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How to scale up to serial 3D printing production

Plastic cabin spacer panel used alongside overhead storage compartments in a Finnair Airbus A320.

Posted on 7 Jun 2018 by The Manufacturer

Efficient serial production – true additive manufacturing – is the real game changer. Four case studies demonstrate how scaling up to serial 3D printing production represents a huge opportunity for manufacturers.

Moving from 3D printing to additive manufacturing

Posted on 6 Jun 2018 by The Manufacturer

Scaling up to serial 3D printing production represents a huge opportunity for manufacturers. James Lawson talks to Materialise to find out how to take advantage of it.

The future of Rapid Prototyping

3D Printing 3D Systems on demand manufacturing services – image courtesy of 3D Systems.

Posted on 4 Jun 2018 by Jonny Williamson

In use for more than 20 years among the elite of manufacturing companies, rapid prototyping continues to prove itself by empowering rapid product innovation.

Think 3D printing is just for prototyping? Think again

For many applications, Figure 4 is roughly three-times faster than SLA, for example – image courtesy of 3D Systems.

Posted on 29 May 2018 by Jonny Williamson

The predominant understanding manufacturers have regarding 3D printers is that they are basically a prototyping tool. This pre-conception in some cases may hold back wider adoption and the chance to leverage the transformative capabilities the technology offers.

Annual Manufacturing Report 2018: UK manufacturers confident, but Brexit a deep concern

Annual Manufacturing Report 2018 from The Manufacturer and Hennik Research

Posted on 19 Mar 2018 by Nick Peters

The Annual Manufacturing Report 2018, published by Hennik Research, says UK manufacturers are poised to take on the world, but are failing to pull the trigger on a bright future because of uncertainties surrounding the outcome of Brexit negotiations and the threatened shortage of skilled workers in the coming decade.

Siemens to invest £27m in new UK 3D printing factory

Posted on 19 Mar 2018 by Nick Peters

Siemens UK is to make a £27m investment in a new, cutting-edge manufacturing facility for Worcester-based Materials Solutions Ltd, its additive manufacturing specialist.

Autodesk Technology Centre: A new frontier for design & manufacture

Autodesk Technology Centre - Birmingham - image courtesy of Autodesk.

Posted on 5 Mar 2018 by Jonny Williamson

Jonny Williamson takes a tour of the recently opened, cutting-edge Autodesk Technology Centre - the first of its kind in Europe.

Future of design and manufacture, according to CEO of Autodesk

future of design and manufacture - The Autodesk Technology Centre in Birmingham may be kitted out with modern kit, but all of it is regular production machinery - image courtesy of Autodesk.

Posted on 2 Mar 2018 by Jonny Williamson

After a tour of its recently opened Technology Centre in Birmingham, Jonny Williamson took part in a media roundtable with Autodesk's CEO Andrew Anagnost to discuss the future of design and manufacture, and where Autodesk fits into the new emerging ecosystem.

3D printed smart gel for targeted drug delivery invented

US engineers have invented a ‘4D printing’ method for a smart gel – image courtesy of Rutgers.US engineers have invented a ‘4D printing’ method for a smart gel – image courtesy of Rutgers.

Posted on 2 Feb 2018 by Jonny Williamson

Engineers at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have invented a ‘4D printing’ method for a smart gel that could lead to the development of living’ structures in human organs and tissues, soft robots and targeted drug delivery.

The Smart Factory Podcast

Posted on 23 Nov 2017 by Nick Peters

Throughout the 2017 Leaders Conference and Smart Factory Expo, The Manufacturer ran a global streaming radio service, offering interviews, comment and analysis from its conference studio in Liverpool.

On this page are some of the interview highlights for your pleasure and interest. All inte…

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