Hybrid Production, Not Just Prototyping, at Matsuura's New Additive Manufacturing Center
By: Brent Donaldson
The new Matsuura Machinery USA Lumex Additive Manufacturing Center is one part lab, one part showroom and one part production facility—all meant to showcase the company’s hybrid manufacturing capabilities.
#moldmaking #hybrid
What Effect Does Gas Flow Have in Metal Additive Manufacturing?
By: Brent Donaldson
Sintavia has partnered with one of the world’s leading providers of industrial gases in order to understand and improve metal AM’s most significant process variable.
#metal
Auburn University's Roadmap to Additive Manufacturing Education
By: Brent Donaldson
As additive manufacturing workforce needs grow and AM technologies evolve, what does a higher-ed additive program look like? Is additive manufacturing a college major, minor or something else?
#education #basics
A Journey through Additive at GE's Customer Experience Center
By: Brent Donaldson
Additive Manufacturing’s Field of Dreams: GE’s new Customer Experience Center aims to accelerate AM’s adoption around the world.
#metal
Comparing Conventional and 3D Printing Processes for Sand Casting
By: Brent Donaldson
New research shows surprising benefits for 3D-printed molds and cores over traditional casting processes.
#metal #casting #moldmaking
DMG MORI Prepares for New Additive Debut in the United States
By: Brent Donaldson
While the 2018 DMG MORI open house in Pfronten, Germany, did not feature any world premieres in the additive space, all signs point to the Lasertec 30 SLM hitting the U.S. market soon.
#metal
3D-Printed Prototype Molds Versus Aluminum Tooling
By: Brent Donaldson
An in-progress case study by Phoenix Proto Technologies aims to answer questions about what is—and isn’t—possible with 3D-printed molds.
#prototyping
Empathy in Engineering: 3D-Printed Accommodations for the Workforce
By: Brent Donaldson
For manufacturers with employees who suffer from mobility issues, additively manufactured custom tools go hand-in-hand with increased productivity.
What GE’s Machine Learning Ecosystem Will Mean for Additive Manufacturing
By: Brent Donaldson
At GE’s Global Research Center in upstate New York, engineers join forces to build a digital library of additive research.
#machinelearning
In Additive’s Evolution, Aerospace Proves the Fittest
By: Brent Donaldson
As additive manufacturing shifts from prototypes to production, one industrial sector is ahead of the curve.
#metal
AM Design May (Finally) Launch the Aerospike Engine
By: Brent Donaldson
A team of engineers turns to additive design to create—and successfully test—“the holy grail of the spaceship movement.”
Closing Additive Manufacturing’s Skills Gap
By: Brent Donaldson
Cincinnati State’s new additive manufacturing certificate program offers a lesson in workforce need versus availability.
#education #basics
