Opinion of the week

How to qualify and certify 3D printed heat exchangers? A few procedures.

Heat exchangers’ design has not significantly changed in decades – until Additive Manufacturing comes into play. AM comes with a freedom of design that can be exciting and…intimidating. At first, one might get excited...

Opinion: what increases the cost of 3D printing materials and what could make it drop?

As you may have already seen through various applications and dossiers, choosing a material is crucial to ensure both the durability of the end-product and the success of the manufacturing process. The thing is,...

How MetShape uses indirect AM process LMM for Medical 3D printing and more.

Founded in 2019, MetShape turned stealth mode off when it secured seed financing from AM Ventures. The fund raising received a lot of hype as it was the first public announcement made by AM...

6 years later, ValCUN reveals the name, type of AM process they develop, its capabilities and potential

“He didn’t have an answer to this basic question.” Jan De Pauw, CTO & Co-founder of ValCUN took 40 minutes of his Friday shift to share their company’s journey – and at some point,...

Q&A series: Brinter, its hopes, the challenges of the 3D bioprinting market and what the company currently has in store for this market.

The picturesque city of Turku in Finland – a place that we would have chosen for vacation is home to Brinter, a 3D bioprinting company that turned stealth mode off when it secured €1.2M...

Vistory and its blockchain protocol for Additive Manufacturing

Sometimes, the combination of some technologies leads to a powerhouse marriage that works for the benefit of all. This has proven to be true in certain applications where certain technology solutions worked seamlessly together...

Dressler Group on the importance of a “powder designer” for additive manufacturing & key questions related to the use & production of AM materials

Designing in additive manufacturing is almost always linked to the part an engineer will model with the right software tool. It’s right but there is more. Remember when we told you that the true...

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 & Why Does Desktop Metal Build a Portfolio of “AM 2.0” Print Platforms?

The Desktop Metal journey is highlighted by big ambitions: a solid materials strategy, key process performance targets and an intriguing plan to become more than just a general service bureau. In 2020, Desktop Metal (DM)...

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...