FORT WORTH, TX -- The aerospace and defense industries see 3D printing as important to making new designs practical and for holding the line on costs, a Lockheed Martin executive said today at SME’s RAPID + TCT. “It continues to accelerate the speed we can turn ideas into reality,” Michael Packer, director of advanced production programs at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, said Read More
3D Printing & Additive Manufacturing
This is a channel about 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (AM) for manufacturing professionals. AM is a fast-moving area of manufacturing technology and there are a wide variety of technologies use to 3D print or build objects, such as stereolithography (SLA), fused deposition modeling (FDM), digital light processing (DLP), direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) and more. At Advanced Manufacturing Media, we partner with RAPID - the leading conference and exposition for 3D printing -- and cover all AM methods, including emerging ones, such as Ultrasonic Additive Manufacturing (UAM).
Jabil Establishes New 3D Printing Network
Jabil Inc. (St. Petersburg, FL) said it’s establishing a global network of 3D printing facilities as the company expands its additive manufacturing business. The manufacturer said the Jabil Additive Manufacturing Network consists of about 100 3D printing machines in six countries. “Jabil has been dabbling in additive manufacturing for a decade. We haven’t really thought Read More
3D Printing Changes Accelerating, Consultant Says
FORT WORTH, TX – Change in the 3D printing industry is accelerating with faster machines, new materials and improved software, an industry consultant said at SME’s RAPID + TCT show. “I used the metaphor several years ago of drinking from a firehose,” said Todd Grimm, president of T.A. Grimm & Associates (Edgewood, KY). “That took me to drinking straight from the Read More
InkJet expands printer line
Willis, Texas (April 23, 2018) – Demonstrating a commitment to addressing end users’ continuous quest for cost-effective and reliable industrial printing and coding solutions, InkJet. Inc. is introducing its Precision Series high resolution piezo printers. The series is available in 18- and 72-millimeter output and is available globally for precise, clear printing and coding Read More
Boeing Invests in Startup Morf3D
CHICAGO, April 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced its investment in Morf3D, an El Segundo, Calif.-based company specializing in metal-based additive engineering and manufacturing. Morf3D's technology enables lighter and stronger 3D-printed parts for aerospace applications. Since Morf3D was established in late 2015, the company has produced 3D-printed Read More
MakerGear Introduces Printer, Software at RAPID + TCT
(Ft. Worth, TX, April 23, 2018) – MakerGear, developer and manufacturer of #1-rated 3D printers, today announced new products being unveiled at the RAPID +TCT Conference and Trade show (Booth #310), which gets underway tomorrow atthe Ft. Worth Convention Center, and runs through Thursday, April 26. Leading these introductions is MakerGear’s new M3 Independent Dual Rev. 1 3D Read More