by Bill Decker | Jun 18, 2019 | Business
As recently as three years ago, no metal 3D printing systems cost less than $500,000 to implement. Realistically, most metal printers — including purchase, installation, and support — cost north of a million dollars. A high high cost when you’re talking new (and...
by Bill Decker | May 29, 2019 | Business, Media
What is the cost difference between metal additive manufacturing and traditional manufacturing? The three main factors that determine cost is tooling, minimum order quantity, and lead times — all of which additive manufacturing...
by Rich Benvin | May 12, 2019 | Business
GE – Blockchain for 3D Printing? Even the oldest companies in the world are getting into...
by Bill Decker | May 8, 2019 | Announcements, Manufacturing, Software
It’s interesting. Most firms that have embraced 3D Printing did not have a 3D Printing strategy. We find that 3D Printing was often adopted in a piecemeal way. One department would get a 3D Printer. A new sales person would arrive, and a company buys a different...
by Bill Decker | Apr 25, 2019 | Announcements, Ideas
This latest 3D Printing podcasts discusses intellectual property theft and how it relates to 3D Printing. Listen to the latest 3D Printing...
by Bill Decker | Apr 16, 2019 | Announcements, Bioprinting
In what the Israeli media is calling a “world’s first,” scientists at Tel Aviv University have 3D printed a small heart using human tissue that includes vessels, collagen, and biological molecules — a breakthrough, according to Haaretz, that they hope could one day...
by Bill Decker | Apr 10, 2019 | Engineering, NASA
NASA once again is embracing 3D printing. Auburn University’s Samuel Ginn College of Engineering announced that NASA has awarded a three-year, $5.2 million contract to its National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence, or NCAME, to develop additive...
by Rich Benvin | Apr 2, 2019 | Announcements, Engineering
HP has announced the launch of its Metal Jet Production Service, enabling customers to upload designs and produce production-grade additively manufactured metal parts in large quantities. The parts are produced by HP partners GKN Powder Metallurgy and Parmatech, using...
by Bill Decker | Mar 20, 2019 | Announcements, NASA
Does 3D Printing in Space make NASA’s job easier? The 3D Printing In Zero-G Technology Demonstration (3D Printing In Zero-G) experiment demonstrates that a 3D printer works normally in space. In general, a 3D printer extrudes streams of heated plastic, metal or...
by Bill Decker | Mar 11, 2019 | Announcements, Business
6 More 3D Printing Myths! Myth #6: The labor unions will never allow a “no labor” manufacturing process. These unions are powerful and have members everywhere. There is no way they will allow products to be made without their hard work and input. Myth #7: Holders of...
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