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AddUp and Interspectral to work together on the reduction of Additive Manufacturing quality inspection costs

Industrial 3D printer manufacturer AddUp joins forces with software provider Interspectral to reduce quality inspection costs and enhance AM efficiency through a monitoring data visualization solution. AddUp’s FormUp® 350 includes a monitoring suite, based on...

ZEISS AM in-process, an advanced Powder-Bed Analysis solution that could move metal AM beyond R&D and prototypes

Driving industrialization with Additive Manufacturing is a long journey where every step counts. Some players in the field decide to focus that journey on the pre-manufacturing stage, while others like to focus on the...

Digital Twins in (additive) manufacturing environments: what are the major challenges to overcome?

Despite the capabilities of additive manufacturing, producing parts with only a trial-and-error approach remains time consuming and expensive. Indeed, you will never know the number of batch productions you are going to launch before...

Using Hardmetals in Additive Manufacturing: Why? How? And What are the areas for improvement?

Over 75% of the 118 elements on the periodic table are made of metals. There are so many different types of metals, all of which depend on whether they are elements, compounds or alloys....

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...

Europe-based surgeons now have access to a patient specific 3D printed bone, to treat patients with severe facial deformations.

Two years ago at a medical 3D printing event where I served as a moderator, one of the presenters explained that applications of 3D printed patient specific solutions were very much needed to facilitate...

Breast Implant: 3D Printed Scaffold, an alternative to silicone implants?

From a 3D-printed scaffold to new breasts - So far, when we talked about breast implant, we were thinking of a few alternatives that had been launched to help breast cancer survivors to get confidence...

Doctors complete 3D Printed Titanium Jaw Transplantation on Cancer Patient

After four years of intensive research by the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the Dutch Mobius 3D Technology (M3DT), a titanium lower jaw was implanted for the first time in a head and neck cancer...

Quality Assurance Control | Metrology and Inspection for Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing is certainly the ideal manufacturing tool to fabricate components that one could not manufacture with conventional manufacturing processes but there is one thing we tend to forget: this technology does not benefit...

“Gaining a competitive edge”: Sauber Group on Formula One and their next race with Additive Manufacturing

2022 rings in a new era for Formula 1: cars are designed with new regulations in mind – which means further complexities for racing teams pursuing speed and reliability. While these regulations are engaging...