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Does it have to be metal?

Laura Griffiths speaks to various companies about the misconceptions of polymer 3D printed parts around feasibility for end-use applications.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 7 Dec 2023

Sustainability and AM: MTC's additive manufacturing experts on how AM can develop its sustainability credentials

With sustainability gaining traction, manufacturers are seeking innovative and eco-friendly solutions to reduce environmental impact. Additive Manufacturing (AM) offers an opportunity for sustainable practices to overcome this challenge.

By TCT Team

/ 6 Dec 2023

Renew and Reuse: Inside 6K Additive's sustainability efforts

Sam Davies reports on 6K Additive’s sustainability efforts after going through the doors at its Pittsburgh headquarters.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Dec 2023

My Precious: How Legor has introduced HP Metal Jet 3D printing to the luxury and fashion accessory markets

HP and Legor Group SPA ﬁrst began working together over ﬁve years ago, but announced an offcial partnership to develop precious metals for metal jet 3D printing in 2022.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 6 Dec 2023

Making Time: How Westec Plastics is reducing toolmaking lead times with Mantle's TrueShape technology

Tammy Barras is leading a tour of the Westec Plastics facility in California. As President, it falls under Barras' remit to be hospitable to existing and potential customers, opening its doors and walking them through the manufacturing processes.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Dec 2023

Q&A: How Evove is leveraging 3D printing to enable precise filtration membranes

On an episode of the Additive Insight podcast in May 2023, we were welcomed to the headquarters of Evove, a UK-based company leveraging 3D printing technology to enable precise filtration membranes.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Dec 2023

Q&A: Gaia Giladi, Chief Creative of HILOS on sustainable footwear made with 3D printing

On an episode of the Additive Insight podcast in April 2023, Gaia Giladi, Chief Creative at HILOS detailed the stark reality of footwear manufacture, while also explaining the beneﬁts of 3D printing and computational design.

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Dec 2023

Gaia Giladi, Co-Founder and Chief Creative at HILOS - Gaia Giladi/HILOS

Step by Step: Evolve Additive Solutions speaks to TCT about its Production Assessment Program

Evolve Additive Solutions launched the Production Assessment Program in March 2023. The program analyses and validates business cases for additive manufacturing applications for Evolve’s clients.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 6 Dec 2023

Space Bound: MIT researchers create completely 3D printed sensors for satellites

In August 2022, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) published research from a team that created completely digitally manufactured plasma sensors for satellites such as CubeSats, known as retarding potential analyzers (RPAs).

By Oliver Johnson

/ 6 Dec 2023

Night & Day: Sidus Space on its use of 3D printing to design a lightweight satellite

As he extols the virtues of the technology facilitating a satellite weighing less than 100kg, Tony Boschi shows the depth of his experience with the repeated use of two words: rapid prototyping.

By Sam Davies

/ 5 Dec 2023

Room to Grow: Lithoz Lithabone HA 480 material for 3D printed bone replacements

Bioabsorbable bone replacements which can be 3D printed to suit individual patients: to the general public, this might seem like something out of a science-fiction movie. Speaking to Lithoz in 2023, it’s a reality.

By Oliver Johnson

/ 5 Dec 2023

Q&A: Uni of Nottingham's Richard Hague on multi-material, multi-functional 3D printing

The job of a researcher is to keep reinventing and continue to ask “what’s next?” For Richard Hague at the University of Nottingham, that question has been at the core of numerous projects undertaken at the Centre over the last decade.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 5 Dec 2023