November 18-20, 2020 / Hall 5, KINTEX 1

Global Trends in AM Technology and Applications of Smart Factory

In this session, the presenter will share application cases such as prototyping using additive manufacturing technology, manufacturing production aids, global trends on the realization of additive manufacturing and smart factory applications.

Manufacturing Process Innovation using 3D Printing Technology

Without accelerating innovation in the root industry, the future of South Korea's manufacturing industry is uncertain. In particular, the foundry industry, which is losing competitiveness, is in dire need of process innovation through technological advancement. In addition, with the recent increase in the number of multi-variety small-volume products, the competition in the manufacturing industry is changing into an important speed battle to preoccupy the new market in a timely manner. We would like to talk about 3D printing-based manufacturing process innovation that takes into account these environmental changes in the manufacturing industry.
This lecture introduces examples of manufacturing process innovation through convergence of sand 3D printing technology. It outlines how sand 3D printing technology can be applied to mass-production processes, how much material quality can be improved compared to existing pattern methods, and how much productivity can be maximized through 3D printing cores. It also introduces how 3D printing technology can be used for innovation in a variety of industries other than manufacturing industry.

Stratasys Solutions for Efficient Product Design Process

The topic of this presentation will be exploring how Additive Manufacturing fits into Industry 4.0 & Smart Factory initiatives. In recent days, these buzzwords have been a key initiative for many small and medium businesses, OEM’s and government investments. Please join to learn more about how 3D printing fits into these initiatives, why 3D printing should be a fundamental building block in your physical to digital transformation and some recent case studies of other global manufacturers implementing 3D printing into their digital strategy.

Automotive Parts Production using 3D Printing Technology

In this session, Shinhu Cho will examine how to use 3D printing in real automotive parts, rather than jigs and fixtures. Shinhu Cho will share specific examples of how designers are doing printing due to technical limitations from applicable parts to reflect the intention of actual designers. In addition, Cho will share the overall manufacturing process from the topology optimization of the DfAM-applied parts to the printing production and post-processing processes in order to verify the possibilities and limitations of additive manufacturing technology.

AI-powered 3D printing technology enables possibility to save lives

I remember the first time when I encountered 3D printing was in university public workplace 10 years ago. It was so huge and expensive devices so that there was a burden to use it personally. The biggest obstacles in applications of medical 3D printing work are cost issues. These are big hurdles. Time cost for 3D printing work, opportunistic cost for many researchers to move together and financial cost for material and machine and so on. I think there should be a platform to reduce these costs with software. Strong AI-based medical 3D printing workflow platform provides superior surgical planning for surgeons and doctors, assist in optimal doctor-patient communication, and also serve as an effective training and educational tool for the medical 3D printing. Attend and find out.

Digital Manufacturing Revolution Case Study - 4th Industrial Revolution & 3D Printing Solutions

The Role of Startups in the AM industry

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has emerged from a prototyping technology to become a game-changer solution that will surrogate business models of the past or simply disrupt how things are manufactured growing to a 350 bn USD market by 2035.
The ever-increasing number and size of dedicated investments in 3D printing solutions shows that key strategists have realized the various advantages additive manufacturing inherits. And it is also true that the market needs more technology solutions to address the challenges (e.g. cost, productivity, reliability, automation, post-processing, etc.) and to maximize the benefit of AM (e.g. design freedom, easy customization, digital production, etc.) to drive quicker technology adoption for industrial scale production.
Startups have contributed a lot to the success of the industry and will play a critical role in the future leveraging their natural speed, creativity and flexibility. With the help of handpicked success stories, AM Ventures shows why this is and will be the case. Today, the AM Ventures ecosystem consists of AM-related hardware, software, material and application ventures. Well-known investments range from software (3Yourmind), hardware (Sintratec, DyeMansion) and material companies (Elementum 3D) to application startups such as Vectoflow or Conflux Technology.

Industrialization of Metal Additive Manufacturing in Reality

It can be seen that many news has been continuously updating regarding the real usage of metal additive manufacturing thanks of its unique performance and new possibility. However, there are still many companies who hesitate to adopt AM due to unconfident or uncertain on the new technology and disadvantages prior to Advantages. It is very important for adopting new manufacturing era to clearly recognize Pros and Cons of additive manufacturing and to set up the suitable strategy and work-flow accordingly. In this session, the presenter will head up a recent production case study of Additive Manufacturing, and introduce what preparation and mindset are required for those who are considering Additive Manufacturing.

3D Printing for Industrial Applications

Additive manufacturing (AM), more commonly referred to as 3D printing, has come a long way since its introduction in the 1980’s, growing at over 25% per annum over the last 30 years and accounting for around $14 billion spend in 2019. It has proven benefits in providing entirely new design capability, redistributing supply chains closer to end consumers, and making manufacturing processes more efficient and sustainable. Four sectors -- aerospace, industrial machines & tooling, medical/dental implants, and automotive – in particular account for nearly 65% of the global AM market. Despite low current penetration levels, other industrial sectors have equal potential to benefit from AM. For example, the maritime, mobility and the natural resources industries (mining, cement, chemicals) are characterized by geographic fragmentation and remote locations, posing challenges around logistics and inventory management of parts. The problem can be partly addressed by 3D printing and building a digital spare parts warehouse optimizing the overall inventory and cost of logistics.
Join this session to know more about applications and case studies of 3D printing in industrial applications.

State of the Art of 3D Printing of Buildings and Concrete Structures

The last years, the media has been filled with stories about new start-ups 3D printing an entire building in less than 1 day. The stories in the press have made the interest for 3D printing buildings explode with millions of downloads of the videos announced. The stories are fuelling peoples hope for making buildings cheaper and for finally solving the need for affordable housing. More and more 3D printed buildings are popping u around the world, yet we have not yet seen a large scale application of the 3D construction printing technology, where the technology has been used to create a series of buildings.
So what is the real truth here ? Can buildings be 3D printed in 24 hours ? Is it all just hype, but if so what makes a company like GE invest in the technology now ? Will 3D construction printing finally disrupt the construction sector and create all the new possibilities promised ?

Using AM for Dental Applications: Necessity or Novelty?

Additive manufacturing has experienced a surge in popularity in dentistry, but has been limited to plastic materials for guides, aligners and dentures. AM with metal and ceramic is still in its infancy, but the technology has significant advantages over conventional approaches. This presentation will explore innovations in metal and ceramic AM for dental applications with novel workflows, examples and a comparison to conventional production.

Scaling to Production with 3D Printing

In order to scale production with 3D printing, manufacturers need a solution that bridges the gap between traditional manufacturing and 3D printing. It is important that 3D printing have the flexibility to handle short supply chain cycles, rapid disruptions, global pandemics, and any other supply chain issue.

In this session, the presenter will talk about how manufacturers can overcome production challenges and make 3D printing more productive and profitable. The presentation will focus on three primary applications: jigs and fixtures, ESD-safe materials, and high-temp materials, specifically PEEK.

AIRMESH: First Functional Stainless-Steel 3D Printed Space Frame Structure in Singapore

The session investigates the application of metal 3D-printing as structural element in architectural scale for complex space frame structure with the theoretical and practical implication. A recently finished design and construction for a 30 sqm surface and 4.8-meter-tall inhabitable lightweight stainless-steel space frame pavilion by the authors support the hypothesis that AM in stainless steel has a clear application in both architectural and structural design. The integration of multiple functional building components of architectural system such as foundation, openings, floor decking, façade cladding, as well as lighting features are implemented in a tetrahedral structure. The main aim is to explore the spectrum of pliability and adaptability of nodal joint system to achieve seamless aesthetic composition alongside with optimal structural performance.
Using an entirely computational-driven design workflow, the non-standard load-bearing structure is conceived and manufactured through bespoke algorithms that combine spatial requirements, structural performance and site-specific data to inform its form. Geometric optimization processes based on force distribution are applied to attain structural efficiency and extreme material reduction in developing a fully functional space frame. This process demonstrates that metal 3D printing opens an entire new set of design opportunities, spanning from extreme levels of precision to minimal tolerances and transition between printed and non-printed standard components that require the use of custom-built software and dynamic parametric models to conceptualize and advance a new conception of architecture.

Integrated and Optimized Metal Additive Product Workflow

3D Printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing, has been developing in leaps and bounds, moving from a nice to have novelty, to being an essential part of product-development, and from technology used in R&D departments, to one employed in shop-floors for the production of end-use parts. Yet, the transition into production related environments require more than hardware, software and a solid business case. This session shall explore many of the challenges, metal Additive users face in this respect, and the wide portfolio of solutions available, in order to create an end-to-end, integrated and fully optimized metal production workflow.

How AI can fill the Gap of Additive Manufacturing

The AI and Additive Manufacturing are the two hot topics in recent years. Markforged has developed a cutting edge technology to combine the benefits of both AI and Additive Manufacturing to help push the industrial 4.0

3D Printing in the Maritime Industry

The traditional model of manufacturing and distribution of spare parts have largely remained unchallenged. 3D Printing of marine spare parts aims to reduce the total cost of the delivered part, delivery times and the impact on the environment by offering parts produced on demand. Essentially turning a traditional hardware production and distribution problem into a virtual warehousing opportunity, Wilhelmsen and its partners are now empowering OEMs and shipping companies to now easily and effectively manage digital inventory by producing and ordering parts on-demand.

The Current Status of 3DP in North America and 3DP amid Pandemic

The presenter will update the current trend and status of 3D Printing in North America including Silicon Valley and explain how 3D Printing community responds to COVID-19. In addition, the impact of 3D Printing in global supply chain after pandemic will be discussed.

Increasing the Efficiency of High-pressure Systems in Aviation through 3D Metal Printing

Heat exchangers are a prolific application found in all things that concern fluid and power; they are mission-critical applications that affect overall performance in aircraft of all sizes. Yet, for years, heat exchangers have been constrained, by traditional manufacturing, in terms of limited geometric freedom and lengthy lead times. This presentation will cover new capabilities in AM that enable the printing of novel part designs that increase aerospace-application heat-exchanger efficiency in a smaller, lighter component envelope.

From the Shortage of COVID-19 Test Kits to a Med-tech Start-up; The Power of Innovation to Disrupt How We See Humanitarian Aid

The presenter will investigate the use-case of a Swiss Med-tech startup that was created out of necessity to innovate and help the local population during the coronavirus crisis. We will then explore its subsequent journey of leading collaborations between industry and academia which fueled a paradigm shift in testing that is being used for humanitarian projects around the world, and how other startups can get involved as well.

Application of 3D Printing in Regenerative Medicine

There are numerous benefits 3D printing provides for the medical field in order to improve and save patient’s lives. 3D printing in medicine has enabled customization, prototyping, manufacturing, and research. The areas of application are including surgical preparation, prostheses, dental, 3D printing of tissues and organs, medication dosage and pharmacology, and manufacturing of medical tools and devices. 3D printing technology is possible uses for reproducing accurate replicas of human anatomical material, play a significant role in pathology teaching, veterinary anatomy teaching, zoological specimen reproduction, reproduction of rare museum specimens, and the printing of cell and tissue data from confocal microscopic studies. 3 D printing technology could be used to replace human organ transplants and to create patient-specific organ replicas that surgeons can be used to practice on before performing complicated operations. In this manuscript according to my deep experience in liver tissue engineering, I propose my vision in application of 3D Bioprinting of liver tissue using stem cells in combination with bio Nanomaterial , might be a probable future resolution to scalability of the liver transplant which could relieve the problems associated with the organ shortage, may cure liver failures and may originate a well workable organ to be implanted or used as an apparatus situated outside the body; as a realistic model for drug screening, as well as for the study of pathological diseases such as liver cancer and cirrhosis.

3DEO’s Intelligent Layering® and the Production 3D Printing Revolution

3D printing cannot change the world until it scales to meet the demand of today’s global challenges. The metal additive manufacturing industry has had to limit its problem solving scope to niche technical industries—those with high-cost, low-volume, high-complexity applications such as rocket engines and medical implants. However, engineers in industrial and consumer-facing industries crave the limitless design freedom of 3D printing and have nowhere to turn when they need tens or hundreds of thousands of precision metal parts per year at a cost competitive with traditional manufacturing. This is 3DEO’s driving focus: to be the global leader in precision metal component supply, at a cost and quality directly competitive with CNC & MIM, with the paradigm-shifting advantages of 3D printing.
3DEO’s Intelligent Layering® was developed by the company to combine the flexibility of binder & sinter 3D printing, the robustness and accuracy of CNC, and the scalability of MIM, while overcoming the drawbacks inherent to each process. Full vertical control over the technology—from pre-process software and machine control firmware, to design of the machines and dynamics of the printing process, to automated post-processing and QC in serial production—gives 3DEO unparalleled quality and unmatched prices compared to any metal 3D printing process on the market. Tune in to learn how 3DEO is driving the next industrial revolution.

Digital Engineering Tools for the Future of Design and Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing (AM) hardware has evolved the manufacturing floor as we know it. However, the digital tool chain has been slow to keep pace. The promise of geometric complexity afforded by AM has engineers and designers dreaming of new forms, yet putting those ideas onto paper or into CAD is still a difficult task. Tune in to this presentation to learn how nTopology’s nTop Platform was built to solve these complex engineering problems in order to empower people to design transformative products. We’ll talk about nTopology’s implicit modelling capabilities and showcase some of the most advanced parts designed for AM today.