Tag: additive manufacturing
Virtual surgical planning at scale: How SGH built a point-of-care AM program that works
The diversity of perspectives shared at EFHAM 2025 further reinforced something I find myself returning to often: that advancing modern medicine, and in this...
Fraunhofer IWM boosts fatigue strength of metal 3D printed parts by up to 40% and can now predict it
When a metal part is 3D printed, it comes out of the machine with weaknesses concentrated at its surface: roughness, tensile residual stress locked...
Hybrid Manufacturing: Additive freedom, metalworking quality
Conditions driving renewed interest in Additive Manufacturing (AM) are real and structural. Supply chain disruptions, reshoring pressures, workforce shortages, and the erosion of domestic...
IMTS 2026: Solukon to debut new simulation software for automated depowdering of complex 3D printed parts
Several companies of the additive manufacturing are already familiar with IMTS, the largest manufacturing technology trade show in North America.
Automated depowdering expert Solukon is one...
Artec 3D adds a new metrology-grade laser scanner to its portfolio
Artec 3D introduces the successor to Artec Point, its target-based handheld laser scanner for industrial metrology. Named Artec Point II, the developer of 3D...
The right moment in AM: When machine manufacturers should launch and AM users should invest
Understanding the economics and timing of innovation
December 2025. I sat down for a yearly catch-up with Marina Haugg, Head of Marketing & PR at...
adidas unveils its first 3D‑printed football boots with Cavan Sullivan’s on‑pitch debut
On July 23, 2026, footballer Cavan Sullivan stepped onto the pitch wearing adidas’ first fully 3D‑printed football boots during the MLS match between the...
FDA clearance paves the way for Walter Reed to deploy 3D‑printed titanium cranial implants in patient care
Remember when we examined in in-house versus outsourced 3D printing in healthcare, where the debate is almost often the compliance infrastructure? Well, with the...
UNO secures an $8 million award to establish a hub for healthcare 3D printing
The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) recently secured an $8 million award from the National Science Foundation’s E-RISE awards to establish the Nebraska...
Xometry introduces new AI models for custom manufacturing
Xometry has upgraded its AI model architecture with a new generation of high-capacity, interconnected models that span the entire manufacturing journey.
This upgrade follows the...