Rethinking DfAM: Across the Production Floor for Dental 3D Printing

Recorded at CDFAM Computational Design Symposium, NYC 2024Presentation AbstractDfAM (Design for Additive Manufacturing) has often focused on product characteristics (performance and aesthetics) and printing optimization (support and nesting strategies). However, this drastically overlooks all the steps between the 3D printing process and final use of the product. Nearly all additive my manufactured parts/products undergo a series of steps once printed: post-processing, assembly, finishing, and QC. DfAM philosophies can leverage additive as a technology and design efficiencies at each step of this process to improve lead times and streamline workflows.Speaker BioAnkush Venkatesh is the Intrapreneur, Additive Manufacturing at Glidewell Dental Laboratories. In addition to writing for publications such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Ankush has also been speaker at the largest 3D printing events in the world including Formnext, Rapid+ TCT, and Additive Manufacturing Strategies (AMS).At Glidewell, Ankush is heavily involved in new product development, streamline additive manufacturing workflows, business strategy, and commercialization of digital manufacturing technologiesCDFAM Computational Design Symposium series brings together leading experts in computational design from industry, academia and software development for two days of knowledge sharing and networking. Visit CDFAM.COM to learn about upcoming events around the world. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designforam.com