Enterprise Issues

Supply Chain

Decentralized Manufacturing Network Aims to Make 3D Printers a Shared Global Resource

The 3DOS additive manufacturing network will let OEMs and creators take advantage of open 3D printer capacity anywhere in the world.

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Aerospace

Why AM Leads to Internal Production for Collins Aerospace (Includes Video)

A new Charlotte-area center will provide additive manufacturing expertise and production capacity for Collins business units based across the country, allowing the company to guard proprietary design and process details that are often part of AM.

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America Makes Announces 2022 Project Awards

The winning project proposals address evolving challenges of the domestic supply chain and offer progressive solutions.

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Supply Chain

GE Additive Helps Build Large Metal 3D Printed Aerospace Part

The research is part of an initiative to develop more fuel-efficient air transport technologies as well as a strong, globally competitive aeronautical industry supply chain in Europe.

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Polymer

3D Printed Spares, Electrification and Cool Parts: Top 10 Stories of 2022: AM Radio #31

Our top articles and videos from 2022 reflect increasing use of additive manufacturing for replacement parts; growing applications for electric motors; and a maturing user base. Read through the top 10 list or listen to the AM Radio podcast episode all about these stories. 

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Materials

Purdue Researchers Add Fourth Dimension to 3D Printing

Researchers say that with the sensors dispersed evenly in the filament, manufacturers and researchers can design parts with a wider variety of shapes.

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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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Pivoting to Additive Manufacturing for Individuals and Organizations: AM Radio #29B

The pivot to additive manufacturing requires interested individuals as well as support from the top. In a recent episode of AM Radio, we discuss workforce development from the inside and strategies for implementing AM across an organization. 

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Four Ways This Additive Manufacturer Counters Risk Aversion

3D printing service bureau Objectify Technologies uses four globally-applicable strategies to help potential and current customers overcome the barriers to additive manufacturing adoption.

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Production

Additive Manufacturing Production at Scale Reveals the Technology's Next Challenges: AM Radio #28

Seemingly small issues in 3D printing are becoming larger problems that need solutions as manufacturers advance into ongoing production and higher quantities with AM. Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss 6 of these challenges on AM Radio. 

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