While it may be greener than traditional manufacturing, AM remains a powerful contributor to emissions, power consumption and supply chain volume.
Quality expectations remain the same for additive manufactured parts
In this podcast, John Derry, senior application engineer at Promess, talks to SME Media contributing editor Michael Anderson about reducing complexity in assembly equipment. Derry discusses how assembly systems may become unnecessarily complex--and how that complexity can reduce quality and increase costs. Derry goes on to describe effective ways of addressing these issues and to reduce and even eliminate unnecessary complexity.
Oqton, a software provider helping manufacturers increase innovation and efficiency by automating production, and Eplus3D, a global supplier of metal 3D printing solutions, today announced they have entered a strategic partnership.
The author argues for using his company's machine-based design software.
The advantages promised by Industry 4.0 are being realized at Ingersoll Machine Tools in Rockford, Ill.
SPEE3D said it has been selected by the U.S. Navy o take part in their MaintenX exercise to manufacture deployable metal 3D printing technology at both port and sea.
Scope of work, automation, ROI and other matters of note. Or, how many widgets do
you want to make—and how fast?
At this week’s RAPID + TCT show, the promise of additive manufacturing was on display. There was also talk of challenges facing the industry.
A primer on metal 3D printing technology, in all its many forms
