Ceramic 3D Printing: the current manufacturing landscape and the business model that drives industrial applications.
2014. The excitement around ceramic 3D printing occurred when we first saw 3D printed vases and homewares but it faded progressively as the market understood it wasn’t necessarily the road to success for this...
Multi-Material 3D printing: where does the drawback lie?
Multi-material 3D printing is hot. Who wouldn’t want to receive a part that meets the 'best value for money' criterion? That’s the most important unique selling proposition (USP) of multi-material 3D printing. Like most...
AM Workflow Integration in the Aerospace Industry: How do we Earn Credibility as a Viable Manufacturing Technology?
“We , have homework to do to earn the credibility as a viable manufacturing technology”, Dr. Melissa Orme, Vice President, Boeing Additive Manufacturing.
I sat down with Dr. Melissa Orme, Vice President, Boeing Additive Manufacturing...
Post-processing Segment: A closer look at surface treatments in metal 3D Printing
Remember when we told you that post-processing is an umbrella term that covers a variety of stages that 3D printed parts have to undergo before being used for the final purpose? With the goal of providing...
Software Segment | CAD and/or Mesh: Why the road to file preparation for 3D printing can be confusing?
One of the most fundamental steps in a product development process is the modelling, which entails creating 3D models of objects. Here is the thing, some designers believe that CAD is the only way...
The AM strategies Sintavia takes to embrace the various directions the commercial aerospace market is embracing
The aerospace industry has always been mentioned as one of the early adopters of Additive Manufacturing. At the time (in the 2010s), being able to leverage plastic 3D printed parts for testing and simulation...
How do AM companies help tackle climate change? – Tangible actions on the ground.
Climate change is a topic that is on everyone’s lips. Governmental authorities have sounded the alarm so loudly that both legal entities and individuals feel they have a mission: play their part in addressing...
Equinor: An “Additive Mindset” to address climate change and sustainability issues
There are some industries – like the energy sector – where the struggle to drive climate change is more challenging than others. Brede Lærum and Pantea Khanshaghaghi took 50 minutes of their Wednesday shift...
How recyclable and 3D printable are metals? F3nice told us.
We will remember spring 2020 as a period of confinements that led to the shutdown of several activities around the world. For Luisa Elena Mondora and Matteo Vanazzi, in addition to the pandemic that...
Does nature hold the answer to sustainability? A look at biomimicry and its practical use within the 3D Printing sphere.
If everything we use comes from natural resources and that natural ecosystems are often described as models of sustainability, does that mean that every 3D printed product inspired by nature is de facto a...
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