Director, Industry Consortium and Partnerships ASTM International
⚡Directed Energy Deposition (DED) offers unmatched capabilities for producing and repairing large, complex metal components, making it a strategic asset for defense and heavy industry. Despite its potential, DED adoption has lagged behind other additive manufacturing modalities due to challenges in process control, qualification, and integration into existing manufacturing workflows.
🚀This session will present practical strategies to accelerate DED implementation, focusing on advancements in multi-axis deposition, in-situ monitoring, hybrid manufacturing, and digital thread integration. Attendees will gain insights into how industry leaders are overcoming technical and organizational barriers through collaborative R&D, standards development, and defense-driven qualification pathways.
🏭 Real-world case studies from aerospace, energy, and defense sectors will illustrate how DED is being deployed to solve mission-critical challenges. Participants will leave with actionable ideas to bring DED from lab to shop floor, faster, smarter, and with greater confidence.
Key Takeaways📝
Understand the current barriers to DED adoption and how to overcome them.
Explore emerging technologies that enhance DED capability and reliability.
Learn how standards and qualification efforts are shaping DED’s future.
Discover how DED is delivering value in defense and industrial applications.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the key technical and organizational barriers to Directed Energy Deposition (DED) adoption and describe strategies to overcome them.
Explain how emerging technologies—such as multi-axis deposition, in-situ monitoring, and hybrid manufacturing—enhance DED performance and reliability.
Discuss how standards development, qualification pathways, and real-world case studies are advancing DED implementation across defense and industrial sectors.
