Features - TCT Magazine (Page 2)

The Ultimate Printing Machine: Part Two

BMW Group’s Head of Additive Manufacturing Timo Göbel talks WAAM and what’s next.

/ 31 Aug 2026

All fired up

Laura Griffiths learns how Beehive Industries is rapidly scaling towards unprecedented production volumes for aerospace propulsion systems.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 31 Aug 2026

18 million and counting

As LightForce Orthodontics launches its LightBracket Metal teeth-straightening product, Dr Chris Jackson and James Lawton tell Sam Davies why AM is pivotal to their manufacturing processes.

By Sam Davies

/ 31 Aug 2026

Going the distance

Materialise CEO talks transforming healthcare, openness, and rejecting the hype around the industry it helped build.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 31 Aug 2026

PBF-LB additive manufacturing systems: Make or buy?

As contract manufacturers continue to develop proprietary laser-based powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) systems rather than procure them from the market, Shane Collins, Tech Fellow, Metal AM at Wohlers Associates, explores the technical and economic motivations.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 31 Aug 2026

PBF-LB additive manufacturing systems: Make or buy?

Stop me if you think you've heard this one before

How Avio Aero established itself as an additive manufacturing leader.

By Sam Davies

/ 31 Aug 2026

Stop me if you think you've heard this one before

Application spotlight: Lufthansa Technik 3D-Printed Titanium Replacement

How Lufthansa Technik and Materialise additively manufactured a replacement roller shutter assembly latch.

By Sam Davies

/ 14 Aug 2026

Application spotlight: Lufthansa Technik 3D-Printed Titanium Replacement

Q&A: Fortastra & Hadrian discuss the implementation of AM through MOU partnership

"People say AM is too expensive or it's hard to qualify or it can't scale. We don't believe that's true."

By Sam Davies

/ 11 Aug 2026

Q&A: Fortastra & Hadrian discuss the implementation of AM through MOU partnership

Application spotlight: Boom Supersonic achieves 92% cost reduction in drill guide manufacture with FDM

How Boom Supersonic is using Stratasys FDM technology to cut costs and time in fixture manufacturing.

By Sam Davies

/ 7 Aug 2026

Application spotlight: Boom Supersonic achieves 92% cost reduction in drill guide manufacture with FDM

DEEP DIVES | Why contract manufacturers like Divergent & Seurat developed their own metal AM technology

TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies explores the technical and economic drivers behind the development of proprietary AM tech at contract manufacturing organisations.

By Sam Davies

/ 31 Jul 2026