August 2016 Issue

August 2016

Collaborate and Educate

Baker Industries pushes AM development and educates customers at a new collaboration center for emerging injection mold technologies.

Features

Featured articles from the August 2016 issue of Additive Manufacturing

18 Jul 2016

Beyond Recruitment: Agile Workforce Planning for Additive Manufacturing

The skills gap is more than a recruitment problem. Long-term agile workforce planning will be the key to filling needs, says Deloitte.

Lightweighting 1 Jul 2016

SLM Achieves Weight Reduction for Robot Actuator

Selective laser melting made it possible to create a lighter, better performing actuator for a quadruped robot.

IMTS 5 Sep 2016

IMTS 2016 Product Preview

Preview some of the AM technologies to be exhibited at the International Manufacturing Technology Show.

11 May 2016

EOS Opens New Location in Texas

Located near Austin, the facility is to be the first of several additions to the company's presence in North America, its fastest-growing market.

Production 1 Jun 2016

Experiment Tests the Reusability of Titanium Powder

Renishaw ran the same batch of powder through build after build, evaluating it each time. The results support the viability of AM for ongoing production.

Composites 6 Jun 2016

3D Printing Autoclavable Composite Molds

A polymer AM research team at ORNL reports it has successfully fabricated autoclave-capable carbon fiber composite molds, manufactured using large-scale 3D printing/additive manufacturing.

Metal 9 May 2016

Continuing to Champion AM

Colorado manufacturer Faustson Tool has received the Manufacturer’s Edge Manufacturing Innovation Award for efforts in support of a metal AM research center.

Polymer 26 Jul 2023

3D Printing Resolution: High or Low?

When does it make sense to opt for a high- or low-resolution print? An example from Creat3D illustrates the difference.

Hybrid manufacturing 15 Jun 2016

Contract Shop Invests in Hybrid Manufacturing for Survival and Growth

An Ontario manufacturer sees hybrid manufacturing as a means for survival.

Metal 8 Jul 2016

The 2016 IAMA was awarded for a technology that monitors thermal radiation to map the internal consistency of a metal part as it is being made. The technology might point the way to an entirely new paradigm for inspection.