The past two years have brought a marked rise in 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing. Steadily, this technology is transforming economies and markets. Now, it’s poised to become an even ...

Metal additive manufacturing continues to expand beyond aerospace prototypes and into production-focused energy systems.

Additive manufacturing has long been heralded for its flexibility as a production method. More recently, additive’s ability to safeguard against global supply chain challenges has helped accelerate ...

Charles Goulding and Lia Palumbo explore how 3D printing, scanning, and digital design are advancing equestrian equipment and ...

Metal additive manufacturing provides a path to optimized component design with significant realized advantages in the medical and aerospace industries. Limitations to expansion to other industries, e ...

As with any other type of manufacturing process for medical devices, additive manufacturing (AM) requires a specific and careful approach during the design and production-approval phases. When the ...

If you imagine how a bee might build a honeycomb, then you understand the basic premise for how additive manufacturing works, according to Robert Willig, CEO of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, ...

Based on historical development, manufacturing technologies can be divided into three phases: Craft-based manufacturing by hand with millimeters or sub-millimeters precision; Precision-controllable ...

The manufacturing industry has established practices for product development, production and supply chain management. Organizations that develop new products carefully follow these well-known ...

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising technology that many AM practitioners believe is on the precipice of a breakthrough. This breakthrough would be realized when AM is incorporated into supply ...

Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) performs well in prototyping, where speed and flexibility outweigh cost and throughput constraints. Problems begin when those same designs move into production.

Ten years ago, the 3D printing landscape was in the midst of its first big boom. With the 2009 expiration of a key Stratasys patent that covered thermoplastic filament extrusion technology, desktop ...