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Accelerating AM Training Through Next-Gen Online Learning and Technology

"AM’s rapid evolution highlights the urgent need for innovative workforce training models."

By TCT Team

/ 7 Nov 2025

Accelerating AM Training Through Next-Gen Online Learning and Technology

Ready for Anything: How digital manufacturing builds supply chain adaptability

"Digital platforms give you transparency that traditional supply chains rarely achieve."

By TCT Team

/ 7 Nov 2025

Ready for Anything: How digital manufacturing builds supply chain adaptability

We're judging AM companies at their setbacks but may soon be heralding their comebacks

“A cynic might see these as undeserved second chances.”

By Sam Davies

/ 6 Nov 2025

We're judging AM companies at their setbacks but may soon be heralding their comebacks

Will new MOD initiative finally see additive manufacturing take a bigger slice of defence procurement pot?

"By building genuine partnerships with additive manufacturing SMEs, the MOD can help develop UK industrial capabilities that provide long-term strategic advantage."

By TCT Team

/ 4 Nov 2025

Will new MOD initiative finally see additive manufacturing take a bigger slice of defence procurement pot?

Additive manufacturing is not expensive, it just needs fewer prototypes

In our new anonymous column one AM expert argues the often misunderstood differences between AM cost and value.

By Anonymous Columnist

/ 24 Oct 2025

Additive manufacturing is not expensive, it just needs fewer prototypes

Editor's Letter - Winter 2025

Welcome to the new TCT

By Laura Griffiths

/ 24 Oct 2025

Additive manufacturing economics: A supply chain perspective

"There is only one thing that is going to drive growth in what we call the AM industry – the demand for more parts made using additive technologies."

By TCT Team

/ 17 Sep 2025

DEEP DIVES | Why drone manufacturers are increasingly turning to 3D printing

TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies assesses the impact additive manufacturing is having in the drone space.

By Sam Davies

/ 17 Sep 2025

DEEP DIVES | Why drone manufacturers are increasingly turning to 3D printing

DEEP DIVES | Will Chinese OEMs take over the industrial AM market?

TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies assesses the rise of Chinese machine manufacturers in AM and explores how incumbent suppliers will respond to the increased competition.

By Sam Davies

/ 5 Aug 2025

DEEP DIVES | Will Chinese OEMs take over the industrial AM market?

Predict and control: DynamicPrint model-based feedforward process control for laser powder bed fusion

Prahalada Rao, Associate Professor at Virginia Tech, introduces the DynamicPrint model-based feedforward process control approach for rapid part qualification and defect mitigation in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF).

By TCT Team

/ 14 Jul 2025

Predict and control: DynamicPrint model-based feedforward process control for laser powder bed fusion

Moving beyond the "sintering window"

"This method has permeated the research community without rigorous scientific investigation."

By TCT Team

/ 2 Jun 2025

Additive manufacturing adoption within the tooling industry

Thomas Eberius, Senior Consultant at the ACAM Aachen Center for Additive Manufacturing GmbH shares insights on AM as a key enabler for eco-effective value creation in the tooling industry.

By TCT Team

/ 29 May 2025

Additive manufacturing adoption within the tooling industry