{"222831":{"#nid":"222831","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech startup and its revolutionary technology featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent article in the \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/em\u003E highlights the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute\u2019s mission to accelerate innovation and improve manufacturing competitiveness. The article features a cutting-edge technology developed by GTMI\u2019s Dr. Suman Das that has now spun off a VentureLab startup called DDM Systems. The new technology is set to revolutionize the $11.6 billion investment casting industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur role at GTMI reaches well beyond development of new technologies,\u201d said Dr. Ben Wang, Executive Director at GTMI. \u201cOur goal is to translate our pioneering research into real-world applications. Dr. Das developed this technology in GTMI\u2019s lab as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u2019s Disruptive Manufacturing Technologies program. Collaborating with industry and government partners, his team was able to develop this innovative solution and now this technology will transform a manufacturing process that has been in place for thousands of years. Ultimately, this will improve competitiveness for manufacturers here in the U.S. and around the world.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBelow is an excerpt from the article:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA Georgia Tech startup has developed a 3D printing technology to transform the way costly metal parts, such as aircraft engine turbine blades and vanes, are designed and made.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDDM Systems Inc.\u2019s new casting method makes possible faster prototype development times, and more efficient and cost-effective manufacturing procedures after a part moves to mass production.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EUsing additive manufacturing or \u201c3D-printing\u201d technology, DDM Systems can reduce the time it takes to make first castings of prototype turbine engine components from two years to three months or less. It eliminates 90 percent of material waste and reduces manufacturing cost...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo read the full article, visit the \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2013\/07\/12\/startup-helps-3d-printing-take-flight.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/em\u003E features a Georgia Tech startup that uses 3D printing to change the way investment casting is performed.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Atlanta Business Chronicle features a Georgia Tech startup that uses 3D printing to change the way investment casting is performed."}],"uid":"27857","created_gmt":"2013-07-15 08:31:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:34","author":"Tracy Heath","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-07-12T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"155831","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13351","name":"3d printing"},{"id":"69621","name":"DDM"},{"id":"49371","name":"Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute"},{"id":"34061","name":"investment casting"},{"id":"215","name":"manufacturing"},{"id":"168939","name":"suman das"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}