# Implementing Additive Manufacturing and Traditional Manufacturing Processes — Special IMTS Edition

- Show: [Additive Snack](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack)
- Published: 2023-01-03
- Length: 18m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/0151873a

## Summary

Rich Stump, co-founder and CCO of Fathom Digital Manufacturing, discusses the company's hybridized manufacturing approach, which integrates additive technologies with traditional processes like injection molding and CNC machining. He highlights a specific project where his team produced 20,000 parts in 27 days using 12 different manufacturing processes to meet a Fortune 10 company's tight timeline. Stump emphasizes that additive manufacturing serves as an enabling tool for rapid prototyping, validation builds, and digital warehousing rather than a direct competitor to conventional methods. He also outlines Fathom's strategy post-IPO, focusing on software integration, capacity expansion, and changing customer mindsets through education and tangible project results.

## Chapters

- [0:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec#t=8) Introduction: Rich Stump and Fathom Digital Manufacturing
- [2:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec#t=155) Rich Stump's Career History and Fathom's Evolution
- [4:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec#t=240) Fathom's Hybridized Manufacturing Model and 12 Technologies
- [7:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec#t=471) Case Study: 20,000 Parts in 27 Days for a Fortune 10 Company
- [10:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec#t=627) Barriers to Growth: Awareness, Education, and Economic Envelope
- [12:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec#t=747) Integrating Additive into Traditional Workflows and Change Management
- [15:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/additive-snack/2023-01-03-implementing-additive-manufacturing-and-traditional-manufacturing-processes-spec#t=957) Fathom's Post-IPO Strategy: Software, Capacity, and Digital Thread

## Topics

- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Fathom (company)
- Object (company)
- PTC (company)
- Ansys (company)
- Evolve (product)
- Kodak (company)
- Stratasys (company)
- Mantle (company)
- Tesla (company)
- Rivian (company)
- Lucid (company)
- EOS (company)

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- [3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing with Steve Szymeczek of Penumbra Engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/predictable-designs-podcast/2020-04-02-3d-printing-and-additive-manufacturing-with-steve-szymeczek-of-penumbra-engineer) (Predictable Designs Podcast)
- [083: Benefits of Additive Manufacturing for New Inventions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2021-07-07-083-benefits-of-additive-manufacturing-for-new-inventions) (Product Startup)
- [141: Additive Manufacturing and Creating Workplaces Where People Thrive with Lisa D. Block, CRO of Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2023-06-13-141-additive-manufacturing-and-creating-workplaces-where-people-thrive-with-lisa) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)
- [Hybrid Manufacturing: Why Additive vs. Subtractive Is the Wrong Debate, Ep #34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lights-out/2026-02-13-hybrid-manufacturing-why-additive-vs-subtractive-is-the-wrong-debate-ep-34) (Lights Out)
- [174: Agile Product Development & Additive Manufacturing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/product-startup/2023-05-04-174-agile-product-development-additive-manufacturing) (Product Startup)

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