Manufacturing and Supply Chain Articles

Hybrid Production: Supplementing Traditional Manufacturing Techniques with 3D Printing

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 addition to fabricating end-use products directly, 3D printing offers...

Mitsubishi Chemical and AM Polymers Partner to Develop & Commercialise PBT Powder Products for Industrial 3D Printing

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), announced that it has entered into an exclusive joint development and commercial partnership agreement with AM Polymers GmbH (AMP), a German new materials start-up company, to develop polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) powder...

Network Established to Further Maritime 3D Printing

Maritime Network for 3D Printing is a German cooperation network on a mission to integrate digital fabrication into the naval realm.  . Their organization is centered around research studies as well as expanded building on innovation with small and medium-sized...

Not for Lack of Support—Netfabb 2021.0 for 3D Print Processing

Perhaps the most thankless task of getting a 3D print ready is having to add supports. And the most galling task is to then remove them from the part after it emerges from the 3D printer.  . Netfabb’s latest release helps with that.  . There are new options for...