Helping design and engineering professionals discover, evaluate and specify technologies and processes that shorten the design cycle and enable success.
Found in Content
Brian Albright · November 3, 2020 · …poised to change the manufacturing landscape. The recent supply chain disruptions from the Coronavirus-related shutdowns have also prompted many to reconfigure manufacturing processes and explore 3D printing. In the third episode of this 3-part webinar series, we evaluate whether firms that have historically worked with classic manufacturing technologies…
Found in Content
John Newman · June 5, 2014 · …a single piece of manufacturing technology could produce as many different results as is possible with additive manufacturing (AM). Now creative individuals have begun to take that same technology and stick it in a pen.The first 3D printing pen (to my knowledge) was the 3Doodler, which uses a…
Found in Content
DE Editors · April 3, 2025 · …Report 2025, the global additive manufacturing (AM) industry grew by 9.1%, reaching USD$21.9 billion. Most of the AM growth was driven by the expansion of the AM industry in Asia, particularly in China, while Europe and Middle East (EMEA) and the Americas experienced only slight growth or even…
Found in Content
DE Editors · November 22, 2024 · …Kawola, CEO-Global, BMF. “While additive manufacturing is already proven across multiple dental applications, such as orthodontic aligners, UltraThineer was designed to offer a more seamless alternative to traditional veneers giving dentists and patients a more comfortable and less invasive option for cosmetic dentistry.” BMF is now recruiting dental…
Found in Content
Jamie Gooch · April 12, 2012 · Earlier this year, Desktop Engineering launched it’s first Rapid Ready sweepstakes, with a Stratasys uPrint SE 3D Print Pack as the prize. It included everything a design engineer would need for professional quality 3D printing: a uPrint SE 3D Printer, a WaveWash Support Cleaning System, and a start-up…
Found in Content
John Newman · October 26, 2012 · The advantages of additive manufacturing (AM) are becoming more apparent with the continuing improvement of AM systems, and with each innovation that is based on the technology. It seems likely that every sector of industry will eventually include some use of 3D printing. Taking a quick glance around…
Found in Content
John Newman · August 5, 2013 · …less than savory uses additive manufacturing (AM) has been put to, I’d much rather look at less dangerous aspects. Like printing keys, for example. A group of MIT students have developed a method to replicate high security keys using a 3D printer.The Primus key lock and key system…
Found in Content
John Newman · June 6, 2014 · …the potential offered by additive manufacturing (AM) some people are quick to point out what the technology isn’t capable of producing. “It can’t do large-scale manufacturing,” or “It’s really only good for prototyping” are two common refrains.Local Motors thinks bigger and has put its money where its mouth…
Found in Content
John Newman · November 13, 2013 · …been the leader in additive manufacturing (AM) ever since Scott Crump designed Stratasys’ first 3D printer, but that may be changing. Both the UK and China have invested serious amounts of money into the technology, and the EU, with partner ESA, isn’t far behind. The US does have…
Found in Content
DE Editors · January 14, 2019 · …the Netherlands, is an additive manufacturing / 3D printing company. The company’s range of 3D printers and ancillary products and services provide various capabilities for companies that are integrating 3D printing into their product development and manufacturing workflows. FELIXprinters has recently expanded its extensive 3D printer portfolio with…
Found in Content
Emil Berthelsen · October 3, 2016 · …powerful message related to additive manufacturing (AM). When you look up the definition of AM, you see 3D printing and vice versa. When the terms “3D printing” and “additive manufacturing” are used interchangeably (including by vendors in this industry), there are large and important components of AM that…
Found in Content
John Newman · May 2, 2014 · …wouldn’t profit from adding additive manufacturing (AM) to their toolbox, it’s harder than you’d think. Even food preparation has its own 3D printers. Even if you were somehow forced to make a list, optics probably wouldn’t be the first industry to come to mind.Demonstrating innovation has no boundaries,…
Found in Content
DE Editors · October 4, 2022 · …X3DTM technology, a new additive manufacturing technology for catalysts based on 3D printing. Catalysts produced with this technology feature an open structure, resulting in a reduction of the pressure drop across the reactor and a high surface area, improving the catalysts’ performance, according to BASF. BASF has capabilities…
Found in Content
DE Editors · March 26, 2024 · …Spark platform, a business-to-business manufacturing and procurement software, to simplify and democratize the process of fabricating parts using 3D printing technology, the companies report. Part Ordering Solution The 3D Spark platform provides a cohesive, integrated approach to the part order workflow from request to quote. This enables users…
Found in Download
cespinosa · March 31, 2022 · …be very expensive. Luckily, additive manufacturing – also known as 3D printing – can be used as an alternative manufacturing method. 3D printing was once perceived as a process that was only suitable for rapid prototyping, but that is no longer true. In 2019, a French 3D printing…
Found in Content
John Newman · January 19, 2015 · Additive manufacturing (AM) has had a major impact in a number of industries. In aerospace, the main draws of the technology are its flexibility, speed and material conservation. Parts that previously would have required months and multiple stages to produce can now be constructed over the course of…
Found in Content
DE Editors · March 5, 2024 · …to extend its addressable manufacturing applications for its customers. Stratasys will be able to accelerate usage of fused deposition modeling printing applications. “The technology we’ve acquired allows for increasingly improved isotropy of physical properties in FDM parts, which opens up additional use for customers,” says Rich Garrity, Stratasys’…
Found in Content
John Newman · August 18, 2015 · …in robotic research and manufacturing. The company is pursuing a number of different kinds of robots for a variety of different tasks, including one meant to walk more-or-less the same way as humans. During the FAB 11 Conference at MIT in August, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert gave…
Found in Content
DE Editors · April 16, 2021 · …and market pioneer in additive manufacturing, EnvisionTEC has designed and built these large format top-down 3D printers with the size, resolution and power density needed to rapidly photocure giant micro-architected elastomers. Coupled with Adaptive3D's photoelastomer resins, businesses can produce tough, durable parts quickly and in volume with thermomechanical…
Found in Content
John Newman · February 2, 2015 · Watching an additive manufacturing (AM) system complete a print is not exciting. It seems to take forever to print the smallest objects, regardless of the fact that 3D printing is one of the fastest methods of manufacturing functional designs. That speed also allows AM to be used for…
Digital Engineering June 2026
In the latest issue of Digital Engineering, we focus on automotive design innovations, including light and sound simulation, additive manufacturing applications. Our editors head to NVIDIA GTC and RAPID+TCT, and we investigate whether you can…
May 2026 Special Focus: Artificial Intelligence in Design and Simulation
In this Special Focus Issue, learn about the latest developments in the integration of artificial intelligence into engineering workflows.
About Us · Contact Us · Editorial Team · Advertising · Privacy Policy · Subscriber Services · © 2026 Digital Engineering 24/7 · Peerless Media