Memo on Mr. Boris Fritz's Talk on Additive Manufacturing and its Transition into Nanomanufacturing

Class notes:

· Grow up In Germany, BS philosophy, MS Japanese, PhD religion. Permotic technology. After half a year went back to Northrop. Fixing problems for engineer. 3D printing, few of them has been in it for a while. Working on the Nano level. Self learned in engineering. Follow the bio

· First jet made out of wood. Cos radar cannot catch it.

· Reason for doing AM lightweight, elimination of secondary processes, mass customization. Tool- less, unique consumers, challenging( system reliability, need closed-loop, expensive, large built volume, speed)

· SLA 1, helps to easily understand the model.

· Machine some of them using powder to drown the 3D model and some are using iron to do that. The purposes to deliver a heavy material to be used in an easy ways. Ex. Space shuttle main engine.

· Company name for printers, Stratasys, FDM Maxum, FDM titan by Stratasys. That one can resist asphalt and many harsh materials. The largest machine is FDM foutus 900mc additive fabrication system. The first machine is under 30 thousand dollar. Some machines can do 3d with deferent materials in the same time, some machine using electron beams to milt material instead of lazier.

· New machine came out recently makes building out of sands, emphasis on building on moon. Cost saving in custom louver form blocks 4 HOURS VS 2 and a half weeks (96 hours) labor saving.

· Award wining application at 2000 RP&M world conference for rapid manufacturing aircraft locator tooling. 92% reduce of labor works!

· Food printing for candies and chocolate has been used to develop and grow special candy design.

· Nanotechnology is able to change the molecules of elements to be changes for example cup of Lycurgus.

· Nanotechnology are deferent because

· Nano level so deep it even doesn’t excise any fraction in it because you are dealing with the atomics.

· When you get to the Nano level you get self-replication. Ex from nature is fire fuel oxygen and heat.

· No tolerance and QA issue in manufacturing on the Nano level, all what it mater is digital and also it is identify completely.

· Respirocytes replaces 10% of your blood. Can hold breath for 4 hours.

· Conclusion:

I personally enjoyed this lecture due to the amount of information, which I have absorbed through class time. It is interesting know that much of 3D printers and what are their capabilities of capturing in producing deferent design from aerospace repairs to food producing and candies. However in nanotechnology I feel it is almost there to be used heavily in the market and how it can be used starting with radio size.