2017 Simulating Reality Magazine Featuring Additive Manufacturing is Here!

2017 Simulating Reality Magazine Featuring Additive Manufacturing is Here!
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By Dr. Masha V. Petrova, Director of Global Marketing, MSC Software

With the promise of endless possibilities for new structures, designs, and materials, Additive Manufacturing is currently in the uber-hyped mode. Not a week goes by without a new AM technology emerging or a new AM deal signed. Last year, the U.S. Air Force awarded $6 million to Aerojet Rocketdyne to develop standards for rocket parts made by AM. SpaceX received $33.6 million to develop the Raptor rocket propulsion system to be manufactured primarily using AM. General Electric announced that it would spend $1.4 billion to acquire two European 3D printing companies, and the list goes on. 

Additive Manufacturing is opening the door for the creation of all kinds of new materials. In powered bed metal AM processes, for example, simply mixing two different metal powders together in varying proportions before feeding the powder into the printer, allows manufacturers to create their very own customized alloys. With plastics and composites this process can arguably be even more diverse. Yet, we are still far off from AM becoming the next industrial revolution.

MSC’s CEO, Dominic Gallello, described very well why this is the case in his piece Additive Manufacturing – From Trial and Error to a True Revolution. As the investment in AM increases, so do the risks. Failures, cracks, & high distortion in unexpected areas might be part of the learning process, but are proving to be very costly. Thus, we have dedicated this year’s Simulating Reality to AM. Highlighted in this issue are MSC’s solutions for both Plastic and Metal AM processes to allow you, your teams, and your companies to get 3D printed parts first time right.

If you’re looking for state-of-the-art solutions that will be essential in transitioning AM out of science fiction stories, through the “maker movement”, and rapid prototyping, and finally into a full-fledged manufacturing process – read on.

Read the 2017 Issue of Simulating Reality Magazine!

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