Metrology, Inspection & 3D Scanning

On close inspection: The unique challenges for quality assurance in additive manufacturing

Laura Griffiths speaks to technology developers tackling the unique challenges around additive manufacturing inspection and quality assurance.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 11 Dec 2024

Keep rolling: Inside DB ESG's additive manufacturing lab

Laura Griffiths goes through the doors at DB ESG to find out how the rolling stock provider and engineering consultancy is deploying 3D printing and 3D scanning to address rail supply chain and engineering challenges.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 11 Dec 2024

Sir David McMurtry, Renishaw co-founder and metrology pioneer, dies aged 84

The UK engineering company described McMurtry as “a great visionary, an outstanding innovator who constantly challenged conventions, and a hugely empathetic man.”

By TCT Team

/ 10 Dec 2024

Hexagon takes the guess work out of metal 3D printing

The new Advanced Compensation approach combines process simulation and 3D scan compensation to print challenging parts.

By Rhiannon Temporal

/ 2 Dec 2024

Exhaust mixer scan from Formnext - Hexagon

Interspectral reaffirms collaboration with EOS innovating AM quality assurance

Interspectral's AM Explorer platform is now fully compatible with all of the EOS M 290 1kW, EOS M 300-4 1kW, and EOS M 400 machines.

By Rhiannon Temporal

/ 20 Nov 2024

Interspectral reaffirms collaboration with EOS - Interspectral

Phase3D launches Fringe Qualification for real-time production-scale quality control

Fringe Qualification has been designed to allow manufacturers to certify and control additive manufacturing builds in real-time across entire fleets of machines from a centralised dashboard.

By Sam Davies

/ 12 Nov 2024

AM Quality & Inspection: 'There was no standardised way of handling the data in an efficient way.'

Isabelle Hachette, CEO at Interspectral, a Swedish technology company specialising in 3D visualisation and data fusion says ‘there is no lack of data’ from AM – just a lack of tools to fully utilise it.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 8 Nov 2024

AM Quality & Inspection: 'Quality is a paramount concern for all manufacturers regardless of the process.'

For our series on manufacturing quality technologies for additive manufacturing, TCT spoke to David Menzies at Additive Assurance about the need for unique quality control solutions for AM processes.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 8 Nov 2024

Golden opportunity: How 3D printing brought a Bronze Age gold bangle into the present

How a global collaboration and 3D technologies brought a rare artefact to life at a small UK museum.

By Laura Griffiths

/ 6 Nov 2024

Bronze Age solid gold arm band - The Beacon Museum

TCT Magazine | EU | Volume 32 | Issue 6

EOS teases a new polymer additive manufacturing system, plus the role of 3D printing in supply chains, consumer goods and more.

By TCT Team

/ 6 Nov 2024

#206 'There is no lack of data' - Interspectral CEO on building the tools to visualise and analyse AM data

On this episode, Isabelle Hachette discusses the unique challenges AM presents around quality assurance, the need for quality control solutions as the technology continues its path to production, and more.

By TCT Team

/ 9 Oct 2024

3D4MEC teams with Fraunhofer IAPT on in-situ process monitoring for brass 3D printing

The machine is thought to be the only AM system on the market capable of printing with brass, and the project aims to improve stability and reliability, with real-time monitoring and corrections, for printing of such complex materials.

By TCT Team

/ 7 Oct 2024

3D4MEC and Fraunhofer collaborate on 3D4BRASS - 3D4MEC