The additive industry is making major contributions to the fight against the COVID19 pandemic. If you’ve checked out www.makepartsfast.com recently, you’ve seen a number of news stories of 3D printing personal protection equipment (PPE) for … [Read more...]
The importance of testing additive manufacturing materials
3D Systems recently reported the completion of comprehensive testing on the newest materials for its Figure 4 system. For some users, materials testing data is insufficient for their needs. I interviewed Marty Johnson, technical fellow, at 3D Systems … [Read more...]
A snapshot of the additive industry
It’s always interesting to examine who, how, and why engineers are using additive manufacturing (AM). Recently Stratasys Direct Manufacturing and SME Media conducted a survey on engineers' and designers’ experiences with AM. The respondents either … [Read more...]
3D printing at the micro level
Recently a couple of stories have surfaced about using 3D printing/additive manufacturing for parts that are microns in size. One of these companies is based in Israel. Now, a company out of Boston, Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF) has introduced a … [Read more...]
A closer look at 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS 15
3D Systems recently introduced 3DXpert for SOLIDWORKS 15, a plugin for SOLIDWORKS that helps users prepare and optimize their designs for additive manufacturing. I had a chance to speak with the leading product manager, Maoz Barkai, for 3DXpert. Here … [Read more...]
Get ready for the 2020 AMUG Conference
One of the highlights of my editorial year is attending the annual AMUG Conference. I have been fortunate enough to attend this unique event for many years. It truly is unique, unlike any conference, tradeshow, or exposition you have ever attended. … [Read more...]
How to solve the additive manufacturing disconnect
Remember your first computer? Mine was a Macintosh 128K back in 1984. It was amazing technology back then, but somewhat limited. If you remember, the biggest application was word processing. It took years, a decade or two even, to make it a bit … [Read more...]
What do people typically misunderstand about 3D printing?
More than thirty years ago, engineers saw the introduction of a technology known as 3D printing. Designed to speed up prototyping, media hype gave the impression that these devices were almost identical to the Star Trek Replicator—the device that … [Read more...]
Funding is flowing in to additive manufacturing
Doubt as to whether additive technology can truly be a manufacturing technology has hung over this industry for the past few years. As of this date, additive technology is not quite as fast at producing hundreds of parts as a punch press. And there … [Read more...]
Keep up with additive manufacturing technology
Throughout 2018, additive-manufacturing vendors introduced a number of enhancements that make these systems faster at producing parts. And you can expect this trend to continue through 2019. Staying on top of this innovative, fast moving technology … [Read more...]
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