Additive manufacturing hasn't proved, at scale, that it can produce parts that meet requirements, pass certification and ...

Thanks to groundbreaking concepts such as generative design and topology optimization software, additive manufacturing is liberating design engineers in ways that were unfathomable even a decade ago.

Additive manufacturing offers a new way to make objects. First, let’s distinguish the dominant manufacturing technologies. Machining, in the form of milling, cutting, drilling, stamping, and so on ...

The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is experiencing a significant shift from prototyping to production. The leaders of ...

New framework emphasizes system-level approach to DfAM, integrating design intent, material behavior, and sustainability. For 3D printing, the journey from prototyping to full production—aka additive ...

In recent years, additive manufacturing (AM), especially large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM), has gained momentum in the manufacturing industry. While LFAM offers benefits over conventional ...

A lot is happening in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) these days. The body of DFM knowledge originated in the early 1970s and has been growing steadily ever since. Hitachi, Westinghouse, and Stuart ...

Engineering software developer nTop (previously nTopology), has recently launched a major update of its flagship product: nTop 4. The company asserts that additive manufacturing has opened up new ...

The public’s perception of additive manufacturing has been highly polarized over the past decade. In recent years, however, the hype has waned, the pessimism eased, and the industrial outlook shifted ...

Utilization of additive manufacturing for gas turbine component design has been demonstrated to accelerate design cycle times, reduce development test times, provide increased test data and serve to ...

A Sandia National Laboratories team built a telescope to demonstrate how to design for additive manufacturing, familiarly known as 3-D printing, to take advantage of the technique's strengths and ...