17 - Additive and Composites, Composites and Additive

AM Radio

Additive manufacturing is creating new opportunities for fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials. This has implications for the promise of AM and implications for the composites industry. In this episode, Peter Zelinski of Additive Manufacturing Media is joined by Jeff Sloan of sister brand CompositesWorld. They talk about composites replacing metal, large-format 3D printing for tooling, and other aspects of the overlap between these two worlds. Also, what does the acceptance and adoption of composites into part production, and the way this played out in previous decades, signal about the way ahead for an even newer disruptive technology, additive manufacturing?

This episode is brought to you by the Additive Manufacturing Conference at IMTS.

Mentioned in this episode:

• CompositesWorld
• 3D printing changing composites manufacturing: a Q&A with Jeff Sloan
• Composites replacing metal: an example
• Aerospace applications for 3D printed composites on a previous episode of AM Radio
• Large-format composites 3D printing for tooling: Articles involving Cincinnati Inc., Thermwood and a provider focused on this work.
• Additive Engineering Solutions’ move from 3D printed tooling into production parts
• 3D printed composite tooling making precast concrete forms
• Podcast for the composites industry: CW Talks with Jeff Sloan