Artificial Intelligence & Automation

Additive manufacturing automation company AM-Flow raises $4m

Additive manufacturing automation company AM-Flow has raised $4 million in a Series A round after contributions from both Materialise and Midwest Prototyping.

By TCT Team

/ 19 Oct 2020

Inside 6K Additive's automated metal 3D printing powder production plant

6K Additive discuss how its new 40,000-square-foot metal powder production facility has been designed to deliver high-quality materials at large scales for additive manufacturing users.

By Sam Davies

/ 3 Aug 2020

6K Additive UniMelt flame UniMelt flame. - 6K Additve

GKN validating DP 600 steel on EOS metal 3D printer as IDAM project reaches halfway point

GKN Powder Metallurgy is validating the use of DP 600 steel on the EOS M300-4 3D printing platform through project that intends to additively manufacture thousands of automotive components.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Jul 2020

PrintSyst launches pre-printing analysis tool powered by artificial intelligence

PrintSyst.ai has launched its latest proprietary artificial intelligence engine which aims to improve the consistency and reliability of 3D printed parts.

By TCT Team

/ 8 Jul 2020

PrintSyst’s 3DP AI-Perfecter PrintSyst’s 3DP AI-Perfecter. - PrintSyst

Panasonic creates mould cooling channels with generative design and hybrid manufacturing

Panasonic Corporation's Life Solutions Company has developed a new hybrid manufacturing method for advanced mould cooling water channels by incorporating 3D printing and generative design.

By TCT Team

/ 28 May 2020

Panasonic Panasonic Corporation's Life Solutions Company uses generative design and hybrid manufacturing to automate the design of mould-cooling water channels. (Credit: Autodesk)

Interview: How Briggs Automotive Company re-engineered a supercar with generative design and 3D printing

Briggs Automotive Company Co-founder and Director of Product Development Ian Briggs talks to TCT about redesigning the new BAC Mono with generative design and additive manufacturing.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 21 Apr 2020

Haute Fabrication launches self-learning metal 3D printing service with build volumes up to 5.2 cubic metres

Texas-based Haute Fabrication is launching a fully automated contract additive manufacturing service powered by self-learning metal laser sintering technology.

By Sam Davies

/ 14 Apr 2020

Slant 3D CEO on building the world's biggest 3D printer farm

Gabe Bentz, founder and CEO of Slant 3D talks to TCT about scaling 3D printing with automation and ambitions to create the world's largest 3D print farm.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 17 Feb 2020

Slant 3D printer farm. - Slant 3D via Facebook

ParaMatters generative design software deployed to lightweight Arcimoto electric vehicle parts

Electric vehicle company Arcimoto Inc is working with XponentialWorks to design and additively manufacture lightweight components for its Fun Utility Vehicle.

By TCT Team

/ 20 Jan 2020

Arcimoto's Fun Utility Vehicle with generatively designed components. Arcimoto's Fun Utility Vehicle with generatively designed components.

America Makes announces new seven year $322M Cooperative Agreement with Air Force Research Laboratory

America Makes has announced a new, seven-year Cooperative Agreement (CA) with the Department of Air Force’s Research Laboratory (AFRL).

By TCT Team

/ 13 Dec 2019

America Makes announces new seven year $322M Cooperative Agreement with Air Force Research Laboratory

EOS develops Shared Modules concept into "mature" additive manufacturing solution

The German 3D printing leader says it now has a “mature solution” that integrates equipping, unpacking, transporting and sieving stages of the AM workflow.

By TCT Team

/ 13 Nov 2019

EOS Shared Modules concept (Credit: EOS)

Generative engineering start-up Elise raises €3 million in seed fund round led by BMW i Ventures

Generative engineering start-up Elise has raised €3 million in a seed fund round led by BMW i Ventures.

By TCT Team

/ 6 Nov 2019

Elise Airbus case study Airbus A320 Auxiliary Stabilising Point: Elise-designed prototype of an auxiliary stabilising point shows over 40% weight reduction and 80% less development ti...