When additive manufacturing re-emerged as a viable technology about ten years ago, the buzz focused on what would be the “killer app” that would make it must have equipment in any engineers’ toolbox. So far, the aerospace industries and many of … [Read more...]

Additive manufacturing is shifting from the “Holy cow, you can build that?” state to the more pragmatic “let’s see if we can build this” focus. That’s a good trend. Recent successes and innovations are all contributing to this shift in expectations, … [Read more...]

You are exposed to the most interesting concepts at the annual Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference. This morning, attendees received a look at how several innovative companies around the world are thinking about using the layer-by-layer … [Read more...]

Here at the 30th annual Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference in St. Louis, Mo., Todd Grimm, President of T. A. Grimm, an additive manufacturing consulting and communications company, gave the keynote address on trends in additive … [Read more...]

For design engineers, 3D printing (3DP) and its ability to be used as additive manufacturing (AM) is opening design and employment opportunities in the medical care industry. 3DP/AM is behind the rise of Point-of-Care (POC) manufacturing. POC refers … [Read more...]

Additive manufacturing (AM) is being promoted as the beginning of a revolution in manufacturing. The revolution is to make manufacturing digital where everything is connected through a digital thread. Because AM can be connected to the cloud and … [Read more...]