The team will be present to discuss the real-world challenges that keep metal AM teams up at night: Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) decisions, manufacturability, and part qualification. The conversation will be particularly interesting for large complex parts.

(6th April 2026, State College, Pennsylvania, USA) With RAPID + TCT 2026 approaching(Boston, April 13-16), PanOptimization, developer of the PanX simulation and optimization platform for metal additive manufacturing, (AM), is putting out an invitation to conference attendees to visit Booth 2142 during exhibition hours April 14-16. The team will be present to discuss the real-world challenges that keep metal AM teams up at night: Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) decisions, manufacturability, and part qualification. The conversation will be particularly interesting for large complex parts.

If your current toolchain struggles to give timely, actionable insight, the PanOptimization team would like to hear from you. They'll share how PanX is being used to simulate and optimize thermal and mechanical build issues at full part scale and with high accuracy. Furthermore, a free trial of PanX may be scheduled, so you can assess fit and value using your own parts.

At Booth 2142, PanOptimization will be demonstrating how the company's PanX simulation and optimization platform is designed for the realities of modern production metal additive manufacturing (AM), extreme geometric complexity, full part scale laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) and directed energy deposition (DED) applications, and workflows that need to move beyond prediction and toward optimization.

Erik Denlinger, Co-Founder and Chief Engineer at PanOptimization says, "The metal AM market continues to move in the direction of larger and more complex geometries, which has created very large demand for scalable and accurate simulation capabilities. These types of parts cost well over a hundred thousand dollars to print, so the cost of failure is unacceptable."

In addition to PanX's unmatched accuracy and scalability, the software plugs directly into existing production software toolchains, interfacing directly with machine OEM print software. These integrations improve simulation accuracy by allowing PanX to account for machine-specific process details, while also making the software practical and easy to use.

Denlinger continues, "At RAPID + TCT, PanOptimization will highlight the value of production-grade simulation and optimization. For manufacturers pushing into larger, more complex metal AM components, the ability to simulate and improve build outcomes is increasingly tied to commercial outcomes, fewer failed prints, faster progress toward qualification, better machine utilization, and reduced risk."

PanX is critical for enabling effective manufacturing and design across a variety of AM industry segments, including Aerospace, Defense, New Space, Energy, and Automotive. At RAPID + TCT in Boston, attendees are invited to visit PanOptimization at Booth 2142 to discuss challenging LPBF and DED applications and explore what becomes possible when simulation can keep pace with the complexity of today's metal AM parts. The PanOptimization team will be present in the exhibition hall Tuesday April 14 through Thursday April 16 at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA

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