Are you ready for industrial-scale additive manufacturing?

New technologies have revolutionized manufacturing, and one technology that’s changing how companies think of manufacturing is industrial-scale additive manufacturing, also known as ISAM.
ISAM al…

IP protection in high-volume printed parts production

In any description of the factory of the future or Industry 4.0, data is the most valuable asset. 

Materials shortages and mechanical failures used to be the biggest threats to fulfil…

Large-scale additive manufacturing benefits for industrial OEMs

Companies and individual inventors have done amazing things with 3D printing. But what’s not happening is large-scale production of high-quality industrial parts used in machinery, automobi…

Industrial-scale additive manufacturing: challenges and potential

Additive manufacturing is one of the most promising opportunities associated with Industry 4.0, the much-discussed fourth generation of manufacturing that will be dominated by intelligent automation,…

Generative design exploits additive manufacturing processes

Additive manufacturing is about to become even more critical to manufacturers in highly competitive industries thanks to a relatively new design capability called generative design.

Genera…

Additive manufacturing technology transforms product development

Imagine you head the aircraft intermediate maintenance department and are responsible for the readiness of jet fighter planes on a United States Navy aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean. Your ship’s…

Top Thought Leadership topics of 2016

As 2016 comes to a close, we wanted to take some time to reflect on what our Thought Leadership blog has accomplished since its launch in April. We’ve been able to highlight some of the great work ou…

How additive manufacturing will disrupt design and production

Additive manufacturing could bring major disruptions to processes for product design, analysis, manufacturing and distribution that have been in place for years or even decades. It’s a disruptive tec…

Additive manufacturing as a global disruptive technology

Additive manufacturing has the potential to completely upend entire product design, analysis, manufacturing and distribution processes. It also has the potential to transform people’s lives. Look no …