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Issue 143 August 2024 PCMI Journal 38
Metal 3D Printing: How to Successfully Utilize the Benefits of AM
Roland Spiegelhalder, Product Manager Additive Manufacturing, RUMPF Laser- und Systemtechnik GmbH
Metal 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), revolutionizes how we create metal
components. In conclusion, strategic adoption of metal 3D printing unlocks innovation, efficiency, and
competitive advantage. This presentation elaborates on the basic principle of the process and its limits as well
as best practices shown by applications out of various industries.
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Roland Spiegelhalder as a Product Manager Additive Manufacturing within the
TRUMPF organization is responsible for AM technology containing the metal powder
bed especially the TruPrint 3000 and TruPrint 5000. His background is in aerospace
engineering and he has over eight years of experience in the field of powder bed
fusion AM technology. As an R&D Engineer at TRUMPF, he has been awarded a patent
for metal additive manufacturing scan strategies, with several other patents pending.
Before his role at Trumpf headquarter he spend three years in the US as Project and
Product Manager for AM.
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