Additive Insight

On this episode of Additive Insight, we bring you the fourth instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series featuring Stratasys' VP of Aerospace Scott Sevcik [SS] and Boeing Technical Lead Engineer Michael Hayes [MH].  

The pair both have extensive experience in the aerospace sector, with Sevcik spending time at Lockheed Martin and United Technologies before moving across to Stratasys and Hayes spending more than three decades at Boeing. Stratasys and Boeing have been working together since 2003 after Hayes met with founder and FDM inventor Scott Crump at an additive manufacturing user's conference. In that time, they have collaborated to establish a range of 3D printing applications in the aviation sector, and having worked in close quarters over the last seven years, Sevcik and Hayes joined the Additive Insight podcast to share their insights. Throughout their conversation, they touch on early aerospace applications, the development of standards, and the other big hurdles involved in applying additive manufacturing in the industry.

For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit: https://www.evolveadditive.com/

On this episode of Additive Insight, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies gather around the mic for another Editorial Roundtable.

This month, it's a Formnext special as we select a handful of the biggest announcements from the show floor including news from  Xact Metal, Axtra3D, AMT, 3D Systems and more.

For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit: https://www.evolveadditive.com/

3D Systems' VP, Portfolio and Regulatory, Healthcare Ben Johnson sits down with Laura Gilmour, a Principal Consultant for AM and Regulatory Strategies for the Veterans Health Administration to discuss the medical applications that made them believe in 3D printing and the future of point of care manufacturing.

This year's TCT 3Sixty saw TCT teaming up with Women in 3D Printing once again to host its fourth panel session at the flagship UK additive manufacturing event.

TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths was joined by Cristina Sesma, Women in 3D Printing UK Ambassador and Marketing Communications Specialist at Curvalux, and a panel of experts to discuss the role of 3D printing in sustainability, with a particular focus on aerospace.

Our Panellists are:

Melissa Orme – Vice President of Boeing Additive Manufacturing

Robin Dallen – AM technical specialist and Consultant at Arke Ltd

Hoda Amel – Senior Research Engineer at The Manufacturing Technology Centre

Udi Woy – Technology Lead for Additive Manufacturing at the Nuclear AMRC

Listen to the panel session on the podcast and learn about the challenges and opportunities for AM in sustainability, from design to materials and beyond.

For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit: www.evolveadditive.com

On this week's Additive Insight podcast, Lithoz CEO Dr Johannes Homa joins us as our latest Executive Interview guest to reflect on a decade in the additive manufacturing industry.

Having started out as students at the TU Wien, Homa founded the company alongside CTO Dr Johannes Benedikt with a vision to facilitate the additive manufacture of high-performance ceramics. Ten years later, the company has successfully developed and commercialised machines for the mass production of ceramic products with "endurance and precision" at its core, and counts customers in a range of demanding industries from medical to space.

Here, Homa discusses the early days, the importance of research and academia in its continued development, and why ceramics are perfect for use in applications where other materials fail.

For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit https://www.evolveadditive.com/.

On this episode of Additive Insight, we bring you the second instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series featuring industry consultant and Reeves Insight founder Dr Phil Reeves and Stratasys' EMEA President Andy Langfeld.

Having known each other for seven years, Reeves and Langfeld reflect on the development of the additive manufacturing space in that time, offering insights on market segmentation, sustainability and what the future of AM might look like.

For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit: https://www.evolveadditive.com/

On this special episode of Additive Insight, TCT's Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies reflect on their first trade show in 18 months as TCT 3Sixty returns to the NEC Birmingham.

Speaking live from the event, the team cover the biggest 3D printing news stories including launches from Photocentric, Wematter, E3D, T3DMC and more, alongside conference highlights and UK debuts.

For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit: www.evolveadditive.com.

On this episode of Additive Insight, our Executive Interview series with an interview with Frank Roberts, Group President at 6K Additive.

6K Additive has developed a unique plasma technology that can turn virtually any scrap metal into materials for additive manufacturing. Its UniMelt technology is the world’s only microwave production-scale plasma system and currently used to produce a number of materials such as titanium, Inconel and stainless steel, and most recently refractory metals.

Here, Frank talks to TCT about the latest developments in tungsten, rhenium and copper, the ability to upcycle and produce previously unachievable materials, and scrapping the belief that AM is an inherently sustainable process.

For more information on our Additive Insight sponsor Evolve Additive, visit: www.evolveadditive.com.

On this week’s Additive Insight podcast, Ultimaker Chief Technology Officer, Miguel Calvo joins us as our latest Executive Interview guest.

Miguel joined the desktop 3D printing company back in February, having previously been a user of its popular extrusion-based machines, and now oversees R&D of Ultimaker’s product portfolio.

Here, Miguel talks about how that hands-on experience is influencing the company’s user-centric approach, why some of the best use cases of Ultimaker technology can be found on its own production line, the importance of having an AM ecosystem, and cracking the code on getting 3D printing into mainstream businesses.

For the August edition of our Additive Insight Editorial Roundtable, TCT's Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies discuss the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news from the last month.

Desktop Metal headlines the show once again with yet another acquisition, this time a major $575 million deal which sees the 3D printing company bringing binder jet pioneer ExOne into its growing portfolio of AM technologies. Investments are also happening in our second story as Xerox backs 3D printing software company CASTOR in a $3.5 million seed round. We also have an inspiring application story from British para-triathlete Joe Townsend who is deploying Markforged 3D printing technology to produce custom parts for himself and other para-athletes, and finally industrial 3D printing company Farsoon has announced that its global install base of polymer and metal 3D printing systems now exceeds 500 machines.