Stephanie Hendrixson

Stephanie Hendrixson Executive Editor

EOS Additive Minds Academy Opens Space for Hands-On AM Training

The engineering, consulting and education arm of EOS has offered training in various capacities before now, but a new physical footprint at the company’s Novi, Michigan, facility will make AM training more accessible and affordable.

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Robots

Alquist 3D Looks Toward a Carbon-Sequestering Future with 3D Printed Infrastructure

The Colorado startup aims to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings, homes and city infrastructure with robotic 3D printing and a specialized geopolymer material.

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LFAM

Video: Construction 3D Printing with Robotics, Geopolymer

Alquist 3D is aiming to revolutionize construction and infrastructure with large-format robotic 3D printing using a carbon-neutral material.

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Carnegie Mellon Helps Industry, Students Prepare for a Manufacturing Future with AM and AI

Work underway at the university’s Next Manufacturing Center and Manufacturing Futures Institute is helping industrial additive manufacturers achieve success today, while applying artificial intelligence, surrogate modeling and more to solve the problems of the future.

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Robots

Spatter, Surrogate Modeling and More Advanced Manufacturing Research Happening at Carnegie Mellon University: AM Radio #53

In this trip report, we discuss research at the Manufacturing Futures Institute and Next Manufacturing Center, both under CMU’s umbrella, to advance industry with robotics, AI and additive manufacturing. 

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Profilometry-Based Indentation Plastometry (PIP) as an Alternative to Standard Tensile Testing

UK-based Plastometrex offers a benchtop testing device utilizing PIP to quickly and easily analyze the yield strength, tensile strength and uniform elongation of samples and even printed parts. The solution is particularly useful for additive manufacturing. 

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Tooling

Video: 3D Printed Tooling Eases Cobot Integration

At NPE 2024, Universal Robots and EMI Corporation highlighted how 3D printed end effectors, fixtures and more enable adoption of collaborative robots.

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Design

Video: Orbit X Pro Football Helmet Uses 3D Printed Lattices

The lightweight helmet from Xenith will be used by NFL and collegiate football players beginning in fall 2024.

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Materials

Video: A Mechanical Method for Metal Powder Production

Metal Powder Works has developed a method for producing powders from solid barstock, no melting required. This video covers how the process works and benefits of mechanical production of powders.

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Building the Digital Inventory

Würth Additive Group recently announced a strategic partnership with Raise3D and Henkel to simplify digital inventory applications. Here’s a refresher on how the company is laying the foundation for on-demand manufacturing enabled by additive.

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Space

Additive Manufacturing at NASA (Part 2): AM Radio #52

In this follow-up podcast episode on additive manufacturing at NASA, Dr. Tim Simpson joins us to discuss how the organization thinks about AM overall, and its role in advancing additive alongside and in service of commercial industry. 

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Electrochemical Additive Manufacturing (ECAM) Applies Electroplating Chemistries to 3D Printing

San Diego-based Fabric8Labs uses solutions based on electroplating chemistry in combination with digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing to build next-generation cold plates for semiconductors in solid copper. 

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