VEXTEC is proud to present at the 2020 ASME AM Medical Virtual Event – Additive Manufacturing & 3D Innovations. Dr. Bob Tryon, VEXTEC’s Chief Technology Officer, will be presenting on “Computational Tools to Accelerate Manufacturing Development” on Wednesday, October 28 from 2:45 PM – 3:15 [...]
The average metal part requires a lengthy series of “normal” and “special” processing steps. Materials must go through machining or casting to take on their shape (normal processes) before potentially undergoing heat treating, chemical milling, non-destructive inspection, shot peening, or coating (special processes). Finally, parts must be certified to [...]
The transformation of additive manufacturing (AM) from the fringe to a proven application has happened in a matter of years. Along the way, the factories deploying the method have also transformed to open up new possibilities for production. At this point, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the Tier 1 [...]
Please join VEXTEC as we present this month’s TRX Webinar for America Makes (Technical Review and Exchange). The live webinar is titled “ICME Methods for Fatigue Performance Prediction of Metal AM Components”, and will be held Wednesday, September 23 2020 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm Eastern Time. UPDATE: The archived [...]
Published May 2020 Featured Article: VEXTEC Partners with Aerojet Rocketdyne for Air Force TEO Pitch Day We're partnering with @AerojetRdyne to accelerate #AirForce certification of metallic components built with #AdditiveManufacturing . Read more in our latest press release: http://vextec.com/?p=6033 Click for More Information
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 28, 2020—VEXTEC® Corporation in Nashville, TN, has been awarded a small business innovative research (SBIR) contract, supported by Aerojet Rocketdyne, to develop an additive manufacturing certification framework for Air Force applications, with the objective of accelerating the qualification and adoption process for new additive [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BRENTWOOD, Tenn., November 18, 2019 – VEXTEC was selected to be an awardee at the Air Force’s inaugural Technical Executive Officer Pitch Day, held near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio on November 15, 2019. This marked the second Pitch Day award that VEXTEC garnered [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BRENTWOOD, Tenn., November 18, 2019 – Last week, VEXTEC was among a shortlisted group of small businesses that participated in the US Air Force’s Open Innovation Pitch Day for Rapid Sustainment. After VEXTEC’s Phase I work demonstrated the feasibility of a virtual [...]
Most people probably remember the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. One of the more popular “police procedural” television franchises in the recent past, CSI: (and its similarly named spin-off shows) differentiated itself by giving the crime scene’s evidence the starring role. Much of [...]
Published April 2019 Featured Article: VEXTEC will be in Washington D.C., presenting at the Propulsion Safety & Sustainment Conference (April 22-26, 2019). On April 24, Dr. Robert Tryon (VEXTEC Chief Technology Officer) will present in a special “Innovative Fatigue Life Systems Session”, on the merits of using Integrated [...]