Trends In Additive
Investigating the advancements that enable additive today written with an engineering perspective by the technical community.
May 13, 2014
Cracking the Code to Growth in AM
It takes more than machines on the shop floor to push additive manufacturing to the next level. According to one manufacturer, it takes customer service, education and training, too.
May 13, 2014
EOS has expanded its materials portfolio to include two new metal alloys: EOS Titanium Ti64ELI and EOS StainlessSteel 316L.
May 13, 2014
A 3D-printed Car Comes to IMTS 2014
In the world of additive manufacturing, some pretty amazing things have been 3D-printed—but what about the entire body of a car? Some independent automakers have printed certain parts and incorporated them into their designs. However, designing and printing the major elements of the exterior, the structure and the interior had yet to be attempted. Until now.
May 13, 2014
Realizing Benefits: Enablers for AM
There is an abundance of media outlets that speak to additive manufacturing (AM)/3D printing (3DP) as an inherent enabler to the manufacturing industry. However, there are also enablers for AM to be fully realized and more pervasively accepted. If one could draw a path from today's capabilities to what AM is being touted as providing tomorrow, you could identify both obstacles and enablers. That discussion space could be divided into three areas: materials, processing and economics.
April 7, 2014
RP Marketplace Launches First B2B Platform for Professional 3D Printing
Mahwah, New Jersey — April 7, 2014 — RP Marketplace, the only online platform specifically designed for businesses to source and manage professional rapid prototyping services, announced today that it has officially launched to the public (www.rpmarketplace.com). For the last two months, RP Marketplace has been on-boarding professional 3D printing service providers (referred to as “Suppliers”) to its website, which allows businesses (referred to as ‘Buyers') to access Suppliers' services.
March 17, 2014
3D Publishing just got Exciting for the CATIA V5 user!
If only there was a free 3D system that everyone could use to read, view and mark-up. Well now there is, with a new era of intelligent documentation and information exchange.
February 20, 2014
An Outlook for Additive in 2014: A Participant's Perspective
Looking back at 2013, it should be known as the Year of the Printer. Advancements and accelerations in both funding and media exposure broadened the audience from boutique fabrication firms and defense special programs to garage hobbyists, universities, Fortune 50 companies and small-to-medium enterprises. What does this mean for 2014? Is there critical mass to further accelerate or sustain these efforts?
February 19, 2014
Ronald Dunn, vice president of medical-industry contract manufactuer DiSanto Technology, discusses additive manufacturing and the future of spinal cage implants.
February 7, 2014
3D-Printed Titanium Bike Frame Manufactured for Empire Cycles
An additive manufacturing technology supplier collaborates with a British bicycle company to create what the two companies say is the world’s first 3D-printed metal bike frame.
November 13, 2013
BEGO USA Bets on EOS Technology Biting Big into Changing U.S. Dental Restoration Market
Additive manufacturing is disrupting another traditional industrial technology - the fine art of dental restoration, which rescues damaged teeth with devices ranging from simple fillings created in the patient's mouth to crowns, bridgework and implants that are manufactured via multiple processes away from the dentist's office. Many restorations performed today still use lost-wax technology that has barely changed in 100 years. But this appears to be changing.