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3D Print Aerospace with Donald Godfrey of Honeywell Aerospace

Podcast interview with Donald Godfrey ... includes transcript.
https://3dstartpoint.com/3d-print-aerospace-with-donald-godfrey-of-honeywell-aerospace/

Direct link to MP3:
https://hazzdesign.podbean.com/mf/web/x4yjff/WTFFF372_3DP_Aerospace.mp3

Heading into the world of 3D print aerospace with Donald Godfrey of Honeywell. There are so many lessons any 3D printing business can take from look at the model of success in this additive manufacturing industry segment. Donald showcases how rapid prototyping provides astonishing cost and time savings that produces safer and more reliable parts, as well as detailing what engineering students need to know and be doing now in school to find success in the workplace after graduation.

We’re really excited because it took us a while to set this one up, and I’m so glad it has happened. We’ve been able to get someone from Honeywell Aerospace to come on the show and really talk about these high level companies.

I know we’ve actually been doing a few more of these episodes because I think we can learn so much from these larger corporations that have adopted 3D printing earlier than most of the smaller businesses and more frequently and sooner than education as well. They’ve been more advanced in promoting and understanding its value so that all of us can get a better perspective on the opportunity that exist there, but also on ways at which you didn’t realize you could really be utilizing it.

Another thing that I think will be of great interest too, especially the students and educators who are listeners to this podcast, is that toward the end of the interview, you’re going to want to pay attention. Honeywell gives us, Donald Godfrey, who is our guest, and he gives us some real insight into what they’re looking for from students to become prospective employees when they get out of college. I completely love his answers.

For those of you who don’t know Honeywell, Honeywell’s a diversified technology and manufacturing company that does global aerospace products. They do things in all sorts of industries. Sensing and security, buildings, homes, automotive products, specialty chemicals. I know that they’re even doing a lot of refining in petrol chemicals. You’re talking about being in the oil and gas industry and things like that. This is just an amazing broad range of experience they have.

Don is the chair to the Honeywell Aerospace Intellectual Property Steering Committee for Additive Manufacturing Technology. That’s quite a mouthful. He’s basically a champion of 3D printing. He’s responsible for the integration of 3D printing into the business cultures, really trying to find ways to put that into different areas within the company. Really it’s almost his entire time at Honeywell, except for maybe the first year, has been involved in additive manufacturing. It’s been his responsibility. Which he’ll tell you. Let’s go straight to the interview with Don, which is sponsored by the team over at MakerBot.