Additive Manufacturing/3D printing dossiers

Through each dossier, we provide an in-depth analysis of topics that shake the Additive Manufacturing industry. To do so, we collaborate with industry insiders to produce a content that aims to demystify the complexities surrounding AM technologies and address the challenges faced by vertical industries adopting AM technologies.

Rounding off another demanding year: what the AM industry should keep from 2022 to move forward in 2023

From mergers & acquisitions to bankruptcies, expected & unexpected milestones, 2022 led us through an emotional rollercoaster. As 2022 draws to a close, 3D ADEPT Media is looking back over a year difficult to...

Consumer Goods Industry: 3D printing is at the heart of their business

It’s easy to see glasses, shoes and bikes as top applications in the consumer goods industry, but there are more…And what’s even more interesting is that sometimes, the founders do not necessarily always have...

EOS on the cost consideration and where it makes sense to integrate digitization and automation in an AM production environment

Put two Additive Manufacturing veterans together, with respective expertise on both the commercial and current economic market of the AM industry and the technological side, and you can expect a conversation on insights that...

OPINION | AM 101: Tips from three industry experts to Reduce Costs and Lead Time in 3D printing.

Engineers and designers have been manufacturing prototypes for decades, but the tools, materials and processed used to create them continuously evolve.  The truth is, in order to close the gap between as designed and...

DOSSIER | Heat Treatment for Additive Manufactured Parts: A Dirty Little Secret that is yet to be understood

In a previous dossier dedicated to the use of furnaces in additive manufacturing, we found out that the reasons that may help catalogue the type of furnaces manufacturers will use, are often dependent on...

[DOSSIER] AM & Casting: How is Additive Manufacturing impacting metal casting (and vice versa)?

If one only looks at the manufactured part, at first glance, it could be easy to say that casting technology has nothing to envy to metal 3D printing as both technologies can deliver parts...

4 software strategies that can be explored to enable Lightweighting with Additive Manufacturing

How many times have you seen the word “lightweighting” used next to “additive manufacturing”? When one looks beyond the buzz that this combination of words might create, we’ll come to realize that this manufacturing concept...

Conflux Technology: Reinventing high-performance heat exchangers with Additive Manufacturing first, then applying this expertise to other areas.

I knew, from day one, that Conflux Technology was the kind of company I would closely watch in this industry. Founded in 2017, it came out of nowhere last year by closing a Series...

DOSSIER: The Tiny World of micro-additive manufacturing technologies

In the manufacturing industry in general, most innovations evolve around the ability to produce large 3D printed parts. However, with the growing demand for miniaturized devices in electronics, biotechnology, automotive, and aerospace, there is...

Updated: The growing use of polymers in Additive Manufacturing : The particular case of PEAK materials

Manufacturing technologies can be a true game changer in the production of parts if all components of the manufacturing process are used properly. Materials play a key role in this revolution: producers must not...

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