VEXTEC is honored to present at this year's ASTM International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing (ICAM 2023), held October 30 - November 3 2023 in Washington D.C. VEXTEC's CTO Dr. Bob Tryon is speaking on "Computational Fatigue Models to Assist in Risk-Based Certification of Additively Manufactured Metallic Parts" on November [...]
July 24, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VEXTEC Secures AFWERX Phase II Program for Additive Manufacturing VEXTEC Builds on its Relationships with AFRL and Lockheed Martin for Analytical tools in AM (BRENTWOOD, Tennessee) - VEXTEC announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II award focused [...]
For critical applications such as aerospace, naval, automotive and energy, performance continually drives the need to innovate. And whether it’s designing new components or sustaining legacy platforms, the engineering innovation “push” must be balanced against the “pull” of safe and reliable operation. This is where qualification standards and certification [...]
To celebrate our 2nd anniversary with America Makes, VEXTEC is offering discounted pricing on VPS-MICRO to America Makes members. VEXTEC provides software and services to predict and improve product durability. Our VPS-MICRO software helps clients virtually qualify their metal components for fatigue durability. It is an Integrated Computational Materials [...]
Collaborative work between VEXTEC and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics on Additive Manufacturing (AM) has recently been presented at two high-profile aerospace conferences. The work focused on Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) additive techniques for AlSi10Mg and Ti-6Al-4V alloys. VEXTEC's computational VPS-MICRO® product reliability software predicted the fatigue performance of LPBF [...]
In this America Makes TRX Webinar, VEXTEC and a special guest from the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center discuss Qualification & Certification (Q&C) challenges facing the widespread adoption of metal AM in critical industries like aerospace, automotive, and medical devices. […]
One of the biggest challenges facing widespread adoption of metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) in critical industries like aerospace, automotive, and medical devices is the issue of Qualification and Certification (Q&C). As AM technology matures and more complex components are built, there is a greater emphasis on developing [...]
We are hiring! VEXTEC is seeking enthusiastic, hardworking, and self-motivated applicants to be a part of our engineering analysis team. If the terms Metal Additive Manufacturing, AM, 3D Printing, ICME, Computational Fatigue Modeling resonate with you, we are interested in speaking with you. Selected as America’s Most Promising Company [...]
Recognizing the need to maintain competitive technological advantage against adversaries, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has been organizing a strategy to implement additive manufacturing (AM) – also known as 3D printing – across its vast enterprise. Though AM technologies are varied in their materials and methods, they can [...]
The U.S. Air Force Office of Small Business Programs is dedicated to advancing the contributions of small businesses to the Air Force. This month, the AFOSBP spotlighted VEXTEC and our work in Additive Manufacturing (AM) since winning a 2019 Air Force Technical Executive Officer (TEO) Pitch Day award. The [...]