Technology has long been considered a catalyst for innovation, driving change in the way we live, work and, most importantly, solve problems. In 2023, a year marked by ongoing supply chain issues ...
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Although the overall U.S. manufacturing sector ended 2023 on a sour note and has stayed there so far this year, one sliver of manufacturing called additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is still ...
They say you only have one chance to make a first impression, but sometimes perception presses the reset button. About a decade ago, 3D printing hit the headlines as a ‘game-changing’ technology along ...
In a warehouse at the University of Maine, there’s a gigantic new additive manufacturing machine named Factory of the Future 1.0. And if its developers are right, it could become the new way that many ...
Mantle is launching a new series of $350,000 machines that can 3D-print the mold inserts that are used to produce injection-mold plastics. It’s hard to overstate how important this will be — I caught ...
The conversation around 3D printing and traditional manufacturing methods like injection molding or thermoforming is often oppositional, but it’s not always a question of one versus the other. In ...
The automotive 3D printing market is currently estimated at around $2.9 billion. A new report by researchandmarkets forecasts that the market will be worth $7.9 billion by 2027, with a CAGR of 21.7%.
Disruptions in the supply chain have forced many changes and realizations upon small- and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs), including that they must find new ways to provide additional value and ...
Additive manufacturing, such as 3D printing, provides an excellent opportunity to design metamaterials: materials with an ...