered in Boston that is poised to revolutionize the industry – as well as a member of The Board of Trustees at Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology.

Mr. Randall is an executive partner at Siris Capital Group, LLC (since 2010), and had 10 years of experience as general partner at two venture capital firms. His venture investments and PE board positions have included Tekelec (sold to Oracle), TNS (sold to Koch Borthers), Stratus Technologies (sold to SGH), YMAX (magicJackVocaltec NASDAQ: CALL), Dynamicsoft (sold to Cisco Systems), Bitfone (sold to Hewlett-Packard Company), Snowshore (sold to Brooktrout/Cantata), FusionOne (sold to Synchronoss), ProQuent Systems (sold to Bytemobile), Bytemobile (sold to Citrix) and Visage Mobile.

Mr. Randall started his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff/supervisor and holds several US patents. He currently also serves on the boards of Fisker Inc. (NYSE: FSR) and Mavenir Systems Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Highest Honors from Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Master of Sciences in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
 

Dave Chapin
AddWorks Application Consulting Engineering Team Leader
GE Additive

Dave Chapin has the privilege to lead GE Additive’s AddWorks Application Consulting Engineering Team. His team works daily to drive the additive epiphany with customers.Over the last 20 years, Dave has focused on bringing new technology and innovation to commercial products at GE’s Global Research, Power, Aviation and Additive divisions.

Prior to joining GE Additive, Dave most recently spent five years developing production additive aerospace parts for GE Aviation. Dave’s global consulting team brings its additive hardware design, materials, and process expertise along with GE’s deep technology expertise to partner with clients and accelerate their additive journey.

Dave graduated from Union College with his BSME and from Georgia Tech with his MSME. He resides in Cincinnati, OH with his family.

Additive manufacturing has proven to be a disruptive technology that is opening the door to innovating products and making them better and more efficient. But inherent with new technologies is the need to examine the health and safety risks that are introduced into processes. Metal additive manufacturing uses well-known and proven materials, but new risks and hazards that arise from processing methods must be taken into account.  

What precautions should be taken to ensure your employees are safely interacting with additive equipment and materials? This presentation will introduce you to risks associated with metal additive and present actionable approaches to occupational safety and environmental protection. 

Speaker

Wilhelm (Willie) Feichter
Senior Manager Environment, Health & Safety
GE Additive

Willie Feichter was born in Innsbruck, Austria. He holds degrees in electrical engineering/power systems from the Munich University of Applied Sciences in Germany and electronics and computer sciences from the Higher Federal Technical and Testing Academy in Innsbruck, Austria. Willie is a certified occupational safety & health expert, certified ISO 14001 & 45001 expert, medical device officer according to the EU Medical Device Directive and a certified pollution control officer. He is also a member of the German Association of Health and Safety Engineers (VDSI).Willie joined GE Global Research Europe in 2004 as a research engineer in fields of hybrid and renewable energy systems. In his role he was working on several projects involving customers for oil & gas, wind energy and water businesses.

Through his work experience, Willie was able to claim several patents in the fields of lightning strike detection and advanced fiber optics applications. In 2008 he transferred to GE Global Research as an EHS expert and was promoted in 2012 to EHS manager for Global Research Europe. In 2015 Willie was appointed as regional governance leader for the Europe, Sub-Sahara, Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States regions in the GE Corporate Environment Health & Safety organization. Since 2018 he has been leading EHS programs for GE Additive in Germany.

La creación de un caso de negocio exitoso con manufactura aditiva puede ser complicado. El comportamiento y la arquitectura de la máquina juegan un rol importante en la productividad y en la eficiencia general de los equipos. Uno de los retos más grandes en la creación de un caso de negocio para Manufactura Aditiva reside en la forma en que se reporta la productividad y que el conocimiento general del proceso es limitado. En este seminario en línea, aprenderá a entender mejor el lenguaje técnico de Manufactura Aditiva y a identificar qué comportamientos de máquina corresponden a indicadores económicos medibles. Con este conocimiento, podrá crear mejores casos de negocio que contengan menor variabilidad y que permitan estar preparados a cambios tecnológicos en el futuro.

Los asistentes podrán entender mejor:

• El lenguaje utilizado en los casos de negocio de manufactura aditiva.
• Qué comportamientos de máquinas corresponden a indicadores económicos medibles.
• Cómo crear un caso de negocio más preciso
   

Ponentes

Gabriel Francisco Arreola
Gerente de Ingeniería Manufactura Aditiva
GE Querétaro, México

Francisco se graduó en Ingeniería Mecánica con especialidad en Diseño Mecánico del Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro, cuenta también con un certificado en manufactura aditiva para diseño innovativo y de producción emitido por el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts. En 2004 comenzó a trabajar en GE Aviation en el equipo de Unison como diseñador de componentes externos para turbinas, participó en desarrollo de turbinas como CF34-10A, GEnx 1B, GP7200 entre otras. Desarrolló su carrera como Ingeniero de Diseño, Ingeniero de Programa, Black Belt, Líder de Operaciones y Gerente de diferentes equipos multidisciplinarios, llegando a coordinar temas operativos de un equipo de más de 400 personas. En el año 2018 inicia el equipo de manufactura aditiva en GE Querétaro, México en donde su equipo es actualmente responsable del soporte a los negocios internos en temas de manufactura aditiva y del desarrollo comercial de ésta en México y Latinoamérica.

Francisco ha estado involucrado fuertemente en la creación y desarrollo del primer Consorcio de manufactura aditiva en Latinoamérica, dándole esto oportunidad de colectar información de primera mano al respecto de la implementación de esta tecnología en la región.

Our customers are at the heart of our business. We continuously work to develop strong relationships with additive manufacturing customers across all stages of their path to additive production; from product design, to prototyping and through to production - supporting them along the way.

In this webinar, you will hear our AddWorks experts share stories on our collaboration with three key customers: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, HRE Wheels, and United Launch Alliance. Learn about the unique advantages these customers found with additive and how both our team and technology helped improve their additive business case.

General Atomics

From design to test flight in six months after close collaboration GE Additive’s AddWorks team, the GA-ASI team launched a test flight of its MQ-9B SkyGuardian, the first remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) with a metal printed part, its NACA inlet. 

HRE Wheels

HRE is revolutionizing the wheel with additive manufacturing. The "HRE3D+" is the result of an intensive design collaboration between HRE Wheels and GE Additive. The two companies worked together to push the boundaries of what is possible to create the first 3D-printed titanium automotive wheel.

United Launch Alliance

In the beginning stages of designing the new Vulcan Rocket, United Launch Alliance (ULA) faced lead-time challenges in the sourcing and manufacturing of critical parts. ULA approached GE Additive about printing one of their parts on our large format machine, with a build volume of 950 x 810 x 300 mm (x,y,z). The printed part provided ULA profound data that will also help to improve production of this rocket in the future.

Join us to hear

• the details behind our customers' challenges
• how we worked alongside them to find a successful additive solution
• how we’re partnering with companies around the globe to build anything together

The speaker is Lauren Thompson, Operations Project Manager, AddWorks, GE Additive

As part of our GE Additive’s AddWorks team, Lauren Thompson has worked with customers to deliver a suite of additive enablement tools and services to aid in the adoption of additive.

Lauren joined GE in 2015 within the GE Transportation business where she supported manufacturing of alternators. From there, she worked several locomotive NPIs as a Manufacturing Engineer where she was responsible for cross-functionally enabling quality, delivery, safety, and more within final assembly and locomotive test. She joined GE Additive in 2017 at the Pittsburgh facility where she supported facilities, finance, and the shop leader as a Process Engineer focused on reducing unplanned machine downtime. In 2018 she joined GE Additive’s AddWorks team as an Operations Project Manager focused on driving external customer engagements. She has lead numerous complex engagements with customers in the space and aerospace industries with the goal of ultimately driving further adoption of metal additive technologies. By delivering with our AddWorks team, she was able to help several customers ‘unlock’ some excellent potential additive applications that could help them achieve shorter procurement time, lower part cost, higher part reliability, and more.

Prior to joining GE, she worked for BMW North America in manufacturing and supply chain logistics where she worked to reduce shop waste and increase process efficiency.

Lauren holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Information Systems & Technology from Penn State. During her time at Penn State she gained exposure to additive technology in the classroom as well.

The Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence (MAMCE) at the University of New Brunswick, in collaboration with AddWorks™️, will present a webinar on metal additive manufacturing. Join us for a value-added event to discover how additive technology can work for all manufacturing sectors. This webinar is open to all Atlantic Canadian businesses, manufacturers, and students interested in learning how additive manufacturing can improve processes, efficiencies and add value to industry supply chains. Through this comprehensive webinar, you will learn about trends in additive manufacturing, how to bring ideas to production in an additive environment, and the available technologies and tools for additive manufacturing. You will also have the opportunity to ask your questions and hear from some of the leaders in additive manufacturing.

The business of additive manufacturing and how to create value 

• Overview of additive technology and trends 
• Best practices to identify additive applications 
• Considerations to scale to additive production 
• Case studies in additive manufacturing

Speakers

Mohsen Mohammadi
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence
University of New Brunswick

Dr. Mohsen Mohammadi is currently an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of Marine Additive Manufacturing Centre of Excellence at the University of New Brunswick. He received his PhD from University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.

He then joined Canmet MATERIALS and the University of Waterloo as Visiting Scientist and Postdoctoral Fellow, respectively. The main areas of research of Professor Mohammadi are “Metal Additive Manufacturing”, “Additive Repair”, and “Hybrid Additive Manufacturing.” Dr. Mohammadi is leading significant projects on metal 3D printing in marine, defense, energy, and aerospace sectors.

Edward Cyr
Director of Programs & Innovation
University of New Brunswick

Dr. Cyr is the Director of Programs & Innovation at MAMCE. The additive manufacturing revolution is interrupting the notion of engineering and design dictating a world of parts and assemblies. Moving from synthesis to growth, additive manufacturing, along with computational advancements in machine learning and the internet of things, is opening new avenues in technology and design, changing the way we interact with our world. As MAMCE's Director of Programs & Innovation, Dr. Cyr is discovering new opportunities and challenges of the role of additive manufacturing in engineering and design for defense, aerospace, and marine industries.

At UNB, Dr. Cyr's research has focused on microstructure characterization and modeling of 3D printed metals, and cognitive design for additive manufacturing in aerospace, marine, and defense applications. Outside of work, Dr. Cyr is an avid curler and is on the Board of Directors at the Capital Winter Club in Fredericton.

Sid Raje
Technical Commercial Consultant
GE Additive

Sid Raje is the Technical Sales focal for the Eastern United States Region at GE Additive. In this role, he works with the GE Additive commercial team and customers to support technical inquiries related to AM, helps develop account strategies and provides cohesive product solutions across the GE Additive machines, powders, print services, & engineering consulting offerings.

Sid joined GE Additive in 2017 as an applications design engineer. Since then, he has worked on several additive design engagements in the healthcare and aerospace industry segments. More recently, he has been focused on the discovery phase of the customer additive journey by delivering customer training/workshops and leading B&P efforts.

Prior to joining GE, Sid worked for a rotorcraft OEM, and has a mechanical design background in the aerospace industry. Sid holds an MBA from The University of Texas and a BSME from The Georgia Institute of Technology.

Ryan Betts
Additive Designer
GE Additive

Ryan began his career with GE Additive in 2017 working at GE Additive’s Center for Additive Technology Advancement (CATA) in Pittsburgh, PA. During his time there, Ryan worked to transition several of GE’s businesses’ traditionally manufactured hardware into additively manufactured prototypes, while gaining a deep understanding of the DMLM printing process with a focus on design.

After transitioning to GE Additive’s AddWorks consulting team in 2018, Ryan brought along the skills he developed while serving various GE businesses and worked to apply them to serve external customers. After moving on to the GE Additive Cincinnati site in 2020, Ryan continues to serve GE Additive’s customers by developing and instructing various training modules in addition to helping customers to transition their hardware to additive.

Únase a nuestro webinar para escuchar ejemplos reales de programas de manufactura aditiva que han tenido resultados estratégicos para diferentes organizaciones que van desde el desarrollo de nuevos mercados, el crecimiento en su oferta de productos y principalmente la rentabilidad que les ha generado. 

Camine con nosotros los conceptos básicos de nuestra tecnología de manufactura aditiva en metales, conozca las consideraciones que le llevarán a identificar una aplicación exitosa y obtenga los elementos que le permitirán crear su propio plan de negocios de manufactura aditiva.

GE Additive’s AddWorks es nuestro equipo de consultoría que ayuda a las compañías con el desarrollo y producción de partes de manufactura aditiva en diferentes industrias como automotriz, aviación y generación de energía entre otras.

Atienda a este webinar para aprender:

• Cómo desarrollar un caso de negocio exitoso, iniciando con consideraciones clave
• Ejemplos reales de clientes que han presentado casos de negocios con retornos de inversión positivos
• Cómo GE Additive’s AddWorks puede apoyarlo en el proceso de selección, diseño y calificación de partes.

Ponentes

Valeria Proaño-Cadena
Consultora de Manufactura Aditiva
GE Additive

Valeria se graduó en Ingeniería Mecánica de la universidad “Florida International University”. Comenzó a trabajar en GE Aviation a través del Programa de Desarrollo de Ingeniería EDISON, en donde completó su Maestría en Ingeniería Mecánica en “The Ohio State University”. En GE Aviation, Valeria lidereó el diseño de componentes de sistemas mecánicos y de combustión para motores comerciales pequeños, así como del motor Next Gen GE9X. Fue una de las primeras en adoptar la tecnología aditiva, incorporándola en el diseño de equipo de combustión, lo cual abrió camino a un avance significativo en la reducción de emisiones de turbinas de gas. Valeria se unió al equipo de GE Additive’s AddWorks, incorporando sus años de experiencia en diseño de aplicación de tecnología aditiva para apoyar a clientes con la implementación y maduración de tecnología aditiva en sus productos.

Gabriel Francisco Arreola
Gerente de Ingeniería Manufactura Aditiva
GE Querétaro, México


Francisco se graduó en Ingeniería Mecánica con especialidad en Diseño Mecánico del Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro, cuenta también con un certificado en manufactura aditiva para diseño innovativo y de producción emitido por el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts. En 2004 comenzó a trabajar en GE Aviation en el equipo de Unison como diseñador de componentes externos para turbinas, participó en desarrollo de turbinas como CF34-10A, GEnx 1B, GP7200 entre otras. Desarrolló su carrera como Ingeniero de Diseño, Ingeniero de Programa, Black Belt, Líder de Operaciones y Gerente de diferentes equipos multidisciplinarios, llegando a coordinar temas operativos de un equipo de más de 400 personas. En el año 2018 inicia el equipo de manufactura aditiva en GE Querétaro, México en donde su equipo es actualmente responsable del soporte a los negocios internos en temas de manufactura aditiva y del desarrollo comercial de ésta en México y Latinoamérica.

Francisco ha estado involucrado fuertemente en la creación y desarrollo del primer Consorcio de manufactura aditiva en Latinoamérica, dándole esto oportunidad de colectar información de primera mano al respecto de la implementación de esta tecnología en la región.

Building a winning business case with additive manufacturing (AM) can be tricky. Machine behavior and architecture play an important role in productivity and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). One of the biggest challenges in building a good business case for AM is in the way productivity is reported, and general knowledge of the process is limited. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to better understand the technical language of AM and identify which machine behaviors correspond to measurable economic indicators. With this knowledge, you’ll be able to put together more accurate business cases that have less variability and allow for easier updating for future technology changes.

Attendees will better understand:

• The language used around additive business cases
• Which machine behaviors correspond to measurable economic indicators
• How to put together a more accurate business case

Presenter: 

Nic Sabo, Advanced Lead Engineer, GE Additive

Bio:

Nic Sabo has been inventing the future of additive manufacturing for over six years, initially coming on-board to GE Aviation to find its next big additive application. He has a decade of engineering experience with GE, ranging from jet engine thermal management, heavy transportation equipment and consumer electronics. He has authored eight patents dealing with heat transfer and additive manufacturing. After three years of designing configuration and heat transfer components for GE9X, Catalyst, and other engines, Nic joined at the launch of GE Additive. He has developed best practices for cost estimation, led IP documentation efforts, and has supported over a dozen customers in design and development efforts. Nic holds a BS in Engineering Management and an MBA from Miami University.

Are you experiencing challenges getting into additive metal production? Do you know what it takes to meet the standards in your industry? Innovation requires breaking through, however qualification and safety come first when adopting additive technology into new products. As organizations shift into full-scale commercial production, they must overcome several barriers to achieve qualification. Achieving qualification requires a deep understanding of standards, acquiring data, streamlining process workflows, and meeting many industry and company requirements. At GE Additive, we use our own companies’ experience to guide customers along their additive journey. This will be an interactive discussion to help you think about your own path to production.

Speakers

• Leonhard Klein, Senior Manager Technology, GE Additive 
• Mark Shaw, Additive Leader, GE Additive

Bios

Mark Shaw is Director of Government Programs and Technology for GE Additive to provide additive solutions to government customers. Mark has previously worked closely with the aviation regulatory authorities to develop an additive product qualification process roadmap for flight hardware. Mark continues to be one of GE’s primary additive leaders for AM qualification and certification. Mark joined the GE Additive team in 2017. Initially, Mark was part of the team to integrate the newly acquired Concept Laser machine business into the recently formed GE Additive business. In March of 2011, Mark was hired to lead the GE Aviation LEAP fuel nozzle team, which is believed by some to be the catalyst to begin the industrialization of additive manufacturing. He was an additive technical leader on the GE Catalyst program which is GE’s first engine with significant additive content including major engine structures. Mark was the primary GE additive focal with regulatory agencies during the certification both the fuel nozzle the Catalyst.

Prior to working with additive technologies, Mark held various positions of technical, management, and business leadership within GE Aviation. Mark was the GE90 Repair Shop Services Engineering Leader, Combustor Design Principal Engineer, and Engine Externals Senior Staff Engineer. Mark has also worked for Johnson & Johnson as a medical device Project Director. Mark received a Bachelor on Mechanical Engineering from Geneva College in Beaver Fall, PA.

Leonhard Klein is the Technical Standards Leader at GE Additive. Leonhard holds a Master’s degree and PhD in Materials Science from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany and has extensive experience in additive manufacturing, materials engineering and technical standardization. In several standards developing organizations (SDOs) such as DIN NA 145, ISO/TC 261, ASTM F42, and SAE-AMS-AM, Leonhard represents GE Additive and drives international standardization on AM in order to help our customers on their path to production and provide them with a proper set of standards and guidelines to achieve qualification. He holds several positions such as Vice Chair of the German mirror committee to ISO/TC 261, Convenor of the ISO/ASTM Joint Advisory Group (JAG), and Liaison Officer between ASTM F42 and SAE-AMS-AM. In order to develop and execute GE Additive’s strategy on Additive external standards Leonhard is coordinating a global group of GE Additive experts.