Episode #4 | The Art of Onboarding Materials & Technologies

This episode marks an important transition! The DI Labs podcast was previously built around the Stratasys OpenAM beta running at our facility. But as die-hard problem solvers, we're broadening the scope. It's been renamed the Solutionology Podcast, allowing us to interview all types of guests and share our problem-solving perspective on a wide variety of topics such as innovating for unique applications, bringing on new technologies, optimizing for new materials, and growing our business. Thanks for joining us on the journey!
In this conversation, the three Douglass brothers, who are owners of the business, provide an update on the "Free the Fortus" OpenAM beta. That leads them into a much deeper discussion about just what it takes to onboard new materials and new technologies. Enjoy!
Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XlBtjLJx1d8
Episode Topics
00:34 Welcome
00:55 Intro to the Douglass brothers
05:01 Free the Fortus update
08:15. Onboarding 5 new materials
09:40. Revisions to get to a new profile
12:33 High-temperature, higher-end materials
13:08 PEEK is the most challenging
13:51 Data drives the problem solving
17:48 The fail-fast method
18:30 It's anything but easy
19:31 We're pushing the hardware and software
20:20 Materials get validated before production
20:24 Transitioning podcast from Free the Fortus
22:35 It's about problem-solving
23:26 Future topics
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