Can Additive Manufacturing (AM) deliver “faulty” implications for its “green” credentials? (Part 3)
I remember the very first interviews I conducted in the AM industry. As a newcomer, I didn't have enough distance to analyze things. Therefore, I found myself repetitively writing the same sentences, spoken by...
Key areas of focus in the application of ESG by AM companies (Part 2)
The first part of this dossier shed light on the importance of implementing an ESG strategy taking into account the legislation that applies to your specific situation. While each company’s sustainability journey is unique...
AM Companies must get started on their ESG journey. Here is how. (Part 1)
For a long time, sustainability in our industry has been focusing on environmental concerns only. As time goes by, conversations with investors and VC companies have urged Additive Manufacturing (AM) companies to make profit...
Is there a serious future for wood 3D printing?
It’s been a decade that wood 3D printing has been around. Yet, it takes the launch of Forust™, Desktop Metal’s subsidiary dedicated to end-use wood parts, to question the future of this material in...
Key considerations to take into account for depowdering of plastic 3D printed parts.
Among the post-processing tasks that have often been considered modest priorities by OEMs, there is depowdering. The thing is, a lot of consideration has always been given to depowdering of metal 3D printed parts,...
DOSSIER | Qualification of 3D printed parts: What? Why? When? And most importantly how?
Once per year, we sit down to assess some of the key insights we collected from our conversations with OEMs using AM and from (potential) users of the technology at trade shows we visited....
12 3D printing ventures that turned stealth mode off in 2023
Every year a range of new companies venture into the Additive Manufacturing industry. In the list of 2023’s newcomers, one notices that the growing trend around companies that focus on AM-dedicated applications continues. While...
Identifying defects in metal 3D printed parts can lead to up to 70% savings in production costs. Materialise explains how and why.
As part of the additive production of a critical medical component, a defect identified after the post-processing phase made the team lose one HIP cycle, one day of post-processing and quality inspections, not to...
Lease? Buy? Subscribe? The pros and cons of different acquisition models of industrial 3D printing equipment.
“I know we need an industrial 3D printer but I am not sure if we will be able to amortize the cost of such an investment in our company. Any idea where I should...
5 reasons why you should invest in trade media
This end of 2023 was quite special as I have had the opportunity to talk with a few entrepreneurs and industry insiders working in startups or SMEs about what they should prioritize in their...
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