Peter Zelinski

Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief

Heat treating

How Does Heat Treating Affect Machining Considerations for a Metal 3D Printed Part?

This picture of part distortion in additive manufacturing illustrates the kind of effects that part design or machining stock allowances need to anticipate.

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Polymer

Can Additive Manufacturing Compete With Conventional Manufacturing on Cost?

When it can, says Evolve, the design advantages of AM find their way in. The company is beginning to ship its high-speed AM system for polymer part production.

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Startups

3D Printed Ceramic Mug: The Cool Parts Show #48

MadeXBinary applies additive manufacturing to clay. The company achieves automated production of aesthetically pleasing kitchenware through digital pottery.

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3D Printed Metal Component for CNC Machining Center: The Cool Parts Show #47

Machine tool maker DMG MORI improved this coolant delivery adapter by making the part through additive manufacturing instead of machining. One of the viewer-chosen winners of The Cool Parts Showcase.

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Cool Parts

8 Cool Parts From RAPID+TCT 2022: The Cool Parts Show #46

AM parts for applications from automotive to aircraft to furniture, in materials including ceramic, foam, metal and copper-coated polymer.

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Production

RAPID + TCT 2022 Report: Advancing into the Next Season of Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #18

Editors Stephanie Hendrixson, Peter Zelinski and Julia Hider share observations, insights and photos from the latest RAPID + TCT trade show. 

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Energy & Power

In Power Generation, the Changes From 3D Printing Will Be System-Wide

Additive manufacturing holds promise for various vital components of a gas turbine, and for greater output in hydro and nuclear power as well. Recent articles find many different advances from AM that will sum to transform the power generation sector.

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Composites

Additive for Composites and Composites for Additive: AM Radio #17

CompositesWorld’s Jeff Sloan joins Peter Zelinski in an episode of the AM Radio podcast about how composites and 3D printing are changing one another.

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Metal

Gas Turbine Swirlers: Co-Optimizing Despite the Complexity

Power generation and additive manufacturing researchers at Penn State University have joined forces to explore what impact the design of a swirler can have on gas turbine performance.

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Energy & Power

AM Will Change Power Generation, But Needs To Prove Itself First

In gas turbines and in nuclear power, Oak Ridge National Laboratory is working with major manufacturers to validate metal 3D printing for conventional parts as a prelude to developing the unconventional ones.

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Metal

The Second Wave of Disruption: From “How Do I Design?” to “How Do I Scale?” (Video)

Serial additive manufacturing business founder Greg Morris on changes in the understanding of AM over time.

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Polymer

3 Examples of How Polymer 3D Printing Is Still Advancing in Important Ways: AM Radio #16B

On AM Radio, a conversation about ways the basic operation and capabilities of additive manufacturing with plastics is still changing.

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