Brent Donaldson
Brent Donaldson
Metal AM
Mission Critical: An AM Breakthrough in Commercial Aviation
The GE9X is the first commercial aircraft engine to reach production with significant additive content. The story of GE’s accomplishment and why it matters.
May 20, 2019 - Brent Donaldson
Automotive
Video: Industrializing Additive Manufacturing for Automotive
A number of components for the Bugatti Chiron sports car spoiler were reimagined for additive manufacturing, unleashing several performance improvements.
April 18, 2019 - Brent Donaldson
Polymer AM
Ford in Production with On-Demand AM Polymer Parts
Ford and Carbon presented the first digitally manufactured polymer parts in production for the Ford Motor Company, created with Carbon’s digital light synthesis technology.
April 12, 2019 - Brent Donaldson
Automotive
Recap: The Additive Manufacturing Workshop for Automotive
The inaugural AM Workshop for Automotive at the North American International Auto Show brought together the world’s top automotive and additive manufacturing technology experts on one stage. Here’s what they had to say.
January 23, 2019 - Brent Donaldson
Automotive
Why GM’s Electric Future Is Also an Additive Future
Production capacity isn’t the only reason that additive has been slow to make inroads into the automotive industry. There is a larger barrier to entry—one that General Motors and Autodesk are working to overcome.
January 14, 2019 - Brent Donaldson
Polymer AM
A Global Tooling Manufacturer Goes 3D
Wilson Tooling International turns to Carbon’s DLS technology to reimagine a critical part.
November 26, 2018 - Brent Donaldson
Materials
A Public-Private Partnership Aims to Save Additive from Itself
Overwhelming process variables for metal additive manufacturing processes are derailing AM’s adoption for critical parts in aerospace. Colorado’s ADAPT Center—and its growing cache of data—is seeking common ground.
November 12, 2018 - Brent Donaldson
Medical
3D-Printed Hips Versus the World's Deadliest Mountain
3D-printed trabecular titanium hip implants—printed by Lima Corporate on Arcam EBM machines—helped legendary Italian mountaineer Romano Benet to continue scaling the world's most dangerous peaks.
October 1, 2018 - Brent Donaldson
Polymer AM
Farsoon Technologies’ Large-Volume Polymer 3D Printer Debuts in U.S.
The HT1001P, Farsoon's new large-volume polymer 3D printer, is set to be beta tested by two U.S. companies later this year. The system will eventually offer three tiers of automated production.
August 29, 2018 - Brent Donaldson
Metal AM
EOS to Unveil a New Metal Additive Platform, New Booth Design at IMTS
At its newly-designed booth for IMTS, EOS will debut the new M 300 Series metal additive platform: a four-laser system that features full-field overlap and increased productivity of four to 10 times over its workhorse M 290.
August 10, 2018 - Brent Donaldson
Materials
Solving a Materials Challenge in Soft Robotics
A team from the University of Minnesota and the Army Research Lab has developed processes for fully 3D printing soft dielectric elastomer actuators without postprocessing steps.
July 23, 2018 - Brent Donaldson
Metal AM
At a Grand Opening, Sodick Reveals More Than New Machines
Along with launching a new line of hybrid machines, the world’s largest EDM manufacturer is tailoring one of its models specifically for postprocessing additive parts.
June 27, 2018 - Brent Donaldson
