<p>Bengaluru hosted the first edition of the Aero Conference & Expo on additive manufacturing by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), in partnership with Boeing, on December 8-9, 2022.</p>.<p>Additive manufacturing or 3D printing is a digital manufacturing process for construction of three-dimensional objects with material being added layer by layer.</p>.<p>“India is more of a technology follower, we are not creators. Perhaps, this particular technology (additive manufacturing) gives us the opportunity to show that we are capable of producing (technology) in India,” Dr V K Aatre, former scientific advisor to PMO, told DH on the sidelines of the event.</p>.<p>Additive manufacturing is vital for advanced manufacturing and serves as transformative technology for mass customisation of products through self-learning environments. It offers significant design flexibility and leads to time and cost efficiencies, especially in the aerospace and defence sectors.</p>.<p>Shedding light on India’s position in additive manufacturing for aerospace Dr Mellisa Orme, who is the vice president at Boeing Additive Manufacturing, said - “We’ve already started partnering with manufacturers here and additive manufacturing will grow big in India.” </p>.<p>Additive manufacturing is a more sustainable approach for aerospace manufacturing - it has been there in India and it will become big in the next few years, said Vineeth Vishni Prasad, application engineer at EOS GmbH.</p>
<p>Bengaluru hosted the first edition of the Aero Conference & Expo on additive manufacturing by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers(ASME), in partnership with Boeing, on December 8-9, 2022.</p>.<p>Additive manufacturing or 3D printing is a digital manufacturing process for construction of three-dimensional objects with material being added layer by layer.</p>.<p>“India is more of a technology follower, we are not creators. Perhaps, this particular technology (additive manufacturing) gives us the opportunity to show that we are capable of producing (technology) in India,” Dr V K Aatre, former scientific advisor to PMO, told DH on the sidelines of the event.</p>.<p>Additive manufacturing is vital for advanced manufacturing and serves as transformative technology for mass customisation of products through self-learning environments. It offers significant design flexibility and leads to time and cost efficiencies, especially in the aerospace and defence sectors.</p>.<p>Shedding light on India’s position in additive manufacturing for aerospace Dr Mellisa Orme, who is the vice president at Boeing Additive Manufacturing, said - “We’ve already started partnering with manufacturers here and additive manufacturing will grow big in India.” </p>.<p>Additive manufacturing is a more sustainable approach for aerospace manufacturing - it has been there in India and it will become big in the next few years, said Vineeth Vishni Prasad, application engineer at EOS GmbH.</p>