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COUNTRY Focus: Is the Netherlands the hub of Construction 3D Printing?

In our ongoing efforts to provide companies with information that will help them take a leap into a new market, this volume of 3D ADEPT Mag focuses on “The Netherlands”. The present article highlights...

How Orbital Composites’ technology solution could deliver on 3D printing promise for robotic automation

Even though there is currently a broader use of composite materials in sectors like the automotive due to the desirable combination of low weight and high strength properties, those materials have long been used...

Technology integration in AM: gaining efficiency and competitiveness

Over the past ten years, the additive manufacturing industry has moved from prototyping to final parts production, where complexity and quality requirements are much more important. On the other hand, the industrial sector continuously...

Discovering the 10 000 possibilities of colour 3D printing at the heart of Mimaki

“We always keep in mind that technology can be used for a different market”, Ronald van den Broek, General Manager Sales EMEA. Colour 3D Printing is something unique, and, surprisingly very rare in this industry....

Qualification & Certification: Their Differences & Next Challenges for Additive Manufacturing

One usually focuses so much on end-applications that it is easy to forget that what makes an additive manufacturing-based application viable for a given industry, is a pivotal end-to-end qualification and certification process. As...

Why is AM a good production candidate for expeditionary manufacturing? Phillips Corporation told us.

Exclusive feature sponsored by the Military Additive Manufacturing Summit.  Do you believe that necessity is the mother of invention? I do, and today, I think that this saying has never been truer than in the...

“Optimizing super-duplex for Additive Manufacturing comes down to the quality of the raw material”

In the most challenging environments, where elements are harsh and durability is key, it is truer than ever that materials matter. A few weeks after the release of their super-duplex stainless steel, Nikhil Dixit,...

CASTOR discusses Part Identification for Additive Manufacturing and the next step for the company

Do you remember how in a previous dossier of 3D ADEPT Mag, we explored additive manufacturing candidacy for production applications?  One of the frameworks identified to assess if it is was necessary to go...

CIPRES GmbH on the complexities of colouring for 3D printed parts and the opportunity to work with other AM solutions’ providers

Over time, I came to realize one thing about those who are passionate about Additive Manufacturing. When they are working for a leading company of the industry, they will end up creating a spin-off...

How Mosaic Manufacturing’s 3D Printing has evolved to enable multi-material (mass) production

It often happens that the first time I read or hear the name of a company, without really “googling” it, I try to imagine what it does and what products or services it provides....

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