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Melissa Orme, VP Boeing Additive Manufacuturing giving the keynote in Birmingham, UK, at today’s Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace and Space Conference.

Boeing believe the market for AM Aerospace and defence is non linear and continuing to grow. Growth drivers divided into three categories; systems and large scale hardware, UAVs and drones, & Space.

Melissa notes a key challenge to be machine consistency- a machine bought two years apart with the same model should be the same machine, but they aren’t!

Key elements to develop; new generation of engineers for design, data driven approaches for consistent output, and scalable solutions.

In terms of digital thread, Boeing collect key data in each area.

The Boeing AM strategy was also shared, with specifications, parameters, design allowances and qualified machines as Boeing core competencies.

Melissa viewed support structures as ‘the most under rated part of powder bed’.