Part Buyers Authority Issue #1

RESOURCES Resources for those involved in purchasing, specifying, and designing of metal parts. Have a resource you would like to see added to this list or a topic, material, or process discussed? Complete Our Form Foundries Featuring Additive Manufacturing Technologies Southern Cast Products................................................. .www.southerncast.com Trident Alloys..................................................................... .www.tridenalloysinc.com Tech Cast............................................................................. .www.techcastllc.com Innovative Casting Technologies................................ .www.innovative-castings.com Suppliers of Technology for Part Buyers Celero Partners.................................................................. .www.celero-partners.com Part Design Consultant (advice on part production, process, design etc.) Carl Berube, Celero Partners........................................ .www.celero-partners.com Additive Manufacturing Consultant Will Shambley, Metal Fish.............................................. .www.themetalfish.com Industry Trade Associations American Foundry Society........................................... .www.afsinc.org Ductile Iron Society......................................................... .www.ductile.org Investment Casting Institute........................................ .www.investmentcasting.org Steel Founders’ Society of America.......................... .www.sfsa.org North American Die Casting Association............... .www.diecasting.org ASM International............................................................. .www.asminternational.org SME........................................................................................ .www.sme.org Precision Machined Products Association.............. .www.pmpa.org Precision Metal Forming Association....................... .www.pma.org National Tooling & Machining Association ............ .www.ntma.org Additive Manufacturing AMUG (Additive Manufacturing Users Group) ........................ .www.am-ug.com 3D Printing Industry News............................................ .www.3dprintingindustry.com Additive Manufacturing.................................................. .www.additivemanufacturing.media America Makes.................................................................. .www.americamakes.us Additive Manufacturing Glossary of Common Terms Additive Manufacturing (AM) Additive manufacturing is the process of building up a three-dimensional object, one thin layer at a time. Many people refer to Additive Manufacturing as 3D printing. Computer Aided Design (CAD) Computer aided design, or CAD. CAD software allows designers to create models in either 2D or 3D. Rapid Prototyping Rapid prototyping is a way to make a prototype or production parts from CAD. Manufacturing of the part is often done with 3D printing or another additive manufacturing technology. Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Selective Laser Sintering, (SLS) is a 3D printing technology used for metal parts. STL Most 3D printers prefer to use a STL file format.