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Cleveland Spotlights Additive Manufacturing
The ASM Cleveland Chapter hosted a one-day sympo-
sium that drew 115 attendees to learn about the latest tech-
nology involving Additive Manufacturing (AM). AM is a
fast-growing industry slated to change the course of manu-
facturing. It is estimated that AM can significantly reduce
development time and cost for many parts. Additionally,
parts can be made with complexities impossible to achieve
with standard subtractive manufacturing techniques. Where
subtractive manufacturing consists of machining parts from
bulk material stock, AM builds parts from scratch by placing
“drops” of material where needed. Local experts gave pre-
sentations on six different aspects of AM including laser hot
wire, electron beam freeform fabrication, ultrasonic lamina-
tion, and the manufacture of nonmetallics. Speakers repre-
sented Fabrisonic, Lincoln Electric, rp+m, NASA, and
Industry Week.
Company representatives from ExOne discuss the intricacies of
3D manufactured powder parts.
Hartford Camp—Joint Effort
On April 21, the Hartford Chapter held its eighth Hart-
ford Area Materials Camp at the Institute of Materials Sci-
ences on the University of Connecticut (UConn) campus in
Storrs. The 86 high school students and 9 teachers attending
were awakened to the excitement of materials at eight learn-
ing stations. Photos show students engaged at the Casting
and Material Advantage Explorations stations. Camp staff
volunteers included professionals from local industry and
UConn Material Advantage Chapter (MAC) students. Local
companies donated “wow” items to be taken away from each
station and safety glasses worn by all participants. MAC
members served as tour guides and ran the learning center.
The Chapter also gave a T-shirt and ASM Hartford calcula-
tor and pen to each participant.
Spring in Chicago
The Chicago Regional Chapter held two successful meet-
ings this spring. Their May 13 event, was held at Northern
Illinois University (NIU) DeKalb College of Engineering and
Engineering Technology. The evening included a tour of the
engineering labs at NIU DeKalb, with a particular focus on
equipment and projects for additive manufacturing, followed
by dinner and a talk by NIU associate professor, Federico Sci-
ammarella. His lecture, Measurement Science in Additive
Manufacturing, described a NIST-sponsored project to inte-
grate experimental and predictive tools to enhance compo-
nent repeatability.
The Chapter’s Trustee night on March 11 was held at the
Naperville campus of NIU. ASM vice president Sunniva
Collins was the featured speaker, covering Orbital Welding
for Critical Applications. Also that evening, an award was
presented to Ralph Daehn in recognition of years of dedi-
cated leadership to the chapter. Daehn will soon relocate
to Montana.
Left to right: David Rollings (chapter chair), Federico Sciammarella
(evening’s speaker), his father Cesar Sciammarella (research
faculty at NIU and emeritus at IIT), Guiru Nash (past chapter
chair), and Jim Mikoda (incoming chapter chair).
George F. Vander Voort (left)
and Frederick E. Schmidt
(outreach chair) attended
Chicago’s March 11 meeting to
hear a presentation by ASM
vice president Sunniva Collins
(center). All three are ASM
Fellows and Vander Voort and
Schmidt are officers of Alpha
Sigma Mu, the international
honor society for materials
science and engineering.
ASM Medical Materials Database
Neurological Module Release
The June release of the ASM
Medical Materials Database fea-
tures a new Neurological Module,
covering peer-reviewed materials-
related data for neurological device
design. The new module is fully in-
tegrated with the existing Medical Materials Database, which
also includes Orthopaedic and Cardiovascular Modules, pro-
viding users with added value.
For more information, contact Scott Flowers a
, 800.336.5152 ext. 5230, or 440.338.515 ext.
5230.