Automotive Insights
TCT
How Stewart-Haas Racing is using 3D printing to claim victories on the racetrack
Laura Griffiths meets with Stewart-Haas Racing to learn how it's deploying and 3D Systems' additive manufacturing technologies to further increase the speed of its racecars.
30 Dec 2024
BRUMOS
Peak performance: A circular approach to additive toolmaking
Sam Davies speaks to Airtech about a circular approach to toolmaking that helped Brumos Motorsport achieve Pikes Peak International Hill Climb success.
20 Dec 2024
BMW Group
BMW goes bionic: A closer look at BMW's 3D printed robot grippers
TCT speaks to the automotive giant about its design and deployment of customised 3D printed robotic grippers.
24 Oct 2024
Virginia Tech
A Dollar and a Dream: Virginia Tech's use of 3D printing in a $1.5m tire retreading project
When Chris Williams – the L.S. Randolph Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech – started out as a professor 15 years ago, he couldn’t envisage that his lab would ever build bespoke additive manufacturing (AM) equipment.
27 Dec 2023
Digital Manufacturing Centre
What Drives You: Inside the Digital Manufacturing Centre at Silverstone
We go through the doors at the Digital Manufacturing Centre in the famous Silverstone Park to get a closer look at how it aims to drive the future of UK manufacturing.
19 Dec 2023
www.martinmeiners.de VOLKSWAGEN
A win-win: How Volkswagen reimagined a tooling nozzle with 3D printing
Laura Griffiths speaks to Volkswagen and Additive Industries about their TCT Award-winning additive manufacturing collaboration on a tooling nozzle for the VW Tiguan.
21 Dec 2022
Thomas Eberius
Additive manufacturing adoption within the tooling industry
Thomas Eberius, Senior Consultant at the ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing GmbH shares insights on AM as a key enabler for eco-effective value creation in the tooling industry.
Tom Ranson
TCT 3Sixty: Natural History Museum's Tom Ranson on making history accessible with 3D technologies
Ahead of TCT 3Sixty, Tom Ranson, 3D Visualisation Specialist at the Natural History Museum answers a few questions about solving research and conservation challenges with 3D scanning and 3D printing.
Juri Munk
Pushing Boundaries: Metal additive manufacturing innovations from Earth to space
Juri Munk, Researcher at the German Aerospace Center – DLR, discusses how the centre is researching metal AM for deployment in aircraft engines to rocket propulsion systems.
TCT 3Sixty
TCT 3Sixty: Javaid Butt - Additive manufacturing innovation is "increasingly becoming more about data intelligence"
Ahead of TCT 3Sixty, we spoke to Javaid Butt (JB), Professor of Manufacturing and Product Design at Birmingham City University who will be presenting on the Innovation Stage about optimising AM with AI and digital twin.
Matthew Bailey
Targeting an order of magnitude growth in 3D printed flying aerospace parts
Matthew Bailey, Lead Technologist – Structures, Manufacturing & Materials at the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), on growing the number of flying AM parts designed and manufactured by a UK-based supply chain.
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TCT 3Sixty
TCT 3Sixty: Sherri Monroe - "Too often sustainability is viewed as a cost or a trade-off to economic viability"
We put some questions to Sherri Monroe, Executive Director at the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association who will be speaking on the TCT Innovation Stage about framing AM and sustainability across the enterprise.
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CPC
Reliable connector solutions expertly designed for additive manufacturing
CPC, a provider of robust connectors for a wide range of additive manufacturing applications, details the key connector considerations and contributions to keep in mind to achieve success.
TCT
The economics of additive manufacturing are broken — here's how to fix it
Leap 71 co-founder Lin Kayser has his say on the economics of the additive manufacturing industry, with suggestions on how the industry can get itself out of a 'death spiral.'
Industry Insights + Latest AM and 3D Printing Industry insights
Protolabs
Protolabs launches instant manufacturability analysis for 3D printing
Protolabs has launched instant design for additive manufacturability (DfAM) analysis on 3D printed parts through its online quoting platform. The automated feedback enables product developers and engineers to optimise additive designs.
America Makes
Additive manufacturing's potential to reinvigorate the U.S. supply chain
John Wilczynski, Executive Director of America Makes on how advanced manufacturing is reinventing possibilities in supply chain.
Shutterstock
Digital transformation of operations and supply chains through the use of additive manufacturing
Dr. Siavash H. Khajavi and Prof. Jan Holmström explore the impact of additive manufacturing on supply chains in relation to digital inventories and spare parts and bridge manufacturing (also known as stopgap manufacturing).
University of Exeter CALM
Can powder testing accelerate the development of new feedstocks for AM?
The University of Exeter's Professor Oana Ghita offers thoughts on how an optimised testing strategy can make a big difference when it comes to developing new additive manufacturing powders.
What to expect from the 2021 AMUG Conference
AMUG’s AM Industry Advisor Todd Grimm details what we can expect from this year’s Additive Manufacturing User Group Conference in Orlando, Florida.
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Massivit
Full Throttle LSAM for Transportation
Massivit details how large-scale additive manufacturing is serving all stages of manufacturing workflows from design and development through tooling and production across industries such as yachting, private aircraft and advanced air mobility.
Sponsored News
Tariffs and Additive Manufacturing: Status and the Pulse of the Industry
Mahdi Jamshid, PhD, Director of Market Intelligence, and Pablo Enrique, PhD, Additive Manufacturing Manager, at Wohlers Associates, powered by ASTM International share their thoughts on the impact the USA's tariff policies will have on the AM market.
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Massivit
Full Throttle LSAM for Transportation
Massivit details how large-scale additive manufacturing is serving all stages of manufacturing workflows from design and development through tooling and production across industries such as yachting, private aircraft and advanced air mobility.
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SPEE3D
Think big: SPEE3D’s giant step for big metal 3D printed parts – and a new maritime material
SPEE3D CTO Steven Camilleri shares how the Australian additive manufacturing company is bringing enhanced speed and size to AM applications in heavy industries, like maritime, energy and defence.
