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Your FDM part doesn't exist until you slice it

Novineer CEO Ali Tamijani explains how identical beams can differ sixfold in stiffness, and why toolpaths must become an engineering input.

By Sam Davies

/ 12 Oct 2026

Your FDM part doesn't exist until you slice it

ZEISS on how powder data, in-process scanning and AI are converging to solve AM's biggest QC bottleneck

TCT speaks to Paul Brackman, X-ray Product Manager for ZEISS Research & Quality Solutions USA, about how ZEISS is supporting next-generation quality control and defect inspections within additive manufacturing.

By Sam Davies

/ 5 Oct 2026

ZEISS on how powder data, in-process scanning and AI are converging to solve AM's biggest QC bottleneck

Application spotlight: KLS Martin deploys polymer AM to produce patient-specific surgical guides

How KLS Martin uses polymer 3D printing to supplement the additive manufacture of titanium implants.

By Sam Davies

/ 18 Sep 2026

Application spotlight: KLS Martin deploys polymer AM to produce patient-specific surgical guides

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals: 'AM is an important expansion of the pharmaceutical manufacturing toolbox'

TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies speaks to Aprecia COO Kyle Smith & SVP of Scientific Affairs Kathi Rinesmith.

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Sep 2026

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals: 'AM is an important expansion of the pharmaceutical manufacturing toolbox'

Application spotlight: 3D printing reduces costs for Hands-On Throttle-And-Stick system housings

How Wraith Systems additively manufactured Hands-On Throttle-And-Stick system housings with technology from 3D Systems.

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Sep 2026

Application spotlight: 3D printing reduces costs for Hands-On Throttle-And-Stick system housings

Inside the development of the LATAM energy market's first DNV-qualified polymer part

Equinor, Petrobras, and more discuss the use of 3D printing for polymer handwheels in onshore and offshore energy platforms.

By Sam Davies

/ 9 Sep 2026

Inside the development of the LATAM energy market's first DNV-qualified polymer part

Mimaki's Matthew Stark: 'In full-colour 3D printing, timing is a huge thing.'

Mimaki USA's 3D Segment Manager Matthew Stark discusses the challenges of the full-colour 3D printing market and the opportunities the technology opens up.

By Sam Davies

/ 8 Sep 2026

Mimaki's Matthew Stark: 'In full-colour 3D printing, timing is a huge thing.'

What goes around ...

TCT takes a tour of Aectual's Amsterdam R&D lab and learns how it is using 3D printing to reimagine the built environment.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 31 Aug 2026

How to ... understand additive manufacturing value drivers

Let's just get one thing out of the way – additive manufacturing is expensive, okay? Stick a 3D printed part side-by-side with a machined or injection moulded

By Laura Griffiths

/ 31 Aug 2026