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The History of Additive Manufacturing in the U.S. Army with L.J. Holmes

Additive Snack · 19 Mar 2024 · 49m · Episode 8

What this episode covers

L.J. Holmes, Executive Director of Advanced Manufacturing Research and Engineering at Harrisburg University, details his transition from the Army Research Lab to academia and his work on the U.S. Army’s 30-year additive manufacturing roadmap. He discusses early, undocumented use cases of additive repair in military vehicles and current DoD applications, including the Jointless Hull project and printed functional devices from Cyperio and Santech. Holmes also highlights the development of the world’s largest hybrid additive system, a 50-foot-tall friction stir machine built by Ingersoll and Meld, designed to eliminate welds in vehicle hulls.

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Companies
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, Army Research Lab, DARPA, Devcom, Ingersoll, Meld, Siemens Digital Industries, Cyperio, Santech
Products
Jointless Hull, AM Forward

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