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Timothy W. Simpson Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing
Dr. Timothy W. Simpson is the Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing at Penn State University, as well as the co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D). He is a regular contributor to Additive Manufacturing, and writes the monthly Additive Insights column for Modern Machine Shop.
Postprocessing Steps and Costs for Metal 3D Printing
When your metal part is done 3D printing, you just pull it out of the machine and start using it, right? Not exactly.
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AM's Progress: How Far Additive Manufacturing Has Come in 6 Years
Tim Simpson reflects on how additive manufacturing has progressed since he began his column six years ago. Standards and software are two examples.
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Saving Time and Money on the Shop Floor with AM
Some of the most popular ways AM is presented miss some of the most practical and valuable ways AM can be used.
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Little Wins Create Value in Additive Manufacturing
How to create value with a multilevel approach to additive manufacturing.
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Productivity Gains Set to Transform AM
Integrated digital production set to transform additive manufacturing.
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Thinking “Inside Out” and “Outside In”
The mindset for additive flips subtractive thinking inside out.
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Lightweight Components: A Paradox When Machining
Today’s computer software can just as easily generate lightweight shapes for subtractive processes as it can for additive ones, but it increases cost and waste to make them.
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Is Additive Freeing Designers or Aiding Manufacturers?
How can we embrace additive manufacturing within an enterprise? Timothy Simpson says we need to change our mindset.
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Additive Manufacturing to the Rescue — Again
AM is the perfect candidate to solve production problems that began during the pandemic.
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Does Manufacturing Need Additive?
If a subtractive manufacturing operation is going smoothly, AM need not replace it. So what is AM good for, and why do we need it in the first place?
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Updated Definition Makes Way for AM Part Production
Additive manufacturing is finding its footing, and a new standard definition in ISO/ASTM 52900:2021 shows that AM is for more than prototyping.
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How Thin Can I Make My 3D Printed Part?
Be smart and prototype fast when developing design guidelines for AM.
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