On this episode of AM Infocast, Alexander Liu and Khalid Rafi from ASTM International join Aditya Chandavarkar, Co-Founder, Indian 3D Printing Network in a conversation on the importance of standards and training in accelerating Additive Manufacturing. They also share about the initiatives ASTM International is taking and their plans for Asia and India.

ASTM International is a 120 year old standards development organization (SDO) and is the first SDO to develop standards for Additive Manufacturing since 2009. With participation of 1000+ members from close to 40 countries in standards development activities within the ASTM Committee F42 on additive manufacturing, 25+ AM standards have been published with another 65+ under development till date.

Guest - Alexander Liu, Head of Additive Manufacturing Programs, Asia - ASTM International & Khalid Rafi, Senior Lead, Additive Manufacturing Program Development at ASTM International

About Alex Liu

Alex is the Head of Additive Manufacturing Programs, Asia, based in Singapore. With more than 14 years of experience in Additive Manufacturing technologies, he is responsible for ASTM AM Center of Excellence (AM CoE) activities in Asia region. Such activities include the curation of research to standards R&D projects, and dissemination of training programs.

About Khalid Rafi

Khalid Rafi is the Senior Lead for Additive Manufacturing Programs Development at ASTM International. Rafi is responsible for the global AM training programs and certification activities. He is a metallurgist with over 10 years of experience in metal additive manufacturing and contributed to several AM R&D activities and training programs. 

Host - Aditya Chandavarkar, Co-Founder, Indian 3D Printing Network

Context - Standard and Training Accelerating Additive Manufacturing

Hosted on - Hubhopper Studio

AM Infocast is a podcast series designed for the Additive Manufacturing Industry by AM Chronicle