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Additive Manufacturing:Opportunities & ChallengesTodd GrimmT. A. Grimm & Associates
Santa Fe | Miami
Santa Fe | Miami
Santa Fe | Miami
Opportunity | ChallengeDiversityFortune TellingCrossroadsUnity
OpportunitiesDiversityVery bright, strong futureUnique, unrivaled, intriguingFew with same breadthAmazing futureInconceivable outcomes
Opportunities
OpportunitiesManufacturingArts & entertainmentApparelMedical scienceGISEducation
OpportunitiesDesignerMechanical engineer Manufacturing engineer Home userScientistClinicianStudentDoctorArtist
OpportunitiesPrototypes/modelsToolingManufacturing aidsSeries productionCustom productsEducational aidVisual aid
OpportunitiesJettingPhotocuringSinteringExtrudingLaminatingMeltingPlotting
OpportunitiesPhotopolymerThermoplasticThermosetPaperCeramicMetalGlassSand
OpportunitiesDiversityExample5 Processes$1,300 to $1 million3D printers,                3D production systems and servicesHobbyist to professionalDental, jewelry, education, engineering and manufacturing
OpportunitiesDiversityExamplePromising futureFor the industryExpansionAdvancement
Opportunities | ChallengesDiversityExamplePromising future
Challenges
ChallengesWhat is additive manufacturing?What does it do?How does it work?How much does it cost?No label, no brand.
ChallengesFocus for successAddress specific needsIndustryDemographicsApplication
ChallengesUnknownEmerging marketsFuture marketsPoor exposureCore marketsCore applications
ChallengesToo many opportunitiesToo few resourcesMany and shallowFew and deep
Work collectivelyMany voices, one messageDirectand guideBridging:IndustriesDemographicsApplicationsTechnologiesDiversity | Unity
Leverage | OvercomeAMBI11 AM vendorsOne messageDrive awareness
Leverage | OvercomeASTM F42AM standardsSME RTAMAM associationRAPIDAM eventTCT LiveAM event
Leverage | Overcome3DSUGCollaboration amongst vendorsUniting users¡°To encourage and coordinate technical information exchange between owners and operators.¡±
Leverage | OvercomeYouJoin, attend, volunteer, speak and shareCommit to 3DSUG 2012Follow the leadOpen, invitingSharing and supportive
Diversity | Unity
www.tagrimm.com859-331-5340tgrimm@tagrimm.comOpportunities | Challenges

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