SAE Intl. seeks aerospace engineers for additive manufacturing standards committee

Recognizing that additive manufacturing is an emerging technology within the aerospace industry, SAE Intl., Warrendale, Pa., is seeking additional participants for its task group which is discussing standardization approaches for process-dependent metallic materials.

The group will meet on Sept. 24 at 7:00 p.m. at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Mich. Aerospace engineering professionals with an interest in additive manufacturing are welcome to participate.

Emerging technologies such as additive manufacturing and friction stir welding use process-sensitive metallic materials. When used in structural aerospace applications, these materials are subject to unique regulatory requirements. Existing standards and specifications developed for additive metallic materials do not appear to address aerospace requirements for statistically substantiated A & B basis design values.

To address these issues, the task group meeting will feature two speakers discussing additive manufacturing lessons learned and regulatory requirements:

• Jeff Calcaterra, principal materials engineer, U.S. Air Force
• Mark Freisthler, aerospace engineer, transport airplane directorate, FAA

In addition to this task force meeting, SAE Intl.’s Aerospace Materials Specifications (AMS) Metals Group technical committees dealing with titanium and high-temperature nickel alloys also will meet in Grand Rapids. The AMS-G, Titanium, Beryllium, and Refractory Metals Committee holds its meeting at 8 a.m. on Sept. 24, and the AMS-F, Corrosion- and Heat-resisting Alloys Committee will meet at 8 a.m. on Sept. 25.

Anyone interested in participating in the additive manufacturing task group or AMS Metals Group meetings may contact Laura Feix, aerospace standards engineer with SAE Intl., by e-mail at lfeix@sae.org or by phone at 724-799-9198.