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.
TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies explores the technical and economic drivers behind the development of proprietary AM tech at contract manufacturing organisations.
As the use of additive manufacturing for firearm suppressors surges, Sam Davies says we're witnessing an important shift in the industry’s collective consciousness.
Reboots are a tricky thing to get right. More often than not, they’re built on hype and promises or wildly misjudge the needs of the audience. ‘And Just Like
In our latest Anonymous Column, one reader laments 3D printing’s ‘forgotten era’ and makes a case for embracing the maker community who have been left behind by the industry’s push towards industrialisation.
