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4:00-4:30 PM

Understanding the Value of AM's Bridge Production Opportunity

About the Session

Production applications for 3D printing get most of the attention, but bridge production applications deliver some of the highest value applications for additive manufacturing. Learn why using additive manufacturing for bridge production is so valuable and the keys to develop and launch successful applications.


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Meet the Speaker

Andrew Roderick

Andrew Roderick

Andrew currently works as the Senior Applications & Sales Engineer for Extol’s Additive Business Unit. He is passionate about design for additive and helping customers find new applications for 3D printing. Andrew has been involved in additive for the last 7 years and was a key driver in the launch of Extol’s Digital Development Center. In this role he works closely with customers to find high value applications as well as support them in functional prototyping needs. Andrew has been with Extol for 9 years and has worked in various other roles including tooling designer, custom assembly equipment designer, and Innovation Engineer, where he converted a component designed for injection molding to an end use additive part that increased the performance of the nanoSTAKE product. Andrew lead the efforts of providing a customer with critical production scale additive parts during the COVID pandemic.

Andrew Roderick
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