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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.
30 May 2025
Rapid Liquid Print
Interview: The Rapid Liquid Print technology behind Coperni's Disney-inspired bag
Laura speaks to the MIT team that developed the Gravity Free Manufacturing process behind the Parisian fashion brand's Ariel swipe handbag.
19 Dec 2024
The Beacon Museum
Golden opportunity: How 3D printing brought a Bronze Age gold bangle into the present
How a global collaboration and 3D technologies brought a rare artefact to life at a small UK museum.
8 Nov 2024
Helsinki Music Centre Foundation/Sakari Röyskö
Pipe Up: How 3D printing was used to create geometrically complex organ pipes
Sam Davies reports on the use of 3D printing to create geometrically complex organ pipes which made their debut at Helsinki’s Music Centre this year.
22 Mar 2024
Olaf Diegel
'AM is not a theoretical topic, it’s something you learn by doing' - Olaf Diegel
Speaking on an episode of TCT's Additive Insight podcast about his work at the University of Auckland's Creative Design and Additive Manufacturing Lab, Diegel talked about the need to 'get your hands dirty' with AM.
26 Feb 2024
Laika Studios
Hollywood Innovations: Jason Lopes & Brian McLean talk 3D printing in entertainment
On TCT’s Innovators on Innovators podcast series in August 2023, Jason Lopes [JL] of Gentle Giant Studios (and formerly of Legacy Effects) sat down with Brian McLean [BM] of LAIKA Studios to discuss the evolution of AM applications in entertainment.
29 Dec 2023
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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Lithoz
Lithoz at RAPID + TCT: Celebrating the arrival of the new CeraFab S320 to the USA
At the upcoming RAPID + TCT event in Detroit, Lithoz will highlight the impressive capabilities of its newest ceramic 3D printer premiering in the United States: the CeraFab System S320.
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.'
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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.
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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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Arkema
Revolutionizing 3D Printing with Arkema's Easy3D Platform
3YOURMIND and Arkema have partnered to create a customer platform providing material suggestions and a supplier network for on-demand manufacturing.
Stylox Ltd
Stylox Ltd are the inventors of the Dry-Store multi, a bespoke solution for filament storage. Designed specifically for 4x1KG or 5x750g reels of 3D printer filament the Dry-store multi will help extend filament lifespan and improve performance.
