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3D printing makes it easy to develop tooling for production

January 17, 2022 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Julliette Combe is a mechanical engineer. She began working on 3D printing during her master thesis on nano 3D printing. When she joined Formlabs, she first went into the business development team for product partnership and worked on custom products … [Read more...] about 3D printing makes it easy to develop tooling for production

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Leslie's blog, Podcasts, Rapid Injection Molding, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: Formlabs

Winning through innovation

October 18, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Every year, we award innovators in technology through our Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program (LEAP Awards). This year’s winners were selected by an independent judging panel of 14 professionals. In the additive manufacturing category, the … [Read more...] about Winning through innovation

Filed Under: Leslie's blog Tagged With: eosnorthamerica, HP Inc

Trends in aerospace and automotive additive manufacturing

August 1, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

The aerospace industry was an early adopter of additive technology, followed by the automotive industry. Where do these industries stand in relation to additive technology today? In a recent interview, David Giebenhain, global product director at … [Read more...] about Trends in aerospace and automotive additive manufacturing

Filed Under: Leslie's blog, Podcasts Tagged With: protolabs

How motorsports benefits from additive manufacturing

July 8, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Additive manufacturing has long been used in automotive, especially in racing. AM enables designers to make fast changes when faced with rapidly changing regulations and short design times. What are some of the lessons learned by those who work with … [Read more...] about How motorsports benefits from additive manufacturing

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, Automotive, Leslie's blog, Materials, Podcasts Tagged With: 3dSystems

The data challenge in additive manufacturing

June 21, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

As additive manufacturing gains acceptance as a production tool, the size of a typical 3D print slice data file is predicted to grow cubically. Handling all of these data could become an issue for the additive industry. Harshil Goel, CEO and Founder … [Read more...] about The data challenge in additive manufacturing

Filed Under: Additive Manufacturing, digital manufacturing, Leslie's blog, Software Tagged With: dyndrite

Trends in materials and inkjet 3D printing

June 7, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Materials have been and will continue to be key elements of any additive manufacturing or 3D printing operation. New materials are emerging all the time. As vendors explore and develop materials, new information emerges about the best ways to use … [Read more...] about Trends in materials and inkjet 3D printing

Filed Under: Leslie's blog, Podcasts Tagged With: inkbit

Working with stainless steel in 3D printing

May 23, 2021 By Leslie Langnau 1 Comment

More 3D printing vendors are introducing metal materials for their systems. One popular metal, in particular, is stainless steel. This material offers a number of benefits to designers. We interviewed Felipe Castaneda, Creative Director at MakerBot, … [Read more...] about Working with stainless steel in 3D printing

Filed Under: 3D Printers, Binder Jetting, Leslie's blog, Materials, Podcasts, Rapid MFG, Rapid Prototyping Tagged With: MakerBot

Taking advantage of lattice designs in 3D printing

April 18, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

Lattice structures are those geometric shapes grouped together to create repeatable patterns for engineering purposes. The idea of lattices has been around for quite some time. You see these repeating patterns on buildings and bridges. For design … [Read more...] about Taking advantage of lattice designs in 3D printing

Filed Under: Leslie's blog, Podcasts, Vat Photopolymerization Tagged With: Carbon3D

The AMUG Conference is on for early May

April 12, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

In a few weeks, May 2 through May 6, the Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) conference will be held in Orlando, Fla. The additive manufacturing industry played a major role in developing needed supplies during the early days of the COVID … [Read more...] about The AMUG Conference is on for early May

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How 3D printing aids injection molding

April 4, 2021 By Leslie Langnau Leave a Comment

3D printing/additive manufacturing and injection molding do not have to be competitors. In fact, 3D printing can aid injection molding. Formlabs recently commented that 3D printing is more of an accelerator for injection molding. 3D printers can … [Read more...] about How 3D printing aids injection molding

Filed Under: Leslie's blog, Podcasts Tagged With: Formlabs

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Leslie Langnau is the Managing Editor of the Design World Network. She also has more than 20 years experience as a technology editor, covering such areas as controls, mechanics, mechatronics, couplings, industrial networks, and the field now known as additive manufacturing (formerly rapid prototyping).

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