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Are you a metal manufacturer in Virginia looking to expand or modernize your capabilities? 

 

Explore your businesses potential for growth and innovation.

 

Join us for a series of transformative workshops designed to build a common understanding of the benefits and requirements of Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM).

 

February 20^th, 2025, 9:30am – 5pm

Roanoke Higher Education Center

108 N Jefferson St

Roanoke, VA 24016

REGISTER > HERE

Why Attend?

Our comprehensive workshop curriculum includes:

What is Metal Additive Manufacturing? Learn the basics and key concepts.

Why is this technology important? Understand the significance of MAM in modern manufacturing.

How can this technology expand or modernize your capabilities? Explore the potential for growth and innovation.

Guest Speaker:

Kevin Nims (attending all dates), a representative from AUSTAL USA, operators of the Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at IALR in Danville, will share the assistance programs they provide to additive manufacturers to qualify for Navy supply chain opportunities.

Kevin is an experienced Materials Planner and Production Scheduler with a strong history working in the consumer goods industry. Skilled in Manufacturing, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), SAP, and Supply Chain Management.

Additional Topics to Cover:

Types or Categories of Metal Additive Manufacturing:

• • Powder Bed Fusion: Laser, Electron Beam
  • Directed Energy Deposition: Powder, Wire, Cold Spray
  • Sintering: Binder Jetting, Material Jetting, Material Extrusion
  • Friction Stir

 

Business Considerations:

• • Implementation Costs
  • Operating Costs
  • Overhead Costs
  • Pre-processing, Printing, and Post-processing
  • Financial Analysis: Cost comparison with other methods

 

Case Studies: Real-world examples of successful MAM applications.

Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) Principles: Learn how to design for MAM to optimize performance and efficiency.

Cyber Security Considerations: Understand the importance of protecting your digital assets.

 

• How do I move forward in Virginia?
  • Qualification/Certification
  • Resources

GUEST Speaker: Kevin Nims, representative from AUSTAL USA, operators of the Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at IALR in Danville, will share the assistance programs they provide to additive manufacturers to qualify for Navy supply chain opportunities.

 

REGISTER > HERE

Are you a metal manufacturer in Virginia looking to expand or modernize your capabilities? 

 

Explore your businesses potential for growth and innovation.

 

Join us for a series of transformative workshops designed to build a common understanding of the benefits and requirements of Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM).

 

February 18^th, 2025, 9:30am – 5pm

Blue Ridge Community College – Plecker Center

One College Lane

Weyers Cave, VA  24486

REGISTER > HERE

Why Attend?

Our comprehensive workshop curriculum includes:

What is Metal Additive Manufacturing? Learn the basics and key concepts.

Why is this technology important? Understand the significance of MAM in modern manufacturing.

How can this technology expand or modernize your capabilities? Explore the potential for growth and innovation.

Guest Speaker:

Kevin Nims (attending all dates), a representative from AUSTAL USA, operators of the Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at IALR in Danville, will share the assistance programs they provide to additive manufacturers to qualify for Navy supply chain opportunities.

Kevin is an experienced Materials Planner and Production Scheduler with a strong history working in the consumer goods industry. Skilled in Manufacturing, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), SAP, and Supply Chain Management.

Additional Topics to Cover:

Types or Categories of Metal Additive Manufacturing:

• • Powder Bed Fusion: Laser, Electron Beam
  • Directed Energy Deposition: Powder, Wire, Cold Spray
  • Sintering: Binder Jetting, Material Jetting, Material Extrusion
  • Friction Stir

 

Business Considerations:

• • Implementation Costs
  • Operating Costs
  • Overhead Costs
  • Pre-processing, Printing, and Post-processing
  • Financial Analysis: Cost comparison with other methods

 

Case Studies: Real-world examples of successful MAM applications.

Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) Principles: Learn how to design for MAM to optimize performance and efficiency.

Cyber Security Considerations: Understand the importance of protecting your digital assets.

 

• How do I move forward in Virginia?
  • Qualification/Certification
  • Resources

GUEST Speaker: Kevin Nims, representative from AUSTAL USA, operators of the Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at IALR in Danville, will share the assistance programs they provide to additive manufacturers to qualify for Navy supply chain opportunities.

REGISTER > HERE

Are you a metal manufacturer in Virginia looking to expand or modernize your capabilities? 

 

Explore your businesses potential for growth and innovation.

 

Join us for a series of transformative workshops designed to build a common understanding of the benefits and requirements of Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM).

 

January 30^th, 2025, 9:30am – 5pm

Virginia Tech Richmond Center

2810 N. Parham Road, Suite 300

Richmond, VA 23294

REGISTER > HERE

Why Attend?

Our comprehensive workshop curriculum includes:

What is Metal Additive Manufacturing? Learn the basics and key concepts.

Why is this technology important? Understand the significance of MAM in modern manufacturing.

How can this technology expand or modernize your capabilities? Explore the potential for growth and innovation.

Guest Speakers:

Griffin Keller (attending 1/28 & 1/30) and Kevin Nims (attending all dates), representatives from AUSTAL USA, operators of the Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at IALR in Danville, will share the assistance programs they provide to additive manufacturers to qualify for Navy supply chain opportunities.

Griffin is an MSME with over 20 years of experience, including 8 years of expertise in Quality Systems Management.

She is experienced in several different aspects of engineering:

• Design, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, Regulatory, Service, and Field Support within a variety of fields including automotive, power generation, Medical Devices, and the DoD.

Kevin is an experienced Materials Planner and Production Scheduler with a strong history working in the consumer goods industry. Skilled in Manufacturing, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), SAP, and Supply Chain Management.

Additional Topics to Cover:

Types or Categories of Metal Additive Manufacturing:

• • Powder Bed Fusion: Laser, Electron Beam
  • Directed Energy Deposition: Powder, Wire, Cold Spray
  • Sintering: Binder Jetting, Material Jetting, Material Extrusion
  • Friction Stir

 

Business Considerations:

• • Implementation Costs
  • Operating Costs
  • Overhead Costs
  • Pre-processing, Printing, and Post-processing
  • Financial Analysis: Cost comparison with other methods

 

Case Studies: Real-world examples of successful MAM applications.

Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) Principles: Learn how to design for MAM to optimize performance and efficiency.

Cyber Security Considerations: Understand the importance of protecting your digital assets.

 

• How do I move forward in Virginia?
  • Qualification/Certification
  • Resources

GUEST Speakers: Griffin Keller and Kevin Nims, representatives from AUSTAL USA, operators of the Navy Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence at IALR in Danville, will share the assistance programs they provide to additive manufacturers to qualify for Navy supply chain opportunities.

 

Griffin Keller is the Quality Manager for Austal USA Advanced Technologies, joining just shy of a year ago. Griffin is managing the activation program to engage and guide suppliers through the technical qualification and onboarding processes which will then enable them to become Additive Manufacturing serial production facilities approved for use in part production for the Marine Industrial Base (MIB). Griffin is an MSME with over 20 years of experience, including 8 years of expertise in Quality Systems Management and maintaining Regulatory Compliance of Medical Devices to 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485, MDSAP, MEDDEV, and EU MDR 2017/745.  She is a certified lead auditor to ISO 9001:2015 and experienced in several different aspects of engineering: Design, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Quality, Regulatory, Service, and Field Support within a variety of fields including automotive, power generation, Class I, II, and III Medical Devices, and the DoD.

REGISTER > HERE