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Air Force’s QUASAR Program to Address Gaps in AM Qualification and Certification

Earlier this year, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) launched its QUalificaiton of Additive Structures for Aerospace Requirements (QUASAR) Program. The intent of this program is twofold: to identify state of the art and current gaps in the qualification and certification (Q&C) activities for additively manufactured (AM) fracture-critical metallic [...]

Predicting Performance of AM Components with As-Printed Surface Using VPS-MICRO®

In additive manufacturing (AM), there are many potential benefits for cost savings, among them being • integration of many conventional components into a single AM build; • complex shapes and orientations; • product volume control (short runs for sustainment vs. longer runs for new production); and • limited post-build [...]

VEXTEC Presenting at ASTM Conference on Advanced Manufacturing

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 [...]

VEXTEC Presents at JANNAF with Aerojet Rocketdyne on Accelerating Additive Manufacturing Certification

VEXTEC is honored to be part of this year’s JANNAF Liquid Propulsion Subcommittee (LPS) Advanced Materials Panel (AMP) Additive Manufacturing for Propulsion Applications Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) in Huntsville, AL. VEXTEC (supported by Aerojet Rocketdyne) presented results from a recent SBIR program that developed an additive manufacturing certification framework [...]

By |2022-11-17T15:36:59-06:00November 17th, 2022|Aerospace, Blog, DoD, Events, Press Releases & Media|0 Comments

VPS-MICRO®: Test Smarter, Certify Faster, Build Better Products

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 [...]

By |2022-11-04T10:01:35-05:00November 4th, 2022|Blog, DoD, Product Testing, Simulation Technology|0 Comments

Special Pricing on VPS-MICRO® for America Makes Members

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 [...]

Laser Powder Bed Fusion AM Work by VEXTEC and Lockheed

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 [...]

By |2022-04-13T13:48:27-05:00February 2nd, 2022|Aerospace, Blog, Computational Technology, Events|0 Comments

We Are Hiring! Analytical Engineer Position Available.

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 [...]

By |2021-11-04T17:10:04-05:00November 4th, 2021|Blog, Company, Events, Recruiting|0 Comments