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Webinar: Printing for Mars - REDUX

Written by Carpenter Additive | Oct 9, 2020 4:00:00 AM

Join us for this special webinar event
Thursday October 29 2020, 11:00 AM (EDT) 

Overview

Title: Printing for Mars - REDUX

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2020

Time: 11:00 AM (EDT)

Duration: 45 minutes

Manufacturing and qualifying parts for high-profile aerospace and other performance industry components is both complex and challenging. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities and equipment dedicated to end-to-end metal additive manufacturing projects, Carpenter Additive worked with NASA/Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) to provide titanium components for the Mars 2020 Rover on the “Perseverance” mission which launched in July 2020. By February 2021, these components will arrive on Mars to support mission-critical, pioneering measurements of the chemical makeup of our neighboring red planet.

In this webinar, Carpenter Additive will present the technical challenges of producing the PIXL assembly which is mounted on a turret at the end of the robotic arm. Lowering the cantilevered assembly’s mass and designing the parts to facilitate full powder removal from internal channels were key to the mission’s success.
Speakers 

Ben Ferrar- Vice President and General Manger, Carpenter Additive: Ben Ferrar is the Vice President of Carpenter Additive and he is responsible for the overall strategic leadership of the Carpenter Additive business unit, a vertically integrated additive manufacturing (AM) partner providing complete “end-to-end” solutions to accelerate materials innovation and streamline parts production. Ben brings over 12 years’ experience in the metal AM industry, with extensive experience in AM system and application development. Ben is driving Carpenter Additive’s global commercial strategy and delivering novel solutions to facilitate AM industrialization.

Ken Davis- Director of Additive Technology, Carpenter Additive: Ken Davis is the Director of Additive Technology at Carpenter Technology. He brings 35 years of experience in engineered materials. He has a focus on powder metallurgy, metal matrix composites, and additive manufacturing.
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