On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by ASTRO Test Lab founder and CEO Humna Khan.

Before Khan founded ASTRO Test Lab in 2020, she worked in a variety of roles in aerospace and defence, with stints at NASA, SpaceX, the US Air Force and Morf3D.

During her time at Morf3D, Khan recognized a need for a test lab dedicated to additive science, and set about building a business that would focus on the validation, qualification and certification on systems, materials and hardware.

She joins the Additive Insight podcast to discuss the learnings she has made from a career in aerospace and defence, the specifics of the ASTRO Test Lab offering, and how the business works with its manufacturing partners.

She also provides her assessment of additive manufacturing technology and reveals what comes next for ASTRO Test Lab.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by 3YOURMIND co-founder and CEO Alexsander Ciszek.

3YOURMIND was launched more than ten years ago, initially as a 3D printing marketplace and then as an MES and production management software provider.

The company’s portfolio has since expanded to include part screening and distributed manufacturing capabilities, with 3YOURMIND gaining custom in industries such as defence and energy.

Cizsek joins the Additive Insight podcast to discuss that product portfolio, as well as the company’s primary motivations, how it is planning to deploy AI, and where he’d like the company to be in another ten years.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Shapeways CEO Marleen Vogelaar and COO Jule Witte.

Six months ago, the pair were part of a new management team that set about rescuing the Shapeways business in the Netherlands after the company filed for bankruptcy.

As they join us on the Additive Insight podcast, they explain why they felt compelled to step in to save the business, how they went about it, and the services Shapeways is able to offer today as a result.

They also discuss the importance of obtaining the Shapeways brand, acquiring the Thangs 3D file sharing platform, and their vision for the company moving forward.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Prusa Research founder and CEO Josef Prusa.

Prusa was founded in 2012 off the back of the RepRap movement and has gone on to become one of the most renowned manufacturers of desktop FDM and SLA 3D printers.

At Formnext 2024, Prusa sat down with TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies to discuss the company's rise, the evolution of its product portfolio, why open sourcing has always remained important for the company, and where he wants to take the business next.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Prusa Research founder and CEO Josef Prusa.

Prusa was founded in 2012 off the back of the RepRap movement and has gone on to become one of the most renowned manufacturers of desktop FDM and SLA 3D printers.

At Formnext 2024, Prusa sat down with TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies to discuss the company's rise, the evolution of its product portfolio, why open sourcing has always remained important for the company, and where he wants to take the business next.

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.