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Published: July 17, 2019, 5:38 p.m.

MEP EP#181: Greg Paulsen: Pizza is the Way to an Engineer's Heart
Greg Paulsen

• The leader of the Application Engineering team at Xometry
• Xometry is an online instant quoting platform for custom manufacturing projects, which utilize a professional network of thousands of manufacturers
• Greg’s team handles special case projects that require attention to material selection, design-for-manufacturing, and technical engineering resources
• Plays a vital role in vetting new technologies and materials to add to Xometry's manufacturing portfolio
• Background is in product development using rapid prototyping, focusing on the various applications of industrial 3D printing and advanced manufacturing

Digital Manufacturing

• Uploading and interpreting customer’s files
• Can uploading to the cloud replace drawings?
• Drawings contain so much information that is necessary
• Is it too easy to just dump in a 3d model and not worry about the rest?
• Experienced vs Newbie customers - What kind of resources exist for both?
• Assemblies
• Tolerances and Stackup

Breaking tradition

• How is “digital manufacturing” replacing the more traditional customer/manufacturer relationships?
• Approvals and certifications?
• Inspections and reports?
• If a customer wishes to do a walk through or receive specific factory information is that available?

The Network of Partners

• How to handle capability?
• Quality?
• Lead times?

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