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

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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