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2020 Medical Additive Manufacturing Yearbook

The inaugural issue of SME’s Medical Additive Manufacturing Yearbook is a comprehensive look at how the emerging technology of additive manufacturing is contributing to better health care today and how it might grow in the future. It includes 26 articles that touches on subjects such as the overall health and growth of the industry to how individuals have been helped with specific technology.
Laura Gilmour,  Global Medical Business Development Manager for EOS

Emerging Trends In Additive Manufacturing for Health Care

May 14, 2020
Using 3D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), in health care is on the rise, with the market expected to be worth nearly $26 billion by 2022. This growth goes well beyond just prototyping, as AM is already used throughout the industry to solve problems and improve care.
Laura Gilmour,  Global Medical Business Development Manager for EOS
By Laura Gilmour Global Medical Business Development Manager , EOS
Gaurav Manchanda Director, Formlabs Healthcare

State of 3D Printing in Healthcare

May 21, 2020
Formlabs was founded by MIT researchers in 2011, when high-quality 3D printing was inaccessible for most. We’ve now shipped over 50,000 machines while cementing our mission to “expand access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything.”
Gaurav Manchanda Director, Formlabs Healthcare
By Gaurav Manchanda Director, Formlabs Healthcare

Outlooks

  • SMART SHOP ESSENTIALS

    The One Thing

    Will Healy, Universal Robots November 15, 2025
    Will Healy, global industry leader for welding at Universal Robots USA, offers some sound advice: You’re not alone.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Workers OK 5-Year Contract

    Staff Writer November 14, 2025
    Unionized Boeing Co. machinists voted to end their 100-day walkout Thursday, approving a five-year contract that will see workers receive 24% pay increases and a $6,000 signing bonus.
  • ARTICLES

    How Midaco Pallet Changers Boost CNC Productivity and OEE

    Kip Hanson November 14, 2025
    Several decades ago, I purchased an SMW pallet changer for one of our shop’s Mori Seiki MV Junior Vertical Machining Centers. This glorious day for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) occurred many years before SMW’s various acquisitions and its board decided to depart the pallet changer business entirely, seemingly leaving just one provider: Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Midaco. We had an opportunity to ask the company’s Vice President of Sales Mike Munao a few questions, starting with one we were unsure he would answer.

Technology

  • SMART SHOP ESSENTIALS

    The One Thing

    Will Healy, Universal Robots November 15, 2025
    Will Healy, global industry leader for welding at Universal Robots USA, offers some sound advice: You’re not alone.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Workers OK 5-Year Contract

    Staff Writer November 14, 2025
    Unionized Boeing Co. machinists voted to end their 100-day walkout Thursday, approving a five-year contract that will see workers receive 24% pay increases and a $6,000 signing bonus.
  • ARTICLES

    How Midaco Pallet Changers Boost CNC Productivity and OEE

    Kip Hanson November 14, 2025
    Several decades ago, I purchased an SMW pallet changer for one of our shop’s Mori Seiki MV Junior Vertical Machining Centers. This glorious day for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) occurred many years before SMW’s various acquisitions and its board decided to depart the pallet changer business entirely, seemingly leaving just one provider: Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Midaco. We had an opportunity to ask the company’s Vice President of Sales Mike Munao a few questions, starting with one we were unsure he would answer.

Post Processing

  • SMART SHOP ESSENTIALS

    The One Thing

    Will Healy, Universal Robots November 15, 2025
    Will Healy, global industry leader for welding at Universal Robots USA, offers some sound advice: You’re not alone.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Workers OK 5-Year Contract

    Staff Writer November 14, 2025
    Unionized Boeing Co. machinists voted to end their 100-day walkout Thursday, approving a five-year contract that will see workers receive 24% pay increases and a $6,000 signing bonus.
  • ARTICLES

    How Midaco Pallet Changers Boost CNC Productivity and OEE

    Kip Hanson November 14, 2025
    Several decades ago, I purchased an SMW pallet changer for one of our shop’s Mori Seiki MV Junior Vertical Machining Centers. This glorious day for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) occurred many years before SMW’s various acquisitions and its board decided to depart the pallet changer business entirely, seemingly leaving just one provider: Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Midaco. We had an opportunity to ask the company’s Vice President of Sales Mike Munao a few questions, starting with one we were unsure he would answer.

Surgery and Orthopedics

  • SMART SHOP ESSENTIALS

    The One Thing

    Will Healy, Universal Robots November 15, 2025
    Will Healy, global industry leader for welding at Universal Robots USA, offers some sound advice: You’re not alone.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Workers OK 5-Year Contract

    Staff Writer November 14, 2025
    Unionized Boeing Co. machinists voted to end their 100-day walkout Thursday, approving a five-year contract that will see workers receive 24% pay increases and a $6,000 signing bonus.
  • ARTICLES

    How Midaco Pallet Changers Boost CNC Productivity and OEE

    Kip Hanson November 14, 2025
    Several decades ago, I purchased an SMW pallet changer for one of our shop’s Mori Seiki MV Junior Vertical Machining Centers. This glorious day for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) occurred many years before SMW’s various acquisitions and its board decided to depart the pallet changer business entirely, seemingly leaving just one provider: Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Midaco. We had an opportunity to ask the company’s Vice President of Sales Mike Munao a few questions, starting with one we were unsure he would answer.

Dental

  • SMART SHOP ESSENTIALS

    The One Thing

    Will Healy, Universal Robots November 15, 2025
    Will Healy, global industry leader for welding at Universal Robots USA, offers some sound advice: You’re not alone.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Workers OK 5-Year Contract

    Staff Writer November 14, 2025
    Unionized Boeing Co. machinists voted to end their 100-day walkout Thursday, approving a five-year contract that will see workers receive 24% pay increases and a $6,000 signing bonus.
  • ARTICLES

    How Midaco Pallet Changers Boost CNC Productivity and OEE

    Kip Hanson November 14, 2025
    Several decades ago, I purchased an SMW pallet changer for one of our shop’s Mori Seiki MV Junior Vertical Machining Centers. This glorious day for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) occurred many years before SMW’s various acquisitions and its board decided to depart the pallet changer business entirely, seemingly leaving just one provider: Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Midaco. We had an opportunity to ask the company’s Vice President of Sales Mike Munao a few questions, starting with one we were unsure he would answer.

Tech Helping People

  • SMART SHOP ESSENTIALS

    The One Thing

    Will Healy, Universal Robots November 15, 2025
    Will Healy, global industry leader for welding at Universal Robots USA, offers some sound advice: You’re not alone.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Workers OK 5-Year Contract

    Staff Writer November 14, 2025
    Unionized Boeing Co. machinists voted to end their 100-day walkout Thursday, approving a five-year contract that will see workers receive 24% pay increases and a $6,000 signing bonus.
  • ARTICLES

    How Midaco Pallet Changers Boost CNC Productivity and OEE

    Kip Hanson November 14, 2025
    Several decades ago, I purchased an SMW pallet changer for one of our shop’s Mori Seiki MV Junior Vertical Machining Centers. This glorious day for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) occurred many years before SMW’s various acquisitions and its board decided to depart the pallet changer business entirely, seemingly leaving just one provider: Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Midaco. We had an opportunity to ask the company’s Vice President of Sales Mike Munao a few questions, starting with one we were unsure he would answer.

Digital Technologies

  • SMART SHOP ESSENTIALS

    The One Thing

    Will Healy, Universal Robots November 15, 2025
    Will Healy, global industry leader for welding at Universal Robots USA, offers some sound advice: You’re not alone.
  • NEWS DESK

    Boeing Workers OK 5-Year Contract

    Staff Writer November 14, 2025
    Unionized Boeing Co. machinists voted to end their 100-day walkout Thursday, approving a five-year contract that will see workers receive 24% pay increases and a $6,000 signing bonus.
  • ARTICLES

    How Midaco Pallet Changers Boost CNC Productivity and OEE

    Kip Hanson November 14, 2025
    Several decades ago, I purchased an SMW pallet changer for one of our shop’s Mori Seiki MV Junior Vertical Machining Centers. This glorious day for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) occurred many years before SMW’s various acquisitions and its board decided to depart the pallet changer business entirely, seemingly leaving just one provider: Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Midaco. We had an opportunity to ask the company’s Vice President of Sales Mike Munao a few questions, starting with one we were unsure he would answer.