Manufacturing and Supply Chain Articles

Agile supply chains can be facilitated by 3D printing

This week, California-based metal 3D printing company Velo3D revealed it had raised an additional $12m in funding, taking its total to $150m. The money will be used to develop a new approach to metal 3D printing, reducing the need to re-design parts for additive...

Applying additive manufacturing to life science and bio-printing

As Additive Manufacturing (AM) develops into a true production technology – and is used in a host of mainstream industrial applications throughout numerous industry sectors – it is also being adapted to niche applications where it is disrupting traditional routes to...

Custom Prototype Manufacturing – You May Need to Consider: Materials, Process, and Development

Since the market competition becomes more and more fierce, companies have to respond to the market demand more accurately and quickly to win and survive. Good product function and appearance are important factors to catch customers’ eyes. So product development...

Enable Mfg.’s Additive Casting process combines 3D printing, traditional casting

Enable Mfg. offers the patented Additive Casting process. It combines 3D printing and traditional casting to manufacture complex metal parts of any size. The process uses industrial 3D printing to produce molds and patterns; those molds are used to cast metal parts...