Supply Chain
How Machining Makes AM Successful for Innovative 3D Manufacturing
Connections between metal 3D printing and CNC machining serve the Indiana manufacturer in many ways. One connection is customer conversations that resemble a machining job shop. Here is a look at a small company that has advanced quickly to become a thriving additive manufacturing part producer.
Peter Zelinski
Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing
7 Things You’ll Learn at the NPE2024 3D Printing Workshop
Are you a molder, toolmaker or OEM looking to adopt 3D printing? Here are 7 lessons about this technology that will be explored during a workshop at NPE2024: The Plastics Show.
Read MoreWürth Additive Group Launches Digital Inventory Service (DIS) Platform to Simplify Supply Chains
The DIS enables distributed, on-demand manufacturing for OEMs and companies of all sizes through secure data transfer and detailed production processes.
Read MoreWürth Additive’s Digital Inventory Services Aims to Simplify Digital Supply Chain
The Digital Inventory Services (DIS) system gives additive manufacturers around the globe the simplicity to integrate 3D printing machines, applications, business models and more into a true digital supply chain platform.
Read MoreHow a DOD-Funded Resilient Manufacturing Ecosystem (RME) Is Coming Together at Neighborhood 91
Pittsburgh’s additive manufacturing campus doubles as a test bed for a Department of Defense project aimed at developing a reproducible ecosystem for on-demand production of critical parts.
Read MoreVariable Resistance Valve Trim Achieves Lead Time Reduction Through AM: The Cool Parts Show #69
Baker Hughes is realizing shorter lead times and simplified manufacturing through powder bed fusion to produce valve trims previously assembled from many machined metal parts.
Read MoreAmerica Makes Announces Winners of Proliferation of AM Material Datasets Project Call
The award recipients are expected to collaborate with small businesses to bolster applicable knowledge, best practices and data to address the needs of the broader additive manufacturing supply chain.
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Southern Indiana’s Thriving AM Part Producer — What I Saw at Innovative 3D Manufacturing: AM Radio #49
Recorded just after the visit to the laser powder bed fusion contract manufacturer, here is a conversation exploring observations and impressions of this company and its metal 3D printing work.
Peter Zelinski
Editor-in-Chief, Additive Manufacturing
IperionX Moves Closer to Commercial Scale US Titanium Production
IperionX’s HAMR titanium furnace, the foundation piece to produce low-cost titanium, has completed final mechanical assembly and successfully passed factory acceptance tests with the IPX technical team.
Read MoreEOS Works With Phillips Federal, Austal USA to Develop CopperAlloy CuNi30 for US Navy Submarine Industrial Base
Using the copper-nickel alloy in combination with EOS’ platforms offers new design and production capabilities for U.S. Navy submarines, while also enabling the agency to limit global supply chain disruption because parts can be produced regionally, locally and on-demand.
Read MoreThe Cold Spray Solution to the Casting, Forging Supply Chains
Startup HAMR Industries performs additive manufacturing work at Neighborhood 91 that provides an alternative to traditional casting and forging. Success so far has led to redefining the limits of its additive equipment.
Read More8 Ways the Plastics Industry Is Using 3D Printing
Plastics processors are finding applications for 3D printing around the plant and across the supply chain. Here are 8 examples.
Read MoreWhat Is Neighborhood 91?
With its first building completely occupied, the N91 campus is on its way to becoming an end-to-end ecosystem for production additive manufacturing. Updates from the Pittsburgh initiative.
Read MoreAmerica Makes Announces Winners of Open Project Call Totaling $1.2 Million
The open project call topics were initiated at the America Makes’ Additive Manufacturing Technology Roadmap workshops in 2021 and 2022.
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Do Distributors Dream of Digital Inventory? Würth Additive Group Does
It’s more than a dream for Würth Additive Group and its parent company, in fact. Along with supplying additive equipment, the group is now developing solutions for sourcing 3D printed parts in a reliable, elastic digital inventory model.
Read MoreSakuu Develops Dry Kavian Process for Manufacturing Battery Electrodes
By printing batteries on Kavian, OEMs can tap into cleaner energy sources while eliminating the need for troublesome solvents and drying mechanisms.
Read MoreThe Rise of AM Factories, Metal 3D Printing, Machining Synergy and Favorite Stories from 2023: AM Radio #47
Additive Manufacturing Media editors reflect on the top 10 stories by pageviews and then share their favorites, regardless of ranking, in this podcast episode.
Read MoreAdditive Manufacturing for Defense: Targeting Qualification
Targeting qualification in additive manufacturing for the defense industry means ensuring repeatability as well as reliability as there is much at stake, including human lives. Certain requirements therefore must be met by weapons systems used by the defense industry.
Read MoreMaking Sense of Data from Directed Energy Deposition (DED)
“It should be easier to qualify an additive part than a casting,” says Formalloy CEO Melanie Lang. The company’s tools for capturing and analyzing data are bringing this vision closer to reality.
Read MoreNext-Gen Horse Trailers to Be Built With Robotic 3D Printing
Double D Trailers is currently developing a prototype horse trailer that will be made with large-format additive manufacturing. The technology brings potential benefits for labor, weight and design features to this subset of recreational vehicles.
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Markforged’s FX10 Industrial 3D Printer Replaces Metal Parts With Advanced Composites
This fifth-generation print system features built-in automation for quality assurance and print routines designed to deliver strong, accurate parts every print.
Read More3DOS, AeroEdge Collaborate for Decentralized Manufacturing in Japan
The aerospace manufacturer will be the first major industrial partner for metal additive manufacturing on the 3DOS platform for decentralized additive manufacturing.
Read MoreAmerica Makes Announces Defense Department Industrial Base Modernization Project Call
Concept paper and quad chart submissions are due Nov. 29, 2023. The project lead and all project team members must be members of America Makes in good standing as of that date.
Read MoreMosaic’s Array, Element 3D Printers for Digital, On-Demand Polymer Manufacturing
The Array system is able to print thousands of polymer parts on-site without operator intervention, which means lower lead times for manufacturers and customers, as well as more flexibility and resiliency in supply chains.
Read MoreFormlabs’ Elastomeric Resins Expand Options for Patient-Specific Care
Formlabs’ first elastomeric BioMed materials — BioMed Elastic 50A Resin, BioMed Flex 80A Resin and IBT Flex Resin — can streamline workflows and reduce labor time for flexible, dental and medical biocompatible parts.
Read MoreAdditive Manufacturing's Evolving Role at Fathom Now Emphasizing Bridge Production
Bridge production is currently the biggest opportunity for additive manufacturing, says Fathom Manufacturing co-founder Rich Stump. How this service provider leverages AM while finding balance with other production capabilities.
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