Additive manufacturing: a new way of thinking about objects design and fabrication-copy-copy

“Additive Manufacturing: a new way of thinking about objects design and manufacture” is the theme of the first edition of the “Σ-Tech Days” conferences cycle which will be held from 15 to 18 June 2015 at the Green St. Lazare, Limoges, France. The “Σ-Tech Days” is intended to be an international gathering in Limoges, supported by research laboratories XLIM and SPCTS via LabEx Σ-lim, leading international specialists in a domain. This event will serve as a forum to establish a snapshot of the academic landscape and industrial internationally on targeted research area and act as a fertilizer to confront everyone’s ideas and allow the emergence of new ideas. The 2015 edition of the “Σ-Tech Days” conference is managed by the University of Limoges and is built in close collaboration with many partners such as the Limousin Region, competitiveness clusters and PEC ELOPSYS, ICC Limousin, the AVRUL the Foundation partnership … The scientific topics discussed cover a wide range of applications of additive manufacturing technologies. Materials issues (ie feedstocks) hardware and sotfware will be detailed in conjunction with the fields of health, energy, aerospace and information technology and communication. So this event will debate and exchange on the trends now well settled and long-term prospects opened by these technologies.