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- What qualified, repeatable
metal additive manufacturing

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processes allow you to do

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is to send a part digitally,

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anywhere in the world,

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create the part at the point of need,

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qualify the part, and
put it on the system.

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Open Additive is a small business

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here in Beavercreek, Ohio.

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We're focused on metal
additive manufacturing systems,

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sensors, and applications development.

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This is our Open Additive
PANDA Metal 3D Printing System.

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It's a laser powder bed fusion platform

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with integrated sensing and analytics

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for making parts of
all kinds of varieties.

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Open Additive's product line

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is focused on laser powder bed fusion,

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which is a metal additive
manufacturing process

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that uses a laser to
selectively melt powders

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in a layer by layer process

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to build up a three-dimensional part.

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We actually are working
on a project right now

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for the Air Force Life
Cycle Management Command

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to put a system in a
containerized structure

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that can be shipped worldwide
and used at points of need.

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- The advantage of Open Additive

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is that our systems are adaptable

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for customer specific needs.

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The machine control software itself

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gives the end user a
number of different ways

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that they can control how they
want to build their parts,

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without having to involve us

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as the originators of the system.

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Our PANDA platform options

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are currently six, 11, and 24 inches.

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The 24 inches is still under development.

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And we actually started originally

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with the six inch platform,

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and then expanded it to
the 11 inch platform.

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Our technical point of
contact is Adam Hicks

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over at the Air Force Research Lab.

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His domain expertise in additive

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means that when we discuss the development

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of the large-format,

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multi-laser machine that we're developing,

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his questions are very deep

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and help drive us to create
an even better test bed

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to meet their needs.

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- We really need to get more
of a basic understanding

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of these multi-laser systems

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in order to facilitate transition

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into the Air Force platforms.

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The real driver for the need

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for the open architecture systems

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that Open Additive provides

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is to open up that black box that exists

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within other additive
manufacturing providers.

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We wanna increase our
readiness of our fleet.

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We wanna decrease the
downtime in the depots.

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We don't want a plane
sitting on the ground

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because we're missing one casting,

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and it takes six months
to get that casting

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and we can't do anything without it.

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We wanna eliminate those choke
points in the supply chain.

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We also want to enable
future Air Force platforms

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to really benefit from everything

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additive manufacturing has to offer.

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Lightweight, complex geometries,
high functionalization.

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The SBIR program I think is important

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for our organization specifically,

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because it allows us to
interface with small businesses

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and get our hands on
technologies early on,

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make them start thinking
about manufacturing.

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It also allows us to see

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up-and-coming manufacturing technologies

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to help influence where our dollars go,

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making the best investment
for the Air Force.

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- Open Additive is really proud

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to be a US-based manufacturer
of laser powder bed platforms,

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sensing/analytics,

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and other technologies for
the Department of Defense.

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Our legacy as Open Additive

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stems from a defense services firm,

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which has been supporting
the war fighters since 1961.

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And now as an independent company,

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we're really proud to continue
to support the Air Force

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and other Department of Defense agencies

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to provide metal additive
manufacturing solutions

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to real problems.

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