My guest today is Liz Stortstrom from Hewlett Packard.

Liz Stortstrom is a 3D Printing Application Engineer with expertise in using HP's Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) Technology for industrial applications. She has a background in Mechanical Design and joined HP to support the development of the JF500 series. She now utilizes that experience to find optimal solutions for customers aiming to push their businesses to the next level with additive manufacturing. Liz received her BS & MS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and currently resides in Portland, OR.

I first met Derek from HP at the ATX Anaheim show a few years ago, pre-COVID and was really impressed with the robot End of Arm Tools that they had on display. For this installment on #TheRobotIndustryPodcast we are going to talk about 3D printed End of Arm tools and the efficacy of using printed tools as robot end effectors, where they fit and how integrators and robot designers can get started.

Here are some of the questions that we will discuss on the pod:

3D printing has come a long way in the past few years, I remember seeing all kinds of early EOATs, what has happened along the way? Improvements?

From a high level, what are some of the big advantages for 3d printed eoats?

Are there particular industries that might be better suited to 3D EOATs, packaging? Geographies? What are people picking up with 3d printed EOATs from HPs perspective.Do you have some USE cases that you can talk about?

What are some of the challenges? Thin walled designs? Leaking in the air lines? Educating mechanical designers? Supply chain professionals, etc.

Printing in color, can you tell where this can be an advantage?

When do I buy a printer vs using a service bureau?

If you would like to get in touch with Liz you can find her here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizstortstrom/ or if you have a 3D or additive application, https://hp.pathfactory.com/us-en-3dprint-industrial-robotics-eoat

Thanks to our Liz, and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation, PaintedRobot.com and our sponsor, Ehrhardt Automation Systems.

Enjoy the podcast,

Jim / Customer Attraction & The Robot Industry Podcast

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Key words and terms for this podcast: 3D, HP, EOAT, Liz Stortstrom, 3D Printed End of Arm Tools, additive manufacturing, ATX West Anaheim