Once again, the Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium was held in Austin, Texas, for its 34th edition, underscoring its importance as a renowned additive manufacturing conference in the United States. The DMRC contributed with all together 8 presentations on the following topics:
• Influence of Substrate Temperature on the Formation of Individual Weld Paths during Laser Cladding (LMD) when Processing 316L: Stefan Gnaase
• Assessing the Impact of the Powder Production Method on Ceramic-filled Polyamide 613 Composites Made by Laser Sintering: Ivo Kletetzka
• Methodical Approach to Reducing Design Time by using Neural Networks in Early Stages of Concept Development: Manuel Ott
• Depiction of Support Structures in Technical Drawings: Thorsten Koers
• Determination and Compensation of the Shrinkage Behavior of Cylindrical Elements in the FDM Process: Thorsten Koers
• Halogen-free Flame-retardant Powder Materials for Laser Sintering: Evaluation and Process Stability Analysis: Fabian Neitzel
• Multi-material Design in Metal Additive Manufacturing: Dennis Lehnert
• Investigation of the Influence of Process Parameters to Increase Productivity in the LPBF Process for the Material Inconel 718: Christian Bödger