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What Does Additive Manufacturing Mean for Business?
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 and Tier 2 suppliers that serve their supply chains [...]
VEXTEC Presenting in the America Makes TRX Webinar Series
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 webinar is now available on the America Makes YouTube [...]
VEXTEC Partners with Aerojet Rocketdyne for AF TEO Pitch Day
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
VEXTEC and Aerojet Rocketdyne Accelerating Additive Manufacturing Certification for Air Force
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 manufactured materials, augmenting the traditional verification process with a [...]
VEXTEC Scores Second Air Force ‘Pitch Day’ Success in the Same Week
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 in the same week; VEXTEC was also awarded a [...]
VEXTEC Awarded Air Force SBIR Phase II Program to Accelerate AM
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 solution to decrease the time and cost when certifying [...]
Failure Analysis with CSI (Computational Science Investigation)
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 the drama in the show centered on how it [...]
VEXTEC Receives Contract from US Air Force for Continued Validation of its Physics-Based Fracture Mechanics Methods for Commercial Applications
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: BRENTWOOD, Tenn., April 3, 2019 – VEXTEC has received enhancement funding to its Phase II SBIR Award from the United States Air Force (USAF), to validate computational physics-based fracture mechanics methods. The USAF recognizes the benefit of such methods over traditional linear elastic fracture mechanics: significant reduction in errors and uncertainty in life prediction. Presence [...]
The Predictive Post: VEXTEC at PS&S 2019
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 Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) methods for virtual performance testing [...]
VEXTEC at Propulsion Safety & Sustainment – April 2019
VEXTEC is excited to again be presenting on fatigue in additive manufacturing at the preeminent turbine engine technology conference: PS&S 2019! The Propulsion Safety & Sustainment Conference (co-located with Aircraft Airworthiness & Sustainment – AA&S), brings together key thought leaders in manufacturing, research, and defense to tackle the toughest challenges in engine development and [...]
VPS-MICRO® Featured in Aviation Week’s MRO-Network.com
Simulation Software to Solve Certification Challenges in Additive Manufacturing In an article published for Aviation Week's MRO-Network.com, author Lindsay Bjerregaard, discusses VEXTEC's VPS-MICRO® simulation software and how it promises to reduce product development time and cost through optimization of design and manufacturing processes. Click here to read the full article.
Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) & DMSMS 2018 Trip Report
In the first week of December 2018, VEXTEC’s hometown of Nashville, Tennessee played host to the co-located meetings for the Defense Manufacturing Conference (DMC) and the working group for Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Materials Shortages (DMSMS). These are the premier annual meetings related to the US defense manufacturing sector, and VEXTEC was proud to [...]
Additive Manufacturing ASTM Symposium Trip Report
ASTM’s Symposium on Structural Integrity of Additive Manufactured (AM) Parts was held in the first week of November in Washington, DC. Being part of ASTM’s Committee Week, the symposium was sponsored by a number of ASTM Committees (F42 – Additive Manufacturing Technologies; E08 – Fatigue and Fracture; E07 – Nondestructive Testing) as well as [...]