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Additive Manufacturing or 3D printing is bringing new perspectives to manufacturing, so we have a special guest, Matthew Stuckey, to bring us his fresh, new perspectives on the subject.

Matthew is studying Mechanical Engineering at the Tickle College of Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and is well versed in Additive Manufacturing.  Matthew interned at elliTek over the summer and is currently working with us when he isn't in class.

After listening to this episode, you will know:

• What Additive Manufacturing is
• Types or methods of Additive Manufacturing
• Advantages and disadvantages of the types
• Material attributes
• Our wish-list of attributes
• Application successes
• Solutions elliTek offers
  
  

There are more acronyms, so here is a list that we hope you will find helpful.

• A2:  Cold work tool steel that combines high toughness and good wear resistance. Often regarded as a "universal" cold work steel.
• ABS:  Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, primarily used with FFF or FDM 3D printers
• CRS:  Cold Rolled Steel
• D2:  Cold work tool steel that is harder and more wear-resistant than A2, but not as tough.
• FFF:  Fused Filament Fabrication, also known under the trademarked term FDM (Fused Deposition Modeling)
• PETG:  Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol, a thermoplastic polyester
• PLA:  Plastic or polylactic acid
• POM:  Polyoxymethylene filament, aka Acetal or Polyacetal. DuPont trademarked the name Delrin™  for Acetal Resin.
• MIG:  Metal Inert Gas
• SLA:  Stereolithography, a type of 3D printing
• TIG:  Tungsten Inert Gas
• TPE:  Thermoplastic Elastomers, adds a little bit of flex to your part.
  
  

Additive Manufacturing and 3D printing is growing.  There are new changes and discoveries daily.  As Matthew says "Get out there and learn something for yourself because it's a lot of interesting stuff." 

Remember,  elliTek's engineers are also here to help when needed.  Reach out through our website or call (865) 409-1555.

Thank You for listening!