Live from AM Summit 2022: Guns N’ Roses rocks on a 3D-printed guitar
You have probably never considered what rock music would sound like on a guitar that is 3D-printed from recycled sawdust. But if you are even the slightest bit curious or interested, Dansk AM Hub invites you to a concert at AM Summit 2022 – Scandinavia’s largest conference on Additive Manufacturing (AM) / industrial 3D printing – on Wednesday, 7 September in Copenhagen.
Here, we will experience how music emerges from 3D printing with a visit from Olaf Diegel, who has developed and printed an electric guitar from recycled sawdust: The Green Axe. At the conference, the guitar and its sound will be tested by Peter, Michael and George from Europe’s best Guns N’ Roses cover band – GNR-Jam – who have promised to rock out with the biggest solos on the guitar.
“I design my guitars to push the limits of what additive manufacturing can do. That’s why my designs are purposefully geometrically complex, so they could not be manufactured any other way”, says Olaf Diegel, who is a professor of AM at Auckland University and the man behind the design:
“My latest guitar – the Green Axe – is 3D printed out of wood. And, to me, that is amazing because we are taking waste material that would, otherwise, go to landfill or incineration, and transforming it into high-value products. That’s proper sustainability”.
This year, AM Summit focuses on how new technology such as 3D printing can help us manufacture far more sustainably and competitively, with stronger and more circular business models, more resilient supply chains, and more sustainable production with less waste, less material, less transport, and lower CO2 emissions.
AM technology opens up entirely new and limitless opportunities to design products in a new way, both in terms of visual expression and tailored to the individual user – or in this case, perhaps a particular sound.
“And you can design products using different materials that may be more sustainable. That is the fundamental, remarkable and still unrealised potential of AM: that through the technology we can be so incredibly precise in the way we design and produce that we can get very close to how nature would grow it. The Green Axe is probably the greenest 3D-printed guitar,” says Frank Rosengreen Lorenzen, CEO of Dansk AM Hub.
At the conference, a wide range of speakers will take the stage and share their views on what the future of manufacturing will bring, how leading players in the field are already working with AM, and how to get started with the technology. Among other things, we will hear how Boeing is incorporating 3D printing into the aviation industry, how CELLINK works with bioprinting – i.e., 3D printing of living tissue for the production of bones and living tissue – and how Danish company Create it REAL 3D-prints insoles within a circular business model. We will also be inspired in a panel debate on how we can leverage new technology to make Denmark the greenest manufacturing country in the world, including by former minister and EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard.
To make room for even more inspiration, the programme will also include more breakout sessions than in previous years, addressing the development of AM technology across six themes: new materials for more sustainable production, how 3D printing challenges different manufacturing industries, gender diversity in industry, sustainable construction, developments in our healthcare sector, and a session with some of Denmark’s leading experts in the field.
The conference is for everyone interested in the development and impact of AM technology and who wants to learn more, be inspired, and network. With exciting speakers and the large AM exhibition, the conference is a forum for exchanging knowledge and experience, and a unique opportunity to let creative stakeholders present their qualified perspectives on the latest technology, trends and developments, as well as the future of the AM industry.
