Additive manufacturing

Tuesday, November 23, 2015 - Pinet Industry Chaulnes (80)
Additive manufacturing, state of the art and outlook

PFT Innovaltech took part to the Rendez-vous de la Mécanique, a Tech Day on the theme of additive manufacturing.

Speakers

• Pascal Gentien, director of Pinet Industry's Chaulnes site
• Benoît Verquin, Cetim's Additive Manufacturing project leader
• Dominique Haye, PFT Innovaltech operational director
• Joseph Anton, PFT Innovaltech Additive Manufacturing engineer
• Erick Hansen, Smit managing director

Programme

• Welcome of the participants by Pascal Gentien, Director of the site and Jean-Claude Pinchedez, regional delegate of Cetim
• Presentation of Pinet Industrie company and its activity, by Pascal Gentien
• Visit of Chaulnes site
• Key figures and perspectives of these technologies at national and international level, by Benoît Verquin
• The state of the art, by Benoît Verquin
• Machines and materials available (metal and polymers) - Additive manufacturing: challenges and solutions - Examples of applications in aeronautics, medical, automotive...
• Additive Manufacturing: Economic conditions, by Benoît Verquin
• The prerequisites for accessing this technology - The global approach of the process - Changes in internal organization - The skills required to master this technology.
• Demonstration on a 3D printing machine of the printing of a workpiece from Pinet company catalog, by Dominique Haye and Joseph Anton
• Digitizing a workpiece and manufacturing it on a 3D printing machine, by Dominique Haye and Joseph Anton
• Using 3D printing at Pinet, by Pascal Gentien
• Smit company's testimony on its investment in the additive manufacturing process, by Erick Hansen
• Debate and answers to questions from participants

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