European Military Additive Manufacturing Symposium

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Presentations Main Program

Key Note EDA

Olli Ruutu, Deputy Chief Executive, European Defence Agency

Key Note “a military perspective”
Flotilla Admiral Ulrich Reineke, Naval Command, German Navy

Key Note “an Industrial point of view”
Dr. Hans Bartosch, Senior Vice President Design and Integration, Managing Director Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH

AM for the German Armed Forces
Felix Zimmer, Bundeswehr Research Institute for Materials, Fuels and Lubricants

Use cases and the future of AM in the military market
Michael Eichmann, Stratasys

Bionic Design as an Enable for 3D-Printing in Military Applications
Tim Wischeropp, Fraunhofer Research Institution for Additive ManufacturingTechnologies IAPT

Additive Manufacturing in the defense MRO industry – challenges and solutions?
Augustin Niavas, GE Additive Germany

From Prototyping to Qualified Serial Production in Additive Manufacturing
Anja Rupprecht, Diehl Defence

Military requirements to get use of AM solutions and the way ahead to become a military capability
Martin Huber, Project Officer Logistics, EDA

Enabling technologies for providing OEM-verified spare parts in the field
Christian Duun Norberg , Fieldmade AS

AM-Process to optimize the availability of supply critical spare parts
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Klein, BAAINBw T1.6

EDA-AMALIA Project. Additive Maufacturing of Metallic Auxetic Structures and materials for Lightweight Armour
Stefano Lionetti, Rina Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA

EDA - AMTEM Project. Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Energetic Materials: New Opportunities for Defense Applications
Dr. Barbara Baschung , French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis

How AM found its way to the top of considerable manufacturing processes
Matthias Müller, TRUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik

A virtual warehouse of parts pre-prepared for production
Afonso Nogueira, Hypermetal

Printing Spare Parts at Remote Locations: Fulfilling the Promise of Additive Manufacturing
Dr.ir. Rob Basten, Eindhoven University of Technology

Quality Assurance – a perspective with aviation-standards
Dr. Jürgen Kraus, MTU Aero Engines

The IF CEED initiative: boosting circular economy in European defence
Mathieu Schwander, Project Officer - Circular Economy, EDA

Best practices, experiences and challenges with AM and circularity by the Dutch Army
Tim Julsing, Royal Dutch Army, Ministry of Defense

Additve Manufacturing and Circular Economy. AM potential to reduce the CO2 footprint.
Martin Huber, Project Officer Logistics, EDA

Utilisation of existing previously unused resources to increase the self-sufficiency of ships
Captain Lieutenant Sascha Hartig, Bundeswehr University Hamburg

Speaker Corners

Corner A1: 3D Printing in the Field: Three years of Experience made in Afghanistan
Captain Maximilian Krönert, Bundeswehr Research Institute for Materials, Fuels and Lubricants

Corner A3: Study on the Energy Absorptoion Properties of the Additively Manufactures Aluminium Structures Subjected to a Blast
Magda Stanczak, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis

Corner A4: Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Energetic Materials: Application on Gun Propellants
Maxime Chiroli, French-German Research Institute of Saint-Louis

Corner A5: Challenges in quality management of AM spare parts
Patrick Lurtz, Bundeswehr University Munich

Corner A6: Laser Ultrasound Structuroscopy of Lattice Structures in Cu-Inconel 718 made by selective Laser Melting
Antonio Caraviello, Ph.D., University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Czech Republic

Corner A7: Laser Ultrasound Structuroscopy of Metal Products made by Additive Manufacturing
Alexander Kravcov, University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Czech Republic

Corner A8: Additive manufacturing for warhead applications
Dr. Matthias Bleckmann, Bundeswehr Research Institute for Materials, Fuels and Lubricants; Markus Bähr, Diehl Defence

Corner A9: Metal Additive Manufacturing: Application Concepts for Effectors and Protection
Aron Pfaff, Fraunhofer-Institut für Kurzzeitdynamik, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI

Corner A10: Recent progress in the development of additively manufactured energetic materials
Daniel Mitró, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT

Corner A11: PowderGenetics® - a holistic approach for powder characterization to maintain constant component quality in additive manufacturing
Dr. Christian Soder, IABG

Corner A12: Basic research on 3D Metal Print Technology (3DMP®) for protection applications
Dr.-Ing. Norman Herzig, Nordmetall

Corner A13: World first metal-AM use in the field: Lessons learned after three successful int. army exercises with cold spray technology
Stefan Ritt, SPEE3D

Corner A14: Certified materials and applications with FDM & PolyJet
Dominik Müller, Stratasys

Corner B1: Certification needs for parts made with the AM method and the PNA cooperation potential
Lt. PhD, Eng. Radosław Kicinski, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Polish Naval Academy

Corner B2: Challenges of design and modelling of SLM parts
Grzegorz Moneta, Ph.D. Eng., Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation

Corner B3: Advances in additive manufacturing of explosives

Lukasz Wieja, Military Institute of Armament Technology, Department of Explosives Research

Corner B4: Metal Fused Filament Fabrication (M-FFF) of 17-4PH and 316L for defence applications
Timo Osinga , Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR)

Corner B5: The effect of additive manufacturing on the military health and medical technology supply chain: A comparative simulation of additive and traditional supply sources
Oliver Rose und Andreas Glas , Bundeswehr University Munich

Corner B6: Intelligent Inspection of Products of Additive Manufacturing for Navy Supply
University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Czech Republic

Corner B7: Intelligent Inspection of Ammunition made with Additive Manufacturing
Alexadner Kravcov, Ph.D., University of Defence, Faculty of Military Technology, Czech Republic

Corner B8: Disruption of supply chains through mobile additive manufacturing: use of containers as repair and spare parts printers
Markus Heilemann, Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Additive Produktionstechnologien IAPT

Corner B9: Representative structure elements for a fatigue approach of additively manufactured structures
Dr.-Ing. Rainer Wagener, Fraunhofer LBF

Corner B10: Opportunities and challenges of Additive Manufacturing in the maritime defence industry
Corinna Bischof und Dr. Jannis Kranz, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems

Corner B11: Application potential of wire arc additive manufacturing technology in the field of weaponry
Dr.-Ing. Norman Herzig, Nordmetall

Corner B 12: AM of Metallic Auxetic Structures and materials for Lightweight Armour
Stefano Lionetti, Rina Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA

Corner B13: Selective Laser Melting (SLM) of M50NiL – Enabling increased power density
Andreas Rottmann, Schaeffler Aerospace Germany

Corner B14: Ambitious into the future of additive manufacturing: Where the powder bed ends, the powder nozzle begins
Christoph Machowetz, toolcraft AG