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Trends in aerospace and automotive additive manufacturing

The aerospace industry was an early adopter of additive technology, followed by the automotive industry. Where do these industries stand in relation to...

How motorsports is benefiting from additive manufacturing

Additive manufacturing has long been used in automotive, especially in racing. AM enables designers to make fast changes when faced with rapidly changing regulations...

The data challenge in additive manufacturing

As additive manufacturing gains acceptance as a production tool, the size of a typical 3D print slice data file is predicted to grow cubically....

Working with stainless steel in 3D printing

More 3D printing vendors are introducing metal materials for their systems. One popular metal in particular is stainless steel. This material offers a...

Taking advantage of lattice designs in 3D printing

Lattice structures have not been used as often as they could be because manufacturing methods that could produce them easily did not exist until...

How 3D printing aids injection molding

3D printing/additive manufacturing and injection molding do not have to be competitors. In fact, 3D printing can aid injection molding. Formlabs recently commented that...

How additive manufacturing helps the semiconductor industry

Like so many other markets and industries, the COVID pandemic has affected the supply of components used to make semiconductor processing equipment. Semiconductor capital...

Researchers work on better software for additive manufacturing

The DARPA Transformative Design TRADES program was created to develop foundational design tools that will help designers take more advantage of the capabilities of...

Design lessons from the sports world

Designers in the sports world have been one of the quickest groups to adopt additive manufacturing technology. They’ve developed a few insights and perspectives...