Three trends show a path to a more mature use of 3D printing: production in hospitals and clinics, technology developments and reimbursement.
The future vision for POC medical manufacturing includes printing patient-matched implants where no existing devices are available.
Additive manufacturing is uniquely positioned to enable "rapid response manufacturing."
New materials for 3D printing are rapidly evolving.
North America's largest additive manufacturing event returns to Chicago for 30th installment.
Hardinge Inc. and J.G Weisser GmbH & Co. KG have entered into a definitive agreement under which Hardinge will acquire Weisser.
The thermodynamics of the extruder head, or “ThermoTag puts, a stamp undetectable to the naked eye on the physical properties of 3D printed parts. If proven and accepted through additional research, the phenomenon has implications for thwarting counterfeiting of parts and products, protecting intellectual property (IP) and tracing illegal manufacturing of weapons.
Automated feature recognition, knowledge-based machining, advanced toolpath simulation and digital twins are a few CAM technologies making programming more of a technical exercise than the tribal knowledge-inspired art form it has long been.
Manufacturing Engineering editor-in-chief Alan Rooks is retiring.
Thermwood said it received 32 additive manufacturing patents late in December.