Chester, UK – September 5, 2018 - At the TCT Awards, a celebration of innovation in design-to-manufacturing, three more manufacturing maestros will join the TCT Hall of Fame.
The gala ceremony on the September 26 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole will see Professor Emanuel Sachs, Greg Morris and Dr Carl Deckard inducted into a list that includes the founding fathers of additive manufacturing such as Chuck Hull, Scott Crump and Hans Langer.
Whereas Chuck Hull and Scott Crump invented technologies with the implicit purpose of accelerating prototyping technologies, the theme running through the 2018 draft is an evolution towards manufacturing.
Although Dr Carl Deckard and Professor Ely Sachs were formulating Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Binder-Jet Printing respectively, back in the ‘80s, both revealed in the TCT Podcast they were more focussed on engineering-grade materials.
"The polymers used in stereolithography had minimal mechanical properties," said Professor Ely Sachs, who is also the co-founder of Desktop Metal, in the first of a series of interviews available on your podcast app (Search for TCT Podcast). "Our thrust at MIT was, let's move from just form and fit to actual engineering parts."
Carl Deckard and Ely Sachs were inventors of two almost ubiquitous technologies, but the third inductee, Greg Morris set about applying the techniques and proved a catalyst to the poster-child of series production 3D printing, the LEAP Fuel Nozzle.
"Greg is the first Hall of Fame inductee whose major contribution to the industry has been on the application rather than technology side," says James Woodcock, VP, Content, Strategy & Partnerships, Rapid News Communications Group. "He pushed the boundaries of what is possible with this technology and proved that additive manufacturing was capable of series production, in turn helping to validate the entire metal 3D printing industry."
- The three inductees to the TCT Hall of Fame for 2018 will take to the Conference Stage at TCT Show on Wednesday 26th September at 11.00 GMT for a panel session on the how additive manufacturing’s past can shape its future.
- They also all took turns to feature on recent episodes of the TCT Podcast. For Prof. Emanuel Sachs click here; for Greg Morris click here; and for Dr Carl Deckard click here.
TCT Hall of Fame inductees for 2018:
Professor Ely Sachs - Inventor of Binder-Jet Printing and Co-Founder of Desktop Metal
Greg Morris - Founder of Morris Technologies
Dr Carl Deckard - Inventor of the Selective Laser Sintering
TCT Hall of Fame inductees for 2017:
Adrian Bowyer – Founder of the RepRap Project
Scott Crump - Inventor of Fused Deposition Modelling
Chuck Hull – Inventor of Stereolithography Process
Hans Langer – Founder of EOS
Fried Vancraen – Founder of Materialise
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About TCT Awards
Celebrating Design-to-Manufacturing Innovation
TCT has always existed at the intersection of technology and applications, and TCT Awards reinforces this position. Celebrating the innovators, technologies and collaborators behind the leading examples of additive manufacturing, 3D printing, design and engineering across the globe.
The very best use cases of ground-breaking technologies are collaborative projects – and the TCT Awards recognises the partners in a project from designers and engineers to technology providers.
In September 2018 TCT will once again celebrate design-to-manufacturing innovation across a range of industries including medical, aerospace, automotive and consumer products. Technology innovations will also be in the spotlight along with a further three inductees to the prestigious and coveted TCT Hall of Fame.
TCT Awards 2018 will take place at Hilton Metropole, Birmingham, UK, on 26 September 2018.
For further information visit: www.tctawards.com
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