3D PRINTING AND BEYOND

Lecture title:

The reality of FDM use in manufacturing today

 Abstract:

Stratasys will share rapidly scaling examples of how 3D printing is having a real world impact on manufacturing today.  From tens of thousands of parts in aircraft and rockets right now to the way optimized 3D printed tools are shaving cycle times in the automotive industry, hiding under all the hype, you’ll see the reality.

 

Lecture title:

We print to drive

Abstract:

Deutsche Bahn uses AM to solve obsolescence problems and optimize the reliability of trains and infrastructure. The corporate project started in October 2015. Meanwhile thousands of parts were already printed. To increase the knowledge about relevant use cases and suitable technologies and materials DB initiated Europe’s leading 3D printing network Mobility goes Additive 3 years ago. Together with more than 100 other companies industrial AM is enhanced and hurdles are overcome. 

Mechanical CAD advocate, with 25 years of experience in 3D CAD and Additive Manufacturing technology, managed several AM divisions in SE Asia, Australia and Israel  

Have a passion for finding innovative ways to apply 3D printing technology to improve life for individuals, businesses and society by developing Additive Manufacturing solutions for organizations in the fields of aviation, healthcare, homeland security, etc.

 Lecture title:

Siemens' Additive Manufacturing Network

Abstract:

Siemens AM Network enables businesses to accelerate the use of industrial 3D printing capacity to innovate breakthrough designs and scale-up repeatable AM production for industrial parts and quantities. We offer businesses the opportunity to tap into the global ecosystem of AM expertise and 3D printing enabling rapid growth through a network of qualified manufacturing service providers across the world.

Jon CEO and co-founder of Nanofabrica, brings a combination of technical and business skills, ensuring that Nanofabrica is always providing the most innovative and cost effective solutions. Nanofabrica is Jon's second startup of cutting edge deep technology. He earned his PhD in nano optics in the group of Romain Quidant at ICFO Spain, following  a double degree from TAU (Tel-Aviv University) in physics and electrical engineering.    

Lecture title:

The Next Big Thing in AM is Small

Abstract:
3D printing or additive manufacturing (AM) is at the center of a manufacturing evolution. This is happening thanks to huge advantages over traditional manufacturing such as: reduced setup time, low set up cost, mass customization enhanced geometries and more.  Recently, one of the more interesting trends in the area of AM is to harness the strength of AM to manufacture ultra precise products. This is especially interesting due to complexity of making small precise parts. Furthermore, AM has the potential to reduce assembly stages, which can be extremely challenging in small parts. In this talk we will present our vision in which AM will open new opportunities in miniaturization of complex products. Talk about our R&D efforts and challenges in materials as well as HW and SW, and give a general overview of state of the art of the field of high resoulution digital manufacturing.

 

University studies and research

After finishing his studies in biophysics at the University of Bayreuth, Uli had been working at the university for three years as a researcher and research group manager.

His responsibilities included the management of lab courses for undergraduate students. He was in charge of the lab time management and milestone planning with the advisors. Within his research group he was managing lab hours and administrating the equipment availability for six researchers.

COO position at an Entrepreneurship Center

In 2013 Uli joined the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) at Munich University of Applied Sciences (MUAS) as incubator manager. He counseled potential future entrepreneurs and mentored teams in the Start-Up-League, the internal acceleration program.

At SCE, Uli was also responsible for the international startup exchange program. Promising startups from foreign and university incubators can use resources for free for up to four weeks at the incubator in order to ease their access into the German market. He coordinated these activities with partners from all over the world.

As COO of the incubator at MUAS, he was in close contact with the administration of the university.

Managing a 3D Printing Cluster

To further develop the sector of additive manufacturing for startups, Uli was a member of the managing team of the 3D Printing Cluster located in Munich till 2019. Among others, EOS, BMW, Siemens, 3M and voxeljet as well as the Entrepreneurship Center of the Technical University Munich (TUM), UnternehmerTUM, and the Entrepreneurship Center of MUAS, SCE, are active members of the cluster and frequent participants of cluster events.

Partner Manager at AM Ventures Holding GmbH (AMV)

In 2016 Uli worked as Partner Manager for AMV. His main task was the global roll-out of the 3D Printing Cluster as a scouting channel for AMV. 

Additionally he defined and implemented the scouting strategy for hardware related startups.

Innovation and Technology Manager, Langer Group

Since 2019 Uli is Manager for Innovation and Technology within the Langer Group.

Ownership

Besides his entrepreneurial support, Uli is holding a minor investment in 3D Micro Print.

Together with his sister Uli is limited partner for a real estate company building and owning the EOS headquarters. Today these consist of five buildings with more than 500 000 ft² of office and production space.

They are major shareholders in the holding company of AMV and AM Global, the manufacturing entity within the group.

Uli is a shareholder in LHUM which holds shares in more than ten companies (i.e. EOS, scanlab, Alphaform, microbeads, 3D MicroPrint and others) in the field of additive manufacturing.

Personal growth

To improve his personal communication and leadership skills, Uli became a member of Toastmasters International in 2013. He was part of the officer team of the bilingual club Munich Media Speakers from 2013 till 2016.

In 2016 Uli participated in an executive education course of Harvard Business School called Personal Leadership Development (PLD) and the academy “Führung und Persönlichkeit” (leadership and personality) of the “Hochschule für Philosophie” in Munich.

Lecture title:

How to Leverage Your Ecosystem as a Strategic Investor to Accelerate Your Portfolio

Abstract:

As there is plenty of money available for great ideas, a startup should think hard about the additional value it can get from their investors.

The value-add AM Ventures can offer entail the vast Know-How in 3D Printing (technical development, business model innovation, …), the integration into a successful ecosystem in the realm of advanced manufacturing (the Langer group), the opportunities to exchange with and to start new projects within the existing portfolio and the lever for marketing activities.

Tal Dvir is a Professor at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He obtained his B.Sc. (2003) and Ph.D (2008) degrees from the faculty of Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. His Ph.D research focused on cardiac tissue engineering and regeneration.  Tal continued his postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Langer in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. His postdoc research focused on advanced materials for tissue engineering and regeneration.

On October 2011 Tal was recruited by the Department of Biotechnology and the Center for Nanotechnology at Tel Aviv University to establish the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. On 2013, Tal has also joined the newly established Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tel Aviv. Since 2017, Tal is the founding director of the Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology.

Currently, Tal’s laboratory designs and develops smart bio and nanomaterials and technologies for engineering complex tissues, such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, intestine, eyes and more.

Tal has published many papers in top journals and received numerous awards, including the Rappaport prize and the Juludan prize.

Lecture title:

Engineering Personalized Tissue Implants: From 3D Printing to Bionic Organs

Abstract:

In this talk I will describe cutting-edge technologies for engineering functional tissues and organs, including the heart, brain, spinal cord and retina. I will focus on the design of new biomaterials, mimicking the natural microenvironment, or releasing biofactors to promote stem cell recruitment and tissue protection. In addition, I will discuss the development of patient-specific materials and 3D-printing of personalized vascularized tissues and organs. Finally, I will show a new direction in tissue engineering, where, micro and nanoelectronics are integrated within engineered tissues to form cyborg tissues.

Prof. Cohn’s research activities focus on the development of implantable biomedical polymers and the engineering of medical devices, with special emphasis on the following areas:

(1) Biostable, biodegradable and “smart” biomedical polymers

(2) Smart medical devices

(3) In situ generated implants, and

(4) 3D printed biomedical systems.

He supervised around 140 students and more than 15 Post-doctorate fellows.

He has published numerous scientific papers, holds many patents (more than ten have been commercialized), edited several books and organized many international scientific conferences.

Prof. Cohn served as the Director of the Casali Center of Applied Chemistry and as the Head of the School of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Two products based on biodegradable polymers developed in his laboratory have been approved for clinical use by the FDA and other leading regulatory agencies, such as receiving the CE mark, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Russia.

A third product based on a polymer developed in his laboratory has received the CE mark.

Several additional polymeric medical devices developed in his laboratory are at various stages of their industrial development and regulatory process.

Lecture title: 

3D Printing Functional Structures: From “ink” to Medical Device

Abstract:

Contrary to the vast majority of the 3D constructs printed to date, which are static in nature, our work aims at engineering dynamic architectures of clinical significance that change “on command” or over time. This contribution focuses on the development of a series of environmentally responsive 3D printable polymers and the generation of 3D printed constructs responsive to temperature, pH or a magnetic field. Functional 3D printed medical devices displaying additional capabilities, such as shape memory, will also be discussed.

Dr Sarah Karmel is currently Head of R&D, Chemistry at Photocentric Limited, where she looks after the development of novel photopolymer materials for 3D printing applications. Her main interests focus on the development of functional materials for 3D printing, including particle filled photopolymers for the use in large scale manufacturing. Sarah completed her PhD at the Technion, Israel on actinide coordination complexes under the supervision of Prof Moris Eisen and was a Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge, before joining Photocentric in 2017.

Lecture title: 

Visible light 3D printing

Abstract:

Modern Additive Manufacturing technologies have mainly focused on using 3D printing for the production of prototypes using mostly UV light in order to crosslink photopolymer formulations. Thus, the materials used don’t display the required thermal and mechanical properties to be used for the fabrication of functional parts. At Photocentric, we have recently shifted our focus from prototyping to developing 3D printing materials that can be used for the large-scale fabrication of functional parts using visible light emitted from LCD screens. In order to achieve high-performance materials, we use our knowledge in photopolymer chemistry to achieve an optimized combination of oligomers and monomers. The thermal and mechanical properties of said formulations can be further improved by the addition of a variety micron and nanometre sized particles. Thus, we will present the development of particle loaded photopolymer resins, that are curable using visible light and their applications in a variety of fields.

Alexander is an Industrial designer, a graduate of Bezalel - Academy of art and design, and Researcher at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IIT). Geht's research focuses on the Medium Scale, Pelletized Extrusion Additive Manufacturing(AM), and his praxis focuses on the design of assistive technology products, creating an innovative and affordable, custom solution. Alexander is a co-founder of Abililab Custom Assistive Solutions.

Lecture Title:

Large Scale Rapid Manufacturing Enabling Breakthroughs

Abstract:

Large-format 3D printing is a unique enabler for customized human- and architecture-scale innovation. By leveraging the outstanding value for strength, size, and speed of Fleximatter technology, two fascinating products for the medical and the construction industry were developed and will be show-cased: ABILILAB - a customizable postural support seat that improves the life of children with physical limitations;  CROSCALE - a platform for the design and fabrication of large-scale freeform structures based on additively manufactured parametric joints.

Computer scientist and mathematician, with vast experience in mechanics, material engineering and fabrication. Inventor of the first Low-Cost RepRap Cable Robot. Performed research on the structure of a bird’s nest for the Biennale Architecttura 2016. Member of the Topology Optimization and Advanced Design group at MIT CEE. Driven by the vision to enable and simplify large scale fabrication. Lior is the founder of Croscale Digital Construction.

Lecture Title:

Large Scale Rapid Manufacturing Enabling Breakthroughs

Abstract:

Large-format 3D printing is a unique enabler for customized human- and architecture-scale innovation. By leveraging the outstanding value for strength, size, and speed of Fleximatter technology, two fascinating products for the medical and the construction industry were developed and will be show-cased: ABILILAB - a customizable postural support seat that improves the life of children with physical limitations;  CROSCALE - a platform for the design and fabrication of large-scale freeform structures based on additively manufactured parametric joints.

 Prof. Ezri Tarazi is a Professor at the Technion, chair Design-Tech Lab, and chair of the Industrial Design program and leading the T-HUB innovation and entrepreneurship center at the Technion. He is a former chair of the Masters Program in Industrial Design (M.Des) at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. He was been consulting the Israeli government on innovation programs in the industry for almost 20 years, and member of the High Education of Israel (2006-2016). Prof. Tarazi is a world renown industrial designer and theorist of Design Thinking, and a serial co-founder of startups. Founder and owner of ’Tarazi Studio’ since 1996. Prof. Tarazi was the founder of the “d-Vision” program of the international Keter Group (2005-2012), a Design Lab that acts as a unique model for innovation and cooperation between Innovation Strategy and Design in the business sector. Prof. Tarazi is and has been involved in a variety of startup ventures in multiple industries such as renewable energy, medical equipment and consumer products and has initiated and designed innovative products with global distribution. He also acts as a lead consultant to the Israeli Ministry of economy for promoting innovation and design in the industry. Prof. Tarazi is an award winning designer with international reputation such as ‘Red Dot’ award, ‘Design Boom’ award, and ID magazine yearly award. Prof. Tarazi was working in the world known firm IDEO and was co-founder of its office in Israel from 1998 - 2002. He is the author of 7D - ”Fostering Goods” – a new book presenting a unique approach for Innovation through Design Thinking. As a co-founder of Penza Group Tarazi was involved in the last 6 years in supporting a national innovation strategy and mentoring over 100 companies and start-ups in Latin America, Europe and China. Prof. Tarazi has been shown an experimental design in the top museums of the world such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), The cooper Hewitt national Design Museum NY, The Triennially Milan, and many other museums in Shanghai, Rome, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Chicago, and London.

Eshchar is a technology strategist, by day, and foodie/aspiring chef by night. After spending time as a lawyer in the Supreme Court of Israel, Eshchar turned to High-Tech. As product manager at HP Indigo and VP Marketing at Highcon System, Eshchar led the development and launch of digital products in traditional industries, resulting in accelerated innovation and hundreds of millions in new business. Early in 2018 he started pursuing his dream – creating advanced technologies to solve a major problem in the food supply chain, and transform the way meat is produced. He founded a company with the mission to use technology to make meat, instead of animals. Redefine Meat is leading a technological revolution in the food industry by creating craveable animal-free meat using proprietary industrial 3D printers.

Lecture title:

Redefine Meat – 3D printing a steak.

Abstract: 

from 3D printing to Food Printing, additive manufacturing is paving the path for a more sustainable and just food system.

Dror Danai, XJET Chief Business Officer has more than 20 years of management experience in international business strategy and operations in the 2D and 3D printing industry.

His impressive skillset has enabled him to launch new technological revolutions, having led some of the most important breakthroughs in both classic (2D) and 3D printing. Combining an impressive mixture of capabilities from product design, engineering, global marketing and sales, Dror takes companies from startup stage through to full business maturity.

Before joining XJet, Dror fostered the breakthrough of Scodix Digital Enhancement Printing. His extensive career includes leading former Objet Geometries (later merged with Stratasys) from the early startup stage and into to a global success.

Dror holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, both with Honors, from the Tel-Aviv University and as an officer in the Israeli army was the leader of the supreme military Academy.  

Lecture title:
Ceramic AM – A Door to a Spectrum of New Applications

Abstract:
Ceramics are used in a vast number of industries due to their extraordinary and wide-ranging properties such as high temperature resistance, toughness, strength, chemical resistance, abrasion resistance and more.
Ceramic additive manufacturing is poised to enable a whole new range of applications and uses that were simply not possible before since complex geometries are as easy to produce as simple parts. These include personalized implants, complex parts in the communication & electronics industries, special parts for medical devices as well as many others.

XJet’s NanoParticle Jetting™ (NPJ) technology delivers a breakthrough in ceramics AM, creating high-quality ceramic parts with smooth surfaces, superfine details, high density and excellent shape accuracy & dimensional tolerance (Near Net Shape), while also achieving physical properties equal to traditionally made parts. Because of its ability to offer “complexity at zero cost” for technical ceramic It opens the door for the invention and production of new products and tools to answer some of mankind’s biggest challenges and positively impact our lives.

The presentation will share some of the latest applications made possible by Xjet technology. Amongst, It will share how researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a new design for a low-cost, lightweight antenna solution that could overcome the challenge of deploying the 5G network affordably. As well as a development by Marvel Medtech. This US company developed a ceramic cryotherapy probe, designed to freeze and destroy tiny breast cancer tumours inside an MRI machine.

 

Hervé Javice is co-founder and CEO of IO Tech, a cutting-edge 3D printing start-up.

Over 25 years’ experience in international business development and corporate strategy. Former board and investment committee member of Atlas Capital, a $4bn London-based fund of hedge fund group. Earlier, started and built the European Corporate Equity Derivative business of Credit Suisse.

Graduate from ESCP Europe and MBA from Harvard Business School.

Lecture title

The future … 3D printing any material

Abstract

Today, 3D printing is limited to specially engineered materials. This leaves behind many applications based on classic materials used in time-tested industrial production. This is where new technologies are required. IO Tech laser-based systems can build 3D objects using most flowable materials, fast and at up to 20 microns resolution. From metal and ceramics to silicone, up to 6 different materials can be combined to create functional parts.

Omer Blaier is the CEO & Co-Founder of CASTOR, a software startup being trusted by F-500 manufacturing companies.

Omer has a demonstrated history of success in management and product design within the 3D Printing industry, as a project manager at Stratasys.

Omer is a Mechanical Engineer and holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and innovation, both from Tel- Aviv University

Lecture Titile: 

The Challenges in Part Identification for Additive Manufacturing 

Abstract:

The adoption of Additive Manufacturing in processes beyond Rapid Prototyping, raises a more fundamental question – “How to identify the right parts that suit Additive Manufacturing?”

While there is no “one-size-fits-all” answer, there are some key considerations to keep in mind which would streamline the screening process and ensure higher success rates. The presentation will cover the main challenges in the parts screening process and would focus on: (i) Technical Challenges – related to the part’s geometry and the material, and (ii) Financial Challenges –  How to determine 3D Printed part’s cost and lead-time and comparing those with traditional manufacturing methods (such as Injection molding)

Finally, a review of CASTOR’s software solution which automates and simplifies the screening process by testing full assemblies for 3D print-ability simultaneously