The quest to avoid or minimize support structures in Additive Manufacturing
There are two types of people working with 3D printed parts: those who know how to deal with support structures and those who don’t....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
