Manufacturing and Supply Chain Articles

Silicone 3D pad printing

Lian Yi Printing Machinery specializes in pad printing, a process that uses a squishy silicone stamp to print flat ink designs onto 3D objects. . The pad presses into the ink on the printing plate. The image sticks to the pad and transfers easily to anything from...

3D printing can be a real source for optimism

A Stanford computer scientist, Roy Amara, noted in the 1960s that “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. When it comes to 3D printing, it could certainly be argued that he was right. . A...

GM is Pushing 3D Printing from the Lab to the Factory

The upcoming Additive Industrialization Center will develop know-how for direct production of 3D-printed parts. 3D printing has been crucial to the launch of General Motors’ halo Corvette sport sports car and was crucial in the company’s ability to pivot to producing...

Painting of 3D Printed Objects Simplified for Manufacturing

There has been a lot of progress in 3D printing, but one area that still needs modernization in terms of cost and efficiency is how to paint complex 3D printed objects. . Researchers at Rutgers University believe they can advance this endeavor with a new way to paint...