Peter Zelinski

Peter Zelinski Editor-in-Chief

How Norsk Titanium Is Scaling Up AM Production — and Employment — in New York State

New opportunities for part production via the company’s forging-like additive process are coming from the aerospace industry as well as a different sector, the semiconductor industry.

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5 Big Themes in Additive Manufacturing at Formnext Forum: Austin

Formnext Forum: Austin, a two-day event at the end of August focused on additive manufacturing for production, includes a conference exploring important ideas in AM related to supply chains, bridge production, enterprise transformation and more.

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How Acquisition and Investment Activity Affects AM Users and Adopters: AM Radio #40

Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss how the corporate and financial developments in additive manufacturing play out for current and prospective users of AM technology, and where this activity is likely to lead.

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Postprocessing

Seurat: Speed Is How AM Competes Against Machining, Casting, Forging

“We don’t ask for DFAM first,” says CEO. A new Boston-area additive manufacturing factory will deliver high-volume metal part production at unit costs beating conventional processes.

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Metal

What Is the Role of Sintering in Binder Jetting? (Video)

And how strong are green parts prior to sintering? Filmed at HP, here is a look at sintering, including the shrinkage from green to sintered binder jet parts.

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3D Printing for Supply Chain Resiliency: AM Radio #39

Additive manufacturing can speed, strengthen and simplify industrial supply chains. How close are we to realizing this promise? Dr. Tim Simpson and Peter Zelinski discuss lead time, logistics and other factors on AM Radio.

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Robots

Micro Robot Gripper 3D Printed All at Once, No Assembly Required: The Cool Parts Show #59

Fine control over laser powder bed fusion achieves precise spacing between adjoining moving surfaces. The Cool Parts Show looks at micro 3D printing of metal for moving components made in one piece.

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Space

“Mantis” AM System for Spacecraft Uses Induction for Deposition

The metal 3D printing system melts wire without lasers. 30-foot-diameter parts are built on a rotary-feed system that eliminates the need for a large machine frame or gantry.

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Metal

Six Years After Launch, OSU Has a Leading Facility for Metal AM

At the Ohio State University metal additive manufacturing lab, undergraduate students serve as employees on projects aiming to help companies advance with AM. Here is a look inside the facility now running a dozen metal additive systems.

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Aerospace

New Zeda Additive Manufacturing Factory in Ohio Will Serve Medical, Military and Aerospace Production

Site providing laser powder bed fusion as well as machining and other postprocessing will open in late 2023, and will employ over 100. Chief technology officer Greg Morris sees economic and personnel advantages of serving different markets from a single AM facility.

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Supply Chain

ConocoPhillips Sees Oil and Gas Supply Chain Opportunity With Additive Manufacturing

Production of parts when needed and where needed can respond to the oil and gas sector’s multibillion-dollar challenge of holding parts in inventory. The supply chain benefit will justify additive even before the design freedoms are explored.

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Metal

Video: What Is Electron Beam Melting (EBM)?

Electron beam melting is the higher-energy metal 3D printing process offering advantages when it comes to productivity and thermal stresses. Here is an introduction to EBM.

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