Additive manufacturing is experiencing massive growth as one of the key technologies needed for the world to move towards digitalization and Industry 4.0. Despite an increasingly complex global financial context for many industries nowadays, additive manufacturing, which allows parts to…

Aerospace is an industry that relies heavily on 3D technologies, whether to speed up prototyping, research or create end-use parts. Indeed, tools like 3D scanning and 3D printing are of paramount importance to many engineers and key players in the…

One of the sectors where where we have seen rapid growth of additive manufacturing is defense. From defined additive manufacturing strategies in both the UK and the US as well as a number of applications from trainings to active warfare,…

What does 2025 hold for the world of additive manufacturing? Amid geopolitical challenges, technological evolutions and new market balances, the 3D printing industry is gearing up for what is likely to be a critical year. To analyze emerging trends and…

At this point, you have almost certainly heard about the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). But did you know that there is an SPE Chapter dedicated entirely to additive manufacturing and 3D printing? We had the opportunity to speak with…

What if a 3D printing defect could become the key to developing a new technology? This is the proposal of a group of researchers at Hanyang University in South Korea, who took advantage of overcuring to create adhesive surfaces inspired…

The automotive industry has been using additive manufacturing for many years. Whether for designing prototypes or finished components, in polymer or metal, 3D printing has proven very useful, bringing numerous benefits to automakers. If we zoom in on motorcycles more…

A team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has devised a method for creating customized gum grafts by combining 3D bioprinting and artificial intelligence (AI). The new technique, led by Assistant Professor Gopu Sriram from the Faculty of Dentistry,…