Pic of the Week: Rocket Nozzle Component Printed Using LFAM, EBAM
EBAM makes it possible to manufacture this upper section of an engine nozzle, the main source of thrust for descent during a mission to the Moon.
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Power Generation at the Point of Need, Enabled by Additive Manufacturing
Hyliion is commercializing a generator that will enable efficient production of sustainable power, using a centuries-old idea that can now be fully realized through metal 3D printing.
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Pic of the Week: Faster Lightweighting Through AI
An AI model can help designers get to the best lightweight solution faster — by presenting a limited number of optimal solutions.
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The Promise of Additive Manufacturing for Paul Horn GmbH
Additive manufacturing offers various benefits for cutting tool manufacturers such as reduced tool weight and the creation of complex internal coolant channels that cannot be produced via traditional CNC machining methods. Here is how it currently plays out at one such German company.
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Faster, Cheaper and Gentler: In-Practice 3D Printing for Dentistry
Velle Dental has become a powerhouse user of 3D printing for dentistry. The practice is realizing benefits ranging from higher productivity and reduced overhead, to cost savings and improved health outcomes for patients.
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Just Because You Can, Doesn’t Mean You Should: The AM Curmudgeon
There are absolutely cases where additive manufacturing makes sense, but don’t let it be the only tool in your toolbox.
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Pic of the Week: 3D Printed Titanium Part for Boeing 787
This week’s Pic showcases a novel DED process that makes titanium production cost efficient.
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Joining Technique Could Extend Build Volume (and Reach) of Metal Additive Manufacturing
Synergy Molding Technologies has developed a method of permanently joining sections of metal 3D printed mold tooling and more, opening more opportunities for this technology in production and repair.
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Students Demonstrate Multimaterial, Rotational 3D Printing
Students at ETH Zurich have developed a laser power bed fusion machine that follows a circular tool path to print round components, thereby being able to process multiple metals at once.
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Replacing this necessary component used to take up to a year to source conventionally. With cold-spray metal 3D printing, the wait time is now just a week.
Read MoreManufacturing Day 2025: 4 Advancements in Manufacturing Education
To celebrate Manufacturing Day 2025, here are four articles detailing just some of the achievements and innovations made in manufacturing education this year.
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Video: Environmental Controls for Multi Jet Fusion at Uptive Manufacturing
Maintaining an ideal range of temperature and moisture is critical to ensuring consistency with the process. Here's how one contract manufacturer's facility enables this.
Watch4 Ways 3D Printing Is Enabling Metal Casting
While metal additive manufacturing sometimes competes with casting, AM is also assisting this process on the tooling front.
WatchPic of the Week: The "Wall of Shame"
This wall of sample parts is not a record of failures, but an educational tool for training employees on errors to watch for — and a reminder that the additive process can have variation at any step.
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At KraussMaffei, LFAM Is Both a Product Line and an Internal Benefit
The supplier of plastics processing equipment now offers two large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) machines to customers. Simultaneously, the company has found many advantages to applying this 3D printing technology for its own production purposes.
Read MoreLarge-Format AM Speeds Plug Production of Composite Boat Molds
Hungarian manufacturer Rapid Prototyping transitioned its conventional foam milling process to 3D printing to produce faster, higher quality, recyclable foam plugs and composite boat molds.
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Near injection molding strength via 3D printing? AIM3D’s Voxelfill technique is getting closer.
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Conversations in Mass Customization on the Solutionology Podcast
Mass customization does not just apply to consumer-facing products. It can — and will have — impacts in industrial production as well. Brian and Carl Douglass of DI Labs and I recently discussed this on the Solutionology podcast.
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Video: 3D Printing PVC for Industrial Applications
Despite numerous applications for PVC, the plastic has not been commonly 3D printed due to off-gassing and processing concerns. 3D printer supplier JuggerBot recently highlighted successful and safe PVC 3D printing with a LFAM machine customized for this material.
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Crushing Lattices to Feed An AI Model
Why deliberately destroy 3D printed lattice structures? Software developer Vixiv is doing it to inform its AI, making lattice designs faster and less complicated to access.
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