Additive manufacturing (AM) has overcome many obstacles to become an accepted production method in spaces where it makes sense. But the work is not done yet. Manufacturers who are now applying 3D printing for ongoing production at scale are discovering how issues that seemed small at first are now growing into problems that need solutions. In this episode, hosts Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss six of these challenges. Want to tell us yours? Email [email protected] and we might feature your comment in a future episode.

 

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Mentioned in this episode:

• How scaling into production revealed sustainability challenges at Sintavia
• More on the method for passivating condensate developed by Sintavia, KBM and AMGTA
• Inside the GKN Additive production facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan
• Additive Industries’ Powder Load Tool
• Single build with over 2,000 parts on Nexa3D photopolymer machine
• AM WTF: Why the Failure? video series with Dr. Tim Simpson
• Growing pains Tangible Solutions has faced, including adapting an ERP system for production 3D printing of spine implants
• How RP+M’s ERP choice differs from that of the injection molding business that launched it
• How Evco used email capability to automate a print cell with a cobot
• How Ford developed and deploys Javier, a mobile cobot
• 3D printing for production at Siemens Energy
• Stephanie's encounter with Solukon at Formnext 2021
• Eaton's investment in metal additive manufacturing including GE Additive equipment for both printing and depowdering
• The DMG MORI 3D printed machine tool adapter which required a special depowdering strategy