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Centric AI Studio Tackles the PLM-AI Disconnect That Slows ProductCentric AI Studio Tackles the PLM-AI Disconnect That Slows Product

Launches The Problem: AI Tools That Stop at the Concept Stage Consumer goods brands have a familiar problem. • A generated concept still needs to be manually r...

FITASY's 3D-Printed Single Shoes Cut the Gimmick and Solve a RealFITASY's 3D-Printed Single Shoes Cut the Gimmick and Solve a Real

Problem The Problem: An Industry Built for Pairs in a World of Individual Feet The footwear industry has operated on one assumption for over two centuries: huma...

Silicone 3D Printing Enters Medical Production After Decade-LongSilicone 3D Printing Enters Medical Production After Decade-Long

Materials Fight Additive manufacturing has conquered metals, thermoplastics, and ceramics. • And healthcare regulation leaves no room for "close enough." For d...

Colossal Hatches 26 Chicks in 3D Printed Eggs, Proving AdditiveColossal Hatches 26 Chicks in 3D Printed Eggs, Proving Additive

Manufacturing Has a Place in the Incubator The Problem: Nature's Incubator Is Hard to Copy A bird eggshell looks simple. • This is why Colossal Biosciences' la...

BTX Precision Acquires Burloak Technologies, Expanding Metal AMBTX Precision Acquires Burloak Technologies, Expanding Metal AM

BTX Precision is buying its way into serious metal AM credibility — Burloak's end-to-end Canadian operation fills the capability gap that keeps most 3D print sh...

Agnikul Cosmos Clusters Four 3D-Printed Semi-Cryogenic Engines in Record Static FireAgnikul Cosmos Clusters Four 3D-Printed Semi-Cryogenic Engines in Record Static Fire

Indian First The Problem: Making Four Engines Behave as One Agnikul Cosmos has fired four semi-cryogenic rocket engines simultaneously, all 3D printed as single...

Lynxter Founder on 10 Years of Silicone 3D PrintingLynxter Founder on 10 Years of Silicone 3D Printing

Aerospace Parts The Problem Nobody Wanted to Touch Ten years ago, silicone 3D printing was a technical dead end. • Most additive manufacturing companies stuck ...

TCT 3Sixty 2026: What Engineers Should Actually Show Up ForTCT 3Sixty 2026: What Engineers Should Actually Show Up For

The additive manufacturing conference circuit is crowded. • TCT 3Sixty, running alongside the TCT 3Sixty show in the UK this year, takes a different approach. ...

Aibuild's FETS Cuts AM Simulation Time from Days to SecondsAibuild's FETS Cuts AM Simulation Time from Days to Seconds

The Problem: Simulation Bottlenecks Stall Large-Format AM Adoption Additive manufacturing engineers have long faced a brutal trade-off. • It handles both metal...

Simulation vs. Digital Twin: Where Manufacturers Actually Need EachSimulation vs. Digital Twin: Where Manufacturers Actually Need Each

One Manufacturers love throwing both terms around like they're interchangeable. • I've sat through enough vendor pitches where "digital twin" gets slapped on a...

UltiMaker Factor 4 Plus Targets Defence Sector with Built-In PartUltiMaker Factor 4 Plus Targets Defence Sector with Built-In Part

Validation The Problem: Speed Without Proof Additive manufacturing has spent a decade chasing print speed. • The Royal Netherlands Navy learned this firsthand....

AMUG Panel: What 60 Years of 3D Printing Business Experience ActuallyAMUG Panel: What 60 Years of 3D Printing Business Experience Actually

Looks Like The most crowded room at this year's AMUG wasn't about new materials, post-processing breakthroughs, or even Lego. • The Panel Paul DeWys from Forer...

WAAM Prints 110kg Mastiff Suspension Carrier in 60 Hours, Halving LeadWAAM Prints 110kg Mastiff Suspension Carrier in 60 Hours, Halving Lead

Time The Problem With Casting on Low-Volume Defense Programs Defense vehicle programs rarely hit the volumes that justify conventional tooling. • The Build The...

CGTech Icam V26 Tightens Post-Processing and Simulation LoopCGTech Icam V26 Tightens Post-Processing and Simulation Loop

CGTech's Icam V26 tightens the loop between post-processing and simulation, cutting programming friction while giving engineers more control over how their mach...

Exeter's Rapid Fusion Unveils UK-First Large-Format Hybrid 3D PrinterExeter's Rapid Fusion Unveils UK-First Large-Format Hybrid 3D Printer

A UK-built large-format hybrid 3D printer could shift high-value mould and tooling work back from overseas by offering aerospace and automotive primes a single-...

Fronius iWave Targets All-Round TIG Welding With Single Power Source

The Fronius iWave now has even more to offer. • PushPull: stable welding process even with a large radius of action An additional wire feed on the torch ensure...

Schenck Process Rebrands as Qlar in Push for Climate Neutrality

Schritt in eine klimaneutrale Zukunft: Schenck Process wird zu Qlar Experte für Technologien zur Materialtransformation mit Rebranding am 13. • Mai 2024 in Qla...