On the final Additive Insight episode of the year, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Group Content Manager Sam Davies get together to discuss the biggest trends and developments in AM over the last 12 months.

They discuss:

- Why Nano Dimension is acquiring both Desktop Metal & markforged, as well as the pressure Nano faces from a vocal shareholder.

- BMW's successful application of additive manufacturing, with more than 400,000 parts now being 3D printed per year.

- The rise, fall and rise again of Shapeways as two of the original co-founders revive the brand in the wake of its bankruptcy this summer.

- Increased investment in the aerospace and defence sectors, with the likes of GKN Aerospace and GE Aerospace pumping tens and hundreds of millions into its AM efforts.

- Forward AM's insolvency filing and where the company goes next.

- And their personal highlights covering the AM sector.

Our guest on this week’s episode of Additive Insight is Mitch Debora, CEO and co-founder of Mosaic Manufacturing.

Mosaic Manufacturing is a Canadian 3D printing technology developer. Its flagship Array technology, a cluster of its Element printers, enabled by a robotic automation system, is focused on layering core automation tools into additive manufacturing to enable the technology and its users to scale.

Throughout the conversation, Debora talks about how setting up a 3D print service as a 19-year-old student lit the spark for Mosaic’s customer-centric focus, why users are interested in full end-to-end manufacturing systems, not just the 3D printer, and why he’s “overwhelmingly optimistic” about the future of AM.

On this week’s episode of Additive Insight we’re joined by Rob Higby, CEO of Continuum Powders.

Continuum is a specialist in high-performance sustainable metal powders for advanced manufacturing, particularly additive. Its Greyhound M2P platform is able to transform alloyed metal waste into sustainable, spherical metal powders via a single step process, and serves industries such as energy, aerospace, defence and automotive.

Throughout this conversation, Rob discusses Continuum’s vision, sustainability goals and industry acceptance of recycled materials, and building a custom circular metal economy for additive manufacturing.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Conflux Technology CEO Michael Fuller.

Fuller founded Conflux Technology around ten years ago after spending a decade and a half in the motorsport industry where he identified the opportunities in additively manufactured heat exchangers.

So, the company has developed a portfolio that includes liquid to liquid, gas to liquid, gas to gas, and cold plate heat exchangers, while partnering with the likes of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems.

Throughout our discussion at this year’s Formnext event, Fuller explains the company’s core competencies, why AM is suitable for the production of heat exchangers, and how it works with customers to develop tailored solutions.

We also touch on how the company approaches the design of its heat exchanger platforms and the inspection of such complex systems.

On the latest episode of our Innovators on Innovators series, Kate Black, the founder and CEO of Atomik AM, is joined by Additive Flow founder and CEO Alexander Pluke.

Atomik AM is a manufacturing business that offers licenses to its advanced manufacturing technologies, as well as consultancy and training, while Additive Flow is an additive manufacturing workflow software provider owned by Nano Dimension.

Throughout their conversation, Pluke quizzes Black on the need for solutions-focused thinking in manufacturing, the limitations of one-size-fits-all materials in AM, and the opportunities that microstructure control at voxel level could open up.

They also tackle the issue of sustainability in manufacturing and the overpromises made by the AM market.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by DigiFabster founder and CEO Const Ivanov.

DigiFabster is an instant quotation and eCommerce platform for CNC and additive manufacturing shops, with hundreds of manufacturers leveraging the company’s capabilities.

Ivanov joins the podcast to discuss what prompted him to start the business, how the company uses machine learning to deliver tailored quotes to customers, and why DigiFabster has pursued a Shopify-style business model.

He also provides his insight on the skills shortage in manufacturing and explains what comes next for DigiFabster.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we’re joined by Virginia Palacios, the Chief Business Officer of EOS’ Polymer Business, as the company launches its latest powder bed fusion system.

The P3 NEXT machine has been built on the success of EOS’ P396 system and will be officially unveiled at Formnext this week.

As EOS launches the new machine, Palacios joins the podcast to explain how the company has made enhancements to efficiency and productivity, while also touching on a couple of new materials being introduced alongside the new machine.

She also takes us through the latest software developments, and outlines what impact the company expects the P3 NEXT to have.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined Supernova 3D CEO Roger Antunez and CBO Marta Mico Martinez.

Supernova 3D was founded earlier this year when BCN3D carved out its Viscous Lithography Manufacturing technology into a separate entity.

Having previously worked at BCN3D for a number of years, Antunez and Martinez were named as founders of the new company, with the pair joining the podcast to discuss why the formation of Supernova 3D was the right move.

They also take us through the capabilities of VLM technology, what they have learnt from their Technology Adoption Programme, and the application opportunities the company is opening up.

On this weeks’ episode of Additive Insight, we’re joined by Isabelle Hachette, CEO at Interspectral, a Swedish technology company specialising in 3D visualisation and data fusion, with a focus on additive manufacturing.

Interspectral’s AM Explorer software enables monitoring and analysis of process data for metal 3D printing technologies – having undergone deep integration to provide easy integration and access for 60-70 % of all the systems on the AM market – and aims to deliver higher levels of precision, quality, and efficiency.

On this episode, Isabelle discusses the unique challenges AM presents around quality assurance, the need for quality control solutions as the technology continues its path to production, and why collaboration will help drive that adoption further.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series.

This time, Additive Manufacturing Solutions CEO Rob Higham is joined by John Barnes, the founder of Metal Powder Works and Managing Director of The Barnes Group Advisors.

Together, they deep dive into the world of metal additive manufacturing powders, covering the development of powders specific to AM processes, the varying needs of DED, powder bed fusion and binder jet, and the need for progress to be made in the recyclability of metal powders.

The pair also tackle the theme of particle sphericity and share their optimism for AM moving forward.