Stephanie Hendrixson

Stephanie Hendrixson Executive Editor

Automation

Video: 3D Printing at Local Motors

3D printing plays multiple roles at the company’s Knoxville microfactory, from prototyping to the production of parts for autonomous vehicles.

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Metal

Top 10 Stories of 2017

Popular topics include advances in metal 3D printing, medical applications and the auxiliary activities that support additive manufacturing.

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AM Molds Improve Quality of Injection-Molded Plastic Parts

A  case study illustrates how additively manufactured metal molds could improve the quality of molded pressure reduction valves, reducing scrap along with speeding cooling.

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Production

Lattices in Footprint 3D Midsoles to Provide Custom Fit

The footwear company plans to offer shoes with custom 3D-printed midsoles using lattices for precise support and cushioning.

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Polymer

How Forecast 3D Is Taking 3D Printing into Mass Production

Forecast 3D got its start building silicone molds from 3D-printed master patterns. Now, through the use of Multi Jet Fusion, the company sees a future in manufacturing large quantities of 3D-printed parts.

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Software

Voodoo Mfg. Microfactory Takes Desktop 3D Printers into Volume Production

Armed with a fleet of MakerBot 3D printers and its own proprietary software, Voodoo Mfg. is producing parts by the thousands from its small Brooklyn facility.

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Materials

Digital Metal Leverages Powder Expertise into Binder-Jetting System, Now for Sale

Digital Metal, a Höganäs Group company, now offers its own additive manufacturing machine, the DM P2500 high-precision binder-jetting metal 3D printer.

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Production

Automated AM System Looks Toward Future of Industrial Production

A partnership between 3D printer manufacturer BigRep and Dutch research organization TNO is creating an automated additive manufacturing system.

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FFF

3D-Printed Prototypes Become the Parts with Carbon Fiber Filled Filament

Utah Trikes, a retailer and manufacturer of trikes and quads, has grown its custom business using FDM Nylon 12CF to produce end-use composite parts that formerly would have required moldmaking.

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Casting

Aerospace Project Pairs 3D Printing with Investment Casting

A research project conducted by Autodesk reduced the weight of an airplane seat frame using 3D-printed patterns and investment casting in magnesium.

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Supply Chain

HP Partners with Deloitte to Bring Additive Manufacturing to the Enterprise Level

HP’s Multi Jet Fusion process is being used as a production technology today, but now the company has its sights set on enterprise-level (and industry-wide) disruption enabled by partnerships and spanning the entire supply chain.

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Production

August Issue Explores Additive Manufacturing for Production

What’s the best way to bring AM into production? The August issue of Additive Manufacturing magazine features three companies that have come to manufacture parts additively through different strategies.

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