Design
America Makes Opens Enrollment for First ACADEMI Course
The five-day training experience led by America Makes members will focus on design for metal additive manufacturing.
Read More
AM Enables Manufacturing for Design, Not the Other Way Around
Additive manufacturing allows us to make any shape we want, without having to adapt the design for the manufacturing process.
Read More
Lightweighting with Lattices
Building components as a network of unit cells may improve material utilization and performance.
Read More
AM Design May (Finally) Launch the Aerospike Engine
A team of engineers turns to additive design to create—and successfully test—“the holy grail of the spaceship movement.”
Watch
GE Additive Acquires Simulation Software Developer
GeonX is the maker of Virfac simulation software for additive manufacturing, welding, machining and heat treatment processes in various industries.
Read More
Can Chemistry Set AM Free of the Cost and Constraints of Support Structures?
Support structure removal is costly and can prevent supports from being used in some areas of the part. This researcher may have found the answer that will make support structures easy.
Read More
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.
Read More
Additive Manufacturing at EMO 2017
Here are some of the AM technologies Editor-in-Chief Peter Zelinski saw at the world’s largest metalworking show.
Read More
Metal Matrix Composite Demonstrates Additive Manufacturing’s Promise for New Materials
The co-founder of a materials-development firm seeks to aid manufacturers in pursuing the material freedom of AM.
Read More
Geometry Toolkits Play Complementary Roles in AM
Integrating data types in modeling and preparing the model for 3D printing are strengths of separate systems.
Read More
