So the conference is called RAPDASA (Rapid Product Developmenet Association of South Africa)
and it has been going since 2000 (more at rapdasa.org). This was by far the best attended and had a wide range of topics from biomedical to hybrid manufacturing. We hosted a workshop on our LENS system which we will get early next year, it is an additive manufacturing system that can make 3-D parts out of powder (i.e. metallic, ceramic) and we wanted to be able to engage both industry and academia to see how best this system could be utilize as it will be the first of its kind in South Africa.
Dr. Martin Hedges gave an introduction to the LENS system and its capabilities!
people looking on as Dr. Hedges talks about a component that was built for aerospace in a matter of hours when traditional methods took over 3 weeks!
Afterwards I gave a talk on our vision of research and attempted to engage the audience, while there were some questions I was hoping for more, it was a start and we will have similar sessions like this once the system is here and we can showcase its capabilities!
Afterwards I gave a talk on our vision of research and attempted to engage the audience, while there were some questions I was hoping for more, it was a start and we will have similar sessions like this once the system is here and we can showcase its capabilities!
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