We close out our Additive Insight TCT 3Sixty takeover with an editorial roundtable discussing the additive manufacturing technology launches, takeaways, and overall sense of optimism that permeated the UK's definitive industrial 3D printing event. This year saw several hardware debuts including WAAM3D's new MiniWAAM metal system built on a new 3-axis overhead CNC system architecture; the Massivit 3000 from Massivit 3D Technologies; and the large-format fused filament fabrication LANDR 500...

On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, our TCT 3Sixty takeover continues with Rolf Mack, KraussMaffei’s Vice President Additive Manufacturing. Last year, the plastics processing company celebrated its 185-year history, which in 2022 included a move into the additive manufacturing (AM) industry with an ambition to become the most reliable and commercially viable solution for large-scale 3D printing. During this Executive Interview, Mack discusses why now was the time for the company to...

On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, we continue our TCT 3Sixty takeover with an interview with John Kawola, CEO at Boston Micro Fabrication. Having spent 25 years in the additive manufacturing industry, at BMF, Kawola is focused on micro-precision 3D printing for ultra-high precision applications. During our conversation, Kawola talks about the demand for micro additive manufacturing as the trend for miniaturisation continues across countless industries; why additive opportunities...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by ADDiTEC CEO Brian Matthews. Matthews set up the ADDiTEC business around eight years ago, with the company gradually building out an extensive metal additive manufacturing portfolio that encompasses DED, Liquid Metal Jetting and Hybrid technologies. Throughout the conversation, Matthews explains the motivation behind setting up the ADDiTEC business, the opportunities he saw in Liquid Metal Jetting, and the application...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Hyphen Innovations CEO Onome Scott-Emuakpor. Scott-Emuakpor has more than 20 years experience in structural mechanics and structural dynamics, spending much of that time working for the US Air Force Research Lab. Two years ago, he set up the Hyphen Innovations business to bring to market a vibration suppression method that sought to make additive manufacturing safer and more reliable, with potential applications in...

On this week’s edition of Additive Insight, Filomeno Martina, CEO and co-founder of WAAM3D joins us as our latest Executive Interview guest. Founded by a research team at Cranfield University, following a decade of pioneering research into Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, WAAM3D is a UK-based developer of large scale metal 3D printing systems aimed at industrial applications. On today’s episode, Martina discusses how WAAM3D set out to create value in supply chains, how WAAM provides unique...

This week we're joined by 1000 Kelvin CEO Omar Fergani. 1000 Kelvin is a Berlin-based company that has developed an AI-powered software that predicts print issues in real-time, performs corrections and generates ready-to-use print files. Throughout our conversation, Fergani explains the capabilities of 1000 Kelvin’s AMAIZE software platform, the adoption of the company’s flagship product so far, and how integrations with EOS and Autodesk will support users of AM. We also touch on the...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Anisoprint CEO Ryan Liu. Liu came into the business a couple of years ago to launch the Anisoprint brand in China and was recently announced as CEO with founder Fedor Antonov transitioning into the CTO role. His appointment to CEO came about after Anisoprint moved its headquarters to China, with Liu providing insight on the Chinese 3D printing sector and the opportunities for Anisoprint in their new domestic market. We...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Slice Engineering CEO Dan Barousse. Throughout our conversation, Dan explains the challenges Slice Engineering is addressing through its delivery of extrusion 3D printing consumables, the capabilities of its product portfolio, and the impact he expects AI to have in 3D printing. We also discuss the prospect of consolidation in the extrusion 3D printing market and the adoption of desktop 3D printing solutions in the defence space.

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Plastometrex CTO Dr Jimmy Campbell joins us to discuss the company's PIP Testing technology. Profilometry-based Indentation Plastometry (PIP) is a method for obtaining a material’s stress-strain curve from an indent profile by using accelerated inverse finite element analysis. Throughout the episode, Campbell explains how PIP technology works, where it can be applied, and the impact it can have on quality assurance, parameter optimisation,...

On the latest instalment of TCT's Innovators on Innovators series Flow-3D Senior CFD Engineer Allyce Jackman sits down with Hexagon’s Director of Business Enablement Jeff Robertson. Throughout their conversation, the pair discuss computational fluid dynamics in additive, why industry has struggled to adopt simulation and computational tools, and the economic challenges for AM. They also ponder whether investment into AM will continue based on current market performance and discuss a...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Colin Hautz, the CEO of ArcelorMittal Powders. ArcelorMittal is one of the largest manufacturers of steel in the world and has set up the ArcelorMittal Powders business to bring steel powders to the additive manufacturing industry. Hautz has been appointed to lead the new business unit and joins the Additive Insight podcast to explain the motivation behind the new venture. He also discusses how ArcelorMittal Powders will...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Oliver Johnson discuss their week in Chicago at the 2024 Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference. They talk about conference highlights including a keynote talk from Jason Lopes on the 3D printing story at Legacy Effects, and a special Innovators Showcase conversation between Todd Grimm and metal additive manufacturing pioneer Greg Morris.  Plus, technology launches from the show floor, key conversations...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies is joined by Joe Laurienti, the founder and CEO of aerospace company Ursa Major Technologies. Laurienti founded Ursa Major as the first pure play rocket propulsion company in America in 2015, having previously worked on SpaceX and Blue origin engine projects. In setting up Ursa Major, Laurienti and his team have aimed to develop technology that can allow companies to double launch capacity and solve...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Group Content Manager Sam Davies is joined by Ivana Llobet, the founder and CEO of medical device company Odapt. Ivana founded Odapt in a bid to solve the problem of leakage in conventional ostomy bags. Using 3D printing, the company is developing personalised silicone wafers that better fit the user of ostomy bags and are adapted to the shape of stomas and pouches. Throughout our conversation, we discuss why 3D printing is suitable for...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Olaf Diegel, Professor of Additive Manufacturing at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and founder of ODD Guitars. Renowned for his stylised 3D printed guitars, Diegel will present at the 2024 Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) Conference as part of a duo of keynote talks focused on creative adoption of 3D printing technologies. Throughout the episode, Diegel shares his thoughts on the importance of design for...

To launch the vote for this year's TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award, we invited our five finalists onto a panel to discuss their journeys into additive manufacturing (AM) and how they're each impacting the industry today. This year's finalists are: Brigitte de Vet, Chief Executive Officer at Materialise; Cora Leibig, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Chromatic 3D Materials; Melissa Orme, Vice President of Additive Manufacturing at The Boeing Company; Nesma Aboulkhair, Director...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Adrian Bowyer, the founder of the RepRap movement and a TCT Hall of Famer. Bowyer, a former mechanical engineering academic, came to prominence within the 3D printing world around 20 years ago when he shared a blog on the Bath University website detailing the idea for a replicating rapid prototyper. Once published, he was encouraged to take the lead on the project, and what came next was a movement that attracted the support...

On this Additive Insight episode, we're joined by Essentium co-founder and CEO Blake Teipel. Essentium came into the 3D printing industry primarily as a filament manufacturer, before moving into polymer extrusion hardware with the High Speed Extrusion series. Having expanded into hardware, the company picked up several contracts with the US Department of Defense, where it has generated most of its revenue in recent years, and was recently acquired by Nexa3D. In between, Essentium was one...

In the Additive Insight podcast's latest Innovators on Innovators episode, Victoria Sears, a Senior Engineer at Mayo Clinic, catches up with Nicole McMinn, a Biomedical Engineer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The pair met while at an industry conference back in 2021 and found common ground as young engineers relatively new to the field of healthcare 3D printing. Throughout this podcast, the pair touch on their introductions to 3D printing, while also detailing their...

On this week’s episode of Additive Insight, Shannon VanDeren, President of the Additive Manufacturing Users Group and President of Layered Manufacturing and Consulting, joins us as our latest Executive Interview guest. Ahead of the 2024 AMUG Conference, the Distinguished INnovator Operators Award (DINO) recipient shares how her enthusiasm for additive manufacturing began at Materialise in 2010, tips for getting the most out of this year’s event ("Talk to everybody!"), and her optimism for...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Victor Roman, the Managing Director of ARBURGadditive. Arburg set up its additive manufacturing subsidiary in 2021 after introducing its Freeformer 3D printing technology several years earlier. As the head of that business unit, Roman joins the Additive Insight podcast to discuss why the subsidiary was set up, the application opportunities its Freeformer technology is opening up, and the company’s additive manufacturing...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by CASTOR CEO Omer Blaier. CASTOR is an additive manufacturing software company that is working to support manufacturers identify suitable applications of 3D printing technology. Throughout the podcast, Blaier discusses the capabilities of CASTOR’s software products, how his experiences at Objet and Stratasys led him to setting up his own business, and what we can expect from CASTOR moving forward. He also provides his...

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Peter Rogers, formerly of Velo3D and Autodesk, links back up with Lumafield co-founder and Head of Product Andreas Bastian as part of our Innovators on Innovators series. The pair met while working at Autodesk on such projects as the Airbus seat frame, which they discuss in the podcast. Since Autodesk, the pair have gone in different directions. Rogers has spent most of that time in metal additive manufacturing and consulting, while Bastian...