Additive machines are getting smarter, too.
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
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.
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
Todd Grimm of T. A. Grimm & Associates offers a prediction of the future of additive manufacturing