Manufacturing and Supply Chain Articles

What Is Medical 3D Printing—and How Is it Regulated?

Advances in 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, are capturing attention in the health care field because of their potential to improve treatment for certain medical conditions. . A radiologist, for instance, might create an exact replica of a patient’s...

The Best of Both Worlds: New Take on Metal-Plastic Hybrid 3D Printing

Current 3D printers employ either plastic or metal only, and the conventional method to coat 3D plastic structures with metal is not environment-friendly and yields poor results. Now, scientists from Waseda University , Japan, have developed a metal-plastic hybrid 3D...

Desktop Anisoprinting package provides full engineering solution for composites AM

Anisoprint , developers of continuous fiber 3D printing technology, presented a new turnkey solution, which it called Desktop Anisoprinting, that provides a full engineering package of hardware, materials and support. . Following in the footsteps of numerous other AM...

3D Printers for Small to Medium Sized Businesses

Small to medium businesses work hard for their profit and growth. These businesses are also impacted the most by supply chain pressure, unexpected circumstances such as natural disasters and pandemics, and increasing monetary and time costs. 3D printing can help small...