Mass Customization

Foam

EOS’ Digital Foam Flexible Lattice Polymer Enables Mass Customizations

Highly flexible lattice polymer material can be used to manufacture more comfortable, safer and lighter products that can be individually customized.

Read More
Heat Exchangers

Photopolymer Printers, Open Access Software Enable New Applications

The company’s printer versions are tailored for specific-use cases, giving users the power to develop new advanced materials.

Read More
Cool Parts

3D Printed Scapula Customized for Patient: The Cool Parts Show #25

A patient treated for a tumor of the shoulder blade was able to preserve full use of the arm thanks to an implant tailored to the precise form of the original scapula and made through electron beam melting.

Watch
Metal

Sintavia Expands Rocket Manufacturing Capability with Customized AM Printers

For most existing commercial rocketry in production, the M4K-4 can manufacture an entire thrust chamber assembly as a single unit, including optimized regenerative cooling passages, thereby dramatically reducing manufacturing complexity and time.

Read More

Titan, Jabil Customize Formulations for Pellet Extrusion 3D Printing

Partnership qualifies and integrates customized materials for use on Titan’s pellet-based Atlas 3D printers to produce stronger, lighter and more flexible parts.

Read More
Machining

With This 3D Printed Block, EBM Is an Aid to CNC Machining

Holding the part is a challenge of machining for additive manufacturing. This medical manufacturer prints fixture tooling tailored to its additive parts.

Read More

What Do These Flip Flops Say About Manufacturing's Future?: The Cool Parts Show #21

These 3D printed flip-flops are an example of mass customization, but they also hint at manufacturing's more sustainable, circular future. Find out why in this episode of The Cool Parts Show. 

Watch
Medical & Dental

How PrinterPrezz Aims to Realize a Manufacturing Model Tailored to Medical Devices

3D printing for orthopedic implants enables innovation and better patient outcomes, but a new type of manufacturer may be needed to realize this promise. A startup focused on implant development, approval and production via additive manufacturing includes surgeons among its founders.

Read More

The Foot Measurement System That Allows for Mass Customized Insoles

Aetrex’s Albert scanner is an example of how advances in measurement technology aid 3D printing in realizing its promise.

Read More
Aerospace

A $1.5 Million Dive into the Melt Pool

A new, customized digital radiology vault and specialized additive manufacturing system at Auburn University aims to understand and control the complex heat and mass transport phenomena taking place during the laser sintering process.

Watch
Acquire
World According To
Airtech
SolidCAM Additive - Upgrade Your Manufacturing
AM Radio
North America’s Premier Molding and Moldmaking Event
The Cool Parts Show
3D printing machine trainings