In recognition of national Manufacturing Day, celebrated Oct. 4 this year, Desktop Metal hosted a roundtable discussion about additive manufacturing. Titled “Additive Manufacturing: The Next Frontier,” the panel was comprised of Ken Washington, chief technology officer at Ford Motor Co.; Ric Fulop, co-founder and CEO of Desktop Metal; and John Hart, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT. The moderator was Terry Wohlers, president of Wohlers Associates .

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Topics discussed during the roundtable included:

• Degree of AM adoption to date.
• Acceptance of the technology at the C-suite level.
• The road ahead.
• Design flexibility and the changing role of the designer.
• How 3D printing fits into digital manufacturing.
• The next generation of engineers.
• Will AM change the world? (Hint: Yes!)

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  “Additive Manufacturing: The Next Frontier” panel (from left): Terry Wohlers, Ken Washington, Ric Fulop, and John Hart. Credit: Desktop Metal The […]

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