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Additive Insight#226 TCT 3Sixty 2025: Insights from the UK home of additive manufacturingOn this latest edition of Additive Insight, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies reflect on a week of additive manufacturing activity in the UK.
The week kicked off with the third annual TCT UK User Group, followed by the UK's definitive AM event TCT 3Sixty and the TCT Awards. Listen to hear a round-up of technology debuts from UltiMaker, Pollen AM, Additive Manufacturing Solutions and more, plus conference takeaways from the Ministry of Defence, ASTM International and Breakthrough Sports on how additive manufacturing is creating new production opportunities across industries. Plus, a celebration of this years TCT Awards winners, H...
2025-06-0957 min
Additive Insight#222 3D printing insights from AMUG Conference & RAPID + TCT with Todd GrimmOn a bonus edition of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Magazine editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies sit down with Todd Grimm to reflect on a jam-packed fortnight in the North America additive manufacturing market.
After the AMUG Conference and RAPID + TCT events came to a close, our panel discuss the emergence of Chinese competitors in North America, the key takeaways from AMUG and the most interesting technology on show at RAPID + TCT.
2025-04-1447 min
Additive Insight#215 ‘To the moon’ – Josef Prusa on open sourcing, print farms and his vision for Prusa ResearchOn 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.
2025-01-1632 min
Additive Insight#214 AM in 2024: Bankruptcies, mergers and increased investment in automotive, aerospace & defenceOn 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...
2024-12-231h 12
Additive Insight#201 Stacey DelVecchio on fuelling the fire for diversity in additive manufacturingOn this week’s episode of Additive Insight, we welcome Stacey DelVecchio, an advocate for all things additive manufacturing and gender equity in STEM, to discuss what remains one of additive’s greatest challenges: diversity.
As a former Additive Manufacturing Product Manager at Caterpillar Inc, DelVecchio championed the adoption of AM across new product introduction, supply chain, and operations, and in her most recent work as President of StaceyD Consulting, has focused on AM deployment and strategy. DelVecchio is also the immediate past chair of SME’s Additive Manufacturing Advisors and former president of the Society of Women Engineers.
Ahead of our an...
2024-09-2327 min
Additive Insight#196 Women in 3D Printing @ TCT 3Sixty 2024At this year's TCT Sixty, our collaboration with Women in 3D Printing saw another two additive manufacturing experts come together to discuss the technology's biggest opportunities and challenges, and a selection of audience 'ask me anything' topics.
At the UK's definitive event for industrial 3D printing and AM, Dr Olga Ivanova, Director of Applications & Technology at Mechnano, and Dr Evren Yasa, Head of Additive Manufacturing at The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre gave their thoughts on AM's imperative role in the future of manufacturing, prioritising materials innovation, and bridging the gap between 3D printing technologies and applications.
On this...
2024-09-0232 min
Additive Insight#191 Lilach Porges on her use of 3D printing to enable award-winning fashion piecesOn this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Leela Porges, an award-winning designer and TCT Award-nominated user of 3D printing technology.
Her business, PROCODE_DRESS, leverages 3D printing technology to design and manufacture dresses, tops, skirts and accessories, with Porges utilising a patented process to make it all possible.
Throughout the conversation, Porges discusses her entry into the 3D printing world, provides insights into how the technology enables the designs of her fashion pieces, and touches on the importance of sustainable fashion.
She also touches on what comes next for PROCODE_DRESS.
2024-07-2929 min
Additive Insight#187 RAPID + TCT 2024: Executive perspectives, AM launches & moreOn this week's episode of Additive Insight, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies gather their jet-lagged selves around the podcast mic to discuss their takeaways from RAPID + TCT 2024.
Last week, North America's largest additive manufacturing and industrial 3D printing event returned to the West Coast for the first time in a decade, and brought with it all of the AM industry's major players and their latest wares.
Kicking off with the inaugural RAPID + TCT Executive Perspectives Keynote Series, the event featured 14 AM leaders who shared their thoughts across three panel discussions that debated everything from AM scalability to sustainability. O...
2024-07-0248 min
Additive Insight#186 Additive Industries on flexible metal 3D printing and lowering the barriersOn this week’s episode, our Executive Interview guest is Sandra Poelsma, Print Process Architect at Additive Industries, who joins us to discuss the complexities of metal additive manufacturing and a brand new machine launching at RAPID + TCT this week.
Sandra has spent a decade in the 3D printing industry, first in polymers before moving to metals where she has spent the last eight years focusing on laser powder bed fusion at Additive Industries.
The Dutch metal AM company’s flagship MetalFab technology has been adopted by users such as Volkswagen and the UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult and this year it...
2024-06-2527 min
Additive Insight#185 JEOL's Tom Isabell on the company's entry into additive manufacturingOn this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by JEOL USA VP of Product Management Tom Isabell.
Tom has been a part of the JEOL USA management team since 2003 and joins the podcast to discuss the electron microscopy firm’s decision to enter the additive manufacturing field.
Harnessing its electron beam technology, JEOL announced the global launch of its e-beam 3D printing process at RAPID + TCT in 2022. It has since installed multiple machines, including one at Cumberland Additive’s Neighborhood 91 site and one at the Technical University of Munich.
With JEOL once again set to exhibit at this year...
2024-06-1729 min
Additive Insight#184 TCT 3Sixty 2024: 3D printing launches and additive opportunityWe 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 system from RYSE 3D spin-out LANDR.
On this episode, the team report from inside one of KraussMaffei's 3D printed meeting pods on the show floor where they covered all of the abov...
2024-06-1039 min
Additive Insight#183 KraussMaffei VP Additive Manufacturing: "Our ambition is unwavering"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 enter the AM market, how it's making 'print right, first time' a reality, and why AM needs to reach the same level of maturity as established injection...
2024-06-0327 min
Additive Insight#182 BMF CEO John Kawola on enabling unique applications with micro-precision 3D printingOn 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 should be sought where conventional manufacturing is a challenge; and why BMF is primarily interested in applications which can be ‘uniquely enabled' by its platform.
We also discuss the launch of th...
2024-05-2739 min
Additive Insight#179 WAAM3D CEO on building value in supply chains with wire arc additive manufacturingOn 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 opportunities for industrial applications, including giving parts a second life, and why AM is just another tool in the arsena...
2024-05-0635 min
Additive Insight#174 Jeff Robertson & Allyce Jackman on CFD, simulation and certification in additive manufacturingOn 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 billion dollar opportunity for the industry.
2024-04-0141 min
Additive Insight#172 AMUG 2024: First impressions, conversations and AM applicationsOn 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 and some previews of AMUG content still to come in the next issue of TCT Magazine.
2024-03-1828 min
Additive Insight#171 How 3D printing enables the designs of Ursa Major Technologies' rocket enginesOn 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 supply chain risks at a lower cost.
Through that endeavour, the company has been leveraging additive manufacturing technology, and Laurienti joins me...
2024-03-1136 min
Additive Insight#168 Meet the 2024 TCT Women in 3D Printing InnovatorsTo 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 of Additive Manufacturing at the Technology Innovation Institute; and Olga Ivanova, Director of Applications & Technology at Mechnano.
On this bonus episode of the Additive Insight pod...
2024-02-2255 min
Additive Insight#167 Adrian Bowyer tells the story of the 3D printing RepRap movementOn 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 of hobbyists and consumerists all over the world.
Throughout today’s episode, Bowyer discusses the motivations behind th...
2024-02-1934 min
Additive Insight#160 | 3D printing in 2023: Does it bounce? Will it launch? What happens next?On the last Additive Insight podcast episode of the year, the TCT editorial team sits down to pick the bones out of an eventful 2023.
Over the course of 90 minutes, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies, and Junior Content Producer Oli Johnson assess the launches, bounces and mergers from January through to December.
Their conversation spans from the closing of Nikon's SLM Solutions acquisition to the never-ending saga surrounding Stratasys, Desktop Metal, 3D Systems and Nano Dimension. From 3D printed basketballs to 3D printed rockets. And from Chicago to Shanghai.
It has been a year of h...
2023-12-181h 28
Additive Insight#158 Jonathan Rowley & Blake Courter on the need for access to information in additive manufacturingOn the latest TCT Innovators on Innovators podcast, Jonathan Rowley, who ran UK service bureau Digits 2 Widgets for 8 years and is now setting up the AM Manifest community navigation platform, is joined by Blake Courter, the former nTop CTO who is now involved in the LatticeRobot online community through his Gradient Control Laboratories incubator.
The pair believe that AM and DfAM are in the Gartner Hype Cycle trough of disillusionment, and the way out of it will be widespread access to information. Hence, they are both working to provide platforms for engineers to advance their DfAM skills, to learn and...
2023-12-0453 min
Additive Insight#155 Formnext 2023: The biggest launches, developments & trends in FrankfurtAs Formnext 2023 came to a close, the TCT Magazine editorial team gathered to discuss the biggest and best launches and developments, while also discussing an ongoing industry trend.
Among the topics of discussion were Photocentric's Titan LCD 3D printing system, Renishaw's Tempus metal AM technology, and the Stratasys F3300 FDM platform being adopted by Toyota. We also touched on the multiple announcements made by Nexa3D, Materialise and HP, while discussing several cross-industry collaborations.
2023-11-1349 min
Additive Insight#146 TCT Asia 2023: Metals, reliability and 3D printing at Apple and TeslaOn this bonus episode of Additive Insight, the TCT editorial team catches up with Daniel O'Connor, Vice President of Content Strategy and New Product Development at Rapid News Group (and former TCT Head of Content) from Shanghai to hear about all of the biggest additive manufacturing and 3D printing developments at TCT Asia 2023.
The team discuss standout themes of reliability, multi-laser capabilities, and metals, alongside hardware launches from Bright Laser Technologies, Farsoon, Haitian and more. We also hear more about production 3D printing applications at Apple and Tesla, and get insights from a special C-suite panel, in which global AM le...
2023-09-1433 min
Additive Insight#144 TCT Asia 2023: What to expect from China's leading additive manufacturing eventAs the TCT team in the UK gets ready to head back to China for the first time since 2019, the TCT Magazine editorial team gets together to discuss what visitors can expect from China's leading 3D printing and additive manufacturing event, TCT Asia.
Taking place in Shanghai on 12-14th September, TCT Asia 2023 promises the biggest showcase of additive manufacturing technologies being developed in China and around the world, with launches teased from some of China's most prominent manufacturers.
The team has been talking to some of those companies in the lead up the show, and on this week's Additive Ins...
2023-09-0440 min
Additive Insight#139 Through the Doors: GE Additive discusses the development of its metal binder jet platformOn the latest episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies goes through the doors at GE Additive's Cincinnati facility to learn more about the company's Series Three metal binder jet system.
GE Additive unveiled the Series Three system late last year with a view to commencing shipments in the second half of 2023. It comes after a six year R&D journey that has also leant on a series of beta users with GE targeting the mass production of parts with minimal touch time in industries such as automotive energy and defence.
During the episode, we...
2023-07-3156 min
Additive Insight#134 Neil Hopkinson: 'We're prioritising consistency over speed. And for perfectly good reasons.'On the latest Additive Insight episode, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies sits down with Neil Hopkinson.
Hopkinson is the lead inventor of the High Speed Sintering process which has been licensed by multiple OEMs, and evolved to become Selective Absorption Fusion (SAF) at Stratasys.
During this conversation, Hopkinson details the early years of his R&D journey as he worked to commercialise the technology, the opportunity afforded by Stratasys' acquisition of Xaar 3D, and the application opportunities of SAF now the technology is on the market.
2023-06-2644 min
Additive Insight#132 TCT 3Sixty 2023: UK 3D printing launches, applications and moreOn this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, the TCT content team catch up after a busy week at the NEC Birmingham for the UK's flagship 3D printing and additive manufacturing event, TCT 3Sixty.
Kicking things off with the inaugural TCT UK User Group, the team reflect on the key themes raised during this unique meeting of UK-based AM users including repeatability, additive economics and what's next for additive adoption in the UK.
On the TCT 3Sixty show floor, we bring you some key technology launches from UK-based companies including Defiant3D and WAAM3D, and share highlights from the TC...
2023-06-121h 08
Additive Insight#129 How Evove is using 3D printing to advance industrial membrane technologiesOn the latest Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies takes the short trip to Evove, a UK-based company leveraging 3D printing technology to enable precise membranes.
Throughout the episode, Evove CEO Chris Wyres and Senior AM Engineer Richard Finch discuss the beginnings of the company, their in-house 3D printing capability, and how their membrane technologies will impact the lithium, green hydrogen, desalination, food & beverage, and water & wastewater industries.
They also detail how the 5.7 million GBP raised earlier this year will help the company to achieve its mission.
At TCT 3Sixty in Birmingham this June, Finch will provide...
2023-05-1537 min
Additive Insight#128 Additive Insight: Launches, applications & more from RAPID + TCTAs the 2023 RAPID + TCT event drew to a close, the TCT Magazine editorial team found a not entirely quiet corner to discuss what they had seen and heard across the show floor and conference.
Their conversation ranges from company rebrands to new products, and conference stage insights to industry-wide cynicism.
2023-05-0942 min
Additive Insight#127 Impossible Objects details the capabilities of its new CBAM 25 composite 3D printerOn this week's Additive Insight episode we're joined by Impossible Objects Chairman Bob Swartz and CEO Steve Hoover.
The pair join us on the Additive Insight podcast to discuss the launch of the CBAM 25 composite 3D printer in line with this week’s RAPID + TCT event.
Impossible Object’s CBAM 25 machine is said to be capable of printing 15 times faster than its closest competitor and has been designed to facilitate volume additive production.
Throughout the episode, Swartz and Hoover explain the key capabilities of the CBAM 25, how they’re able to achieve speed without compromising part quality, and the application opport...
2023-05-0138 min
Additive Insight#100 Additive Insight | Print the Legend: A decade onIn November 2014, TCT introduced the additive manufacturing industry’s first podcast, launching with an episode that featured the makers of Netflix’s exclusive 3D printing documentary: Print the Legend.
Following the CEOs of MakerBot, Formlabs and 3D Systems, Print the Legend captured the zeitgeist of an industry at the peak of its hype cycle. Twenty five years on from 3D Systems’ commercialisation of 3D printing technology with the Stereolithography process, the industry was starting to see the emergence of a wealth of start-up companies, bringing to market more affordable machines in the desktop form factor.
This ignited a spike in intere...
2023-04-2453 min
Additive Insight#124 3D printing insights from the AMUG Conference 2023On this week's Additive Insight podcast, TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies find a rare quiet moment during the Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference to share what they've seen and learned.
We discuss a prime example of AM collaboration in a joint keynote between Robert Ducey of LAIKA Studios and Nicholas Jacobson of the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus, an inspiring fireside chat with this year's AMUG Innovators Award recipient Diana Kalisz, a refreshingly open presentation from NASA that showed why it's important to share our challenges and failings in order to push the industry forward, and muc...
2023-03-3043 min
Additive Insight#123 Additive Insight: In conversation with AMUG Conference 2023 attendeesOn this week's Additive Insight podcast, TCT's Senior Content Producer Sam Davies is joined by Pat Warner, Kristin Mulherin & Matthew Shomper to discuss the conversations and collaborations at the AMUG Conference 2023.
As multi-time visitors to the AMUG Conference, the trio are well versed in the kind of relationships and discussions that are generated at the event, and how they help to move the industry forward.
2023-03-2135 min
Additive Insight#121 Meet the additive manufacturing innovators (Women in 3D Printing @ TIPE panel session)On this bonus Additive Insight podcast episode to celebrate International Women's Day, the five nominees for this year's TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award come together to discuss the work they're doing in the additive manufacturing industry.
This year's shortlist includes: Dr Kate Black, Jessica Drazba, Dr Alba Gonzalez-Alvarez, Dr Parastoo Jamshidi and Beth Ripley MD, PhD.
Throughout the discussion, the panelists discuss their experiences conducting research, building business, developing materials products, implementing additive, and applying the technology in industry. They also touch on themes such as education & collaboration, turning inventions into commercialised products, and building digital infrastructure to facili...
2023-03-0846 min
Additive Insight#118 Inovators on Innovators: Amy Elliott & Melanie Lang on emerging metal 3D printing processesOn the latest TCT Innovators on Innovators episode, Amy Elliot, a scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, sits down with Formalloy CEO Melanie Lang to discuss the burgeoning additive manufacturing processes of binder jetting and Directed Energy Deposition.
Throughout the episode, the pair share the work they are doing with the respective technologies, as well as their experiences in securing patents and building businesses.
They also discuss their education and backgrounds; their work in television; and provide insights on the workflow considerations for additive manufacturing processes, from parameter development to the use of machine learning to the analysis of data.
2023-02-2150 min
Additive Insight#114 Additive Insight: Terry Wohlers on his 35-year career in 3D printingOn this week's episode of Additive Insight, we're joined by additive manufacturing industry consultant and analyst Terry Wohlers.
Wohlers, the founder of Wohlers Associates and a frequent speaker on the 3D printing conference circuit, has been working in the industry since the late 1980s.
Throughout this Executive Interview episode, the TCT Hall of Famer tells us how his introduction to 3D printing technology came about, what motivated him to pursue a career in a nascent industry, and the journey of his business from a one-man band to a company owned by ASTM International.
Wohlers also provides his insight on the devel...
2023-01-1653 min
Additive Insight#112 The biggest 3D printing stories of 2022For the last Additive Insight of 2022, the TCT editorial team gather for a first live recording from our newly minted TCT Additive Manufacturing Network to discuss this year's biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) news stories.
As this handy month-by-month round-up proves, 2022 was by no means short on new AM products, developments, acquisitions or disruptions to keep us busy. On this week's episode, editors Laura, Sam and Oli discuss a handful of those must-read stories in more detail and the key moments that shaped the AM industry over the last 12 months.
Stories include:
- Materialise announced the launch of CO-AM
...
2022-12-191h 02
Additive Insight#108 The biggest 3D printing stories from FormnextOn the latest Additive Insight, the TCT editorial team sum up a week in Frankfurt with a special roundtable recorded live at Formnext 2022.
The team discuss launches from HP, SLM Solutions, Carbon alongside partnership announcements from Materialise, Oqton and more.
Learn more about 3D printing with DuraForm PAx Black and DuraForm PAx Natural (SLS) from our episode sponsor 3D Systems by visiting https://bit.ly/3dspod
2022-11-2150 min
Additive Insight#105 Innovators on Innovators: Joe Allison & Mike Littrell on launching new AM technologiesOn this episode of the TCT Additive Insight podcast, Evolve Additive CEO Joe Allison is joined by Buildparts founder Mike Littrell for the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series.
Throughout the conversation, Joe and Mike share how they built their service bureau businesses, assess the accuracy of market value estimates in AM, and give details about the respective STEP and WAV processes at Evolve and Paxis.
Learn more about ultrafast 3D printing on the desktop with the XiP 3D printer from our episode sponsor Nexa3D: mytct.co/nexa3dpod
2022-10-171h 04
Additive Insight#104 Nikon makes major AM investments & UltiMaker merger closesOn this week's episode of Additive Insight, the editorial team discuss the biggest additive manufacturing and 3D printing news stories from the last month.
The top story focuses on Nikon's numerous investments in metal AM, starting with the biggest, a voluntary public takeover of SLM Solutions in a 622 million Euro deal at the start of September, quickly followed by investments in Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies and Optisys, Inc. TCT editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies also discuss the development of SLM Solutions extended version of its 12-laser NXG XII 600 system in in partnership with Concurrent Technologies Corporation.
The team also discuss...
2022-10-0349 min
Additive Insight#103 The future of sustainability in additive manufacturingOn this week's episode of Additive Insight, we bring you a panel session recorded live at this year's TCT 3Sixty on the future of sustainability in additive manufacturing.
Hoda Amel, Technology Manager, Additive Manufacturing at the the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) leads a panel of experts including Stephen Fitzpatrick, Machining and Additive Manufacturing Team Lead at the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), Gerret Lukas, Director Projects at Aachen Centre for Additive Manufacturing (ACAM), and Phil Reeves, Managing Director at Reeves Insight and Director at 4D Biomaterials, to explore where 3D printing provides opportunities for greener manufacturing, how the technology itself nee...
2022-09-2649 min
Additive Insight#102 Live from IMTS: The biggest 3D printing launchesTCT's Senior Content Producer Sam Davies joins Head of Content Laura Griffiths on a call from Chicago to discuss the biggest additive manufacturing launches from the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2022.
HP and Nexa3D were the headline stories from the week as both launched long-anticipated production focused 3D printing technologies at the mammoth manufacturing event. HP's Metal Jet S100 Solution aims to scale metal additive manufacturing to mass production, while Nexa3D is rounding out its portfolio with the commercial availability of QLS 820, am ultrafast polymer laser sintering platform geared towards high throughput.
The team also discuss acquisition news from N...
2022-09-1945 min
Additive Insight#98 Stratasys acquires Covestro, plus 3D printing news from Aston MartinFor this week's episode of Additive Insight, the TCT editorial team is back with another Editorial Roundtable, covering the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories from the last month.
Editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies discuss yet another major AM acquisition as Stratasys announces plans to acquire Covestro, two more major manufacturers joining the Biden administration's AM Forward initiative, Divergent Technologies 3D printing the subframe for Aston Martin's latest concept vehicle, and Montana becoming the first US state to give broad regulatory approval for 3D printing in construction.
Learn more about ultrafast 3D printing on the desktop with the X...
2022-08-2959 min
Additive Insight#96 AMGTA's Sherri Monroe on the AM industry's commitment to sustainabilityOn this week’s episode of Additive Insight, Sherri Monroe, Executive Director at the Additive Manufacturer Green Trade Association (AMGTA) joins us as our latest Executive Interview guest.
With a leadership background spanning both non-profit and for-profit organisations, Monroe joined the AMGTA back in June at what she describes as a ‘critical point’ in the development of the association, which was established by metal 3D printing specialist Sintavia back in 2019 to promote the environmental benefits of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies.
On today’s episode, Monroe talks to TCT about the AM industry’s commitment to sustainability, the importance of lifecycle assessment...
2022-08-0824 min
Additive Insight#95 Nano Dimension acquires stake in Stratasys + Formlabs launches enhanced SLS 3D printerOn this week's Additive Insight podcast, the TCT editorial team is back for another editorial roundtable covering the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news from the last month.
Editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies discuss some major acquisitions including news that Nano Dimension has taken a 12% in Stratasys, and Markforged's recent addition of binder jet to its portfolio with the acquisition of Digital Metal. The team also take a look at the next generation of Formlabs selective laser sintering technology with the launch of the Fuse 1+ 30W, and explore new stats from CONTEXT which show a complete reversal of 3D...
2022-08-011h 02
Additive Insight#92 Women in 3D Printing fireside chat @ TCT 3SixtyOn this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths speaks to Eliana Fu and Kristin Mulherin in this Women in 3D Printing fireside chat recorded live at TCT 3Sixty.
Mulherin, President of Women in 3D Printing, and General Manager for Powder Bed Solutions at Nexa3D, answers questions alongside Fu, Industry Manager for Aerospace & Medical at TRUMPF, and this year's Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award winner, on additive manufacturing materials, production readiness, sustainability, and much more.
2022-07-1150 min
Additive InsightAdditive Insight - The podcast for 3D printing & additive manufacturing intelligenceAdditive Insight is your source for news, interviews and comment on the latest 3D printing and additive manufacturing intelligence, brought to you by TCT Magazine.
2022-07-0401 min
Additive Insight#91 TCT 3Sixty: 3D printing highlights, Awards & Hall of FamersOn this episode of Additive Insight, the TCT editorial team record live from the TCT 3Sixty show floor to bring you highlights from the UK's leading 3D printing and additive manufacturing showcase.
The team discuss launches from Wematter, WAAM3D and Construct3D along with key takeaways from the conference including sessions from Aston University, Boston Consulting Group, and TCT's new Global Perspectives Forum with Todd Grimm.
You will also hear a special Innovators on Innovators conversation between our two 2020 TCT Hall of Fame inductees Phill Dickens and Terry Wohlers, and some words from our 2022 inductee who was announced at th...
2022-06-101h 08
Additive Insight#89 Additive manufacturing insights live from RAPID + TCTOn this episode of Additive Insight, the TCT content team discuss the latest 3D printing and additive manufacturing developments live from RAPID + TCT in Detroit.
In addition to key themes from keynotes presented by Siemens and Honeywell Aerospace, the team discuss tours of Desktop Metal, Stratasys and 3D Systems alongside conversations with DyeMansion, Jabil, Mosaic Manufacturing and more. You can also hear about launches from Materialise and Digital Metal and what those on the show floor had to say about supply chain and the US Government's Additive Manufacturing Forward initiative.
Learn more about Long-term Resin Performance and Industrial-Scale Selective Laser Sinte...
2022-05-2335 min
Additive Insight#86 Zortrax halts investment negotiations + XJet ships first metal AM machineThis week's Additive Insight is another Editorial Roundtable featuring the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories from the last month.
On this episode, the TCT content team discuss:
- Zortrax withdrawing from Roosatom - Additive Technologies investment
- XJet delivering its first Carmel 1400M metal 3D printer
- GE Aviation Singapore repairing engine parts at volume with metal additive manufacturing
- SME and Rapid News renew Partnership on RAPID + TCT and reveal Conference line-up
- Finalists announced for TCT Awards 2022
Learn more about Long-term Resin Performance and Industrial-Scale Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Workflow Solutions from our episode sponsor 3D...
2022-04-0338 min
Additive Insight#85 Prof. Phill Dickens & Stefanie Brickwede discuss the suitability of AM for spare partsOn this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we bring you the latest instalment of our Innovators on Innovators series, featuring Professor Phill Dickens of Added Scientific and University of Nottingham and Stefanie Brickwede of Deutsche Bahn and Mobility Goes Additive.
Having recently worked with a group that is exploring the use of 3D printing technology for spare parts, Phill has began to question the technology's suitability for the application. Meanwhile, Stefanie recently told TCT that she has seen 'so many companies' discovering they can use the technology for spare parts.
In this episode, the pair lean on their experiences to deb...
2022-03-1446 min
Additive Insight#84 3D printing M&As update + last chance to enter TCT AwardsOn this week's episode of Additive Insight, TCT Editors Laura Griffiths and Sam Davies discuss the biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories from the last month.
Get up to date on 3D Systems' acquisitions of Titan Robotics and Kumovis to expand its play in industrial and medical markets; Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp's decision to terminate its business combination agreement with Essentium; what such mergers and acquisitions mean for the future of AM; and finally, how you can enter your technologies, applications and collaborations for this year's TCT Awards.
Learn more about Long-term Resin Performance and Industrial-Scale Selective Laser Sinte...
2022-02-2836 min
Additive Insight#82 TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award - Meet the finalistsAt this year's TIPE 3D Printing Conference, the finalists for the 2022 TCT Women in 3D Printing Innovator Award were unveiled.
The collaboration between the TCT Group and Women in 3D Printing was founded in 2019 to celebrate the women who are leading the charge in the 3D printing and additive manufacturing sector. On this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths introduces this year's finalists:
Eliana Fu, Industry Manager, Aerospace and Medical | TRUMPF
Diana Kalisz, Vice President, Materials | 3D Systems
Ellen Lee, Technical Leader of Additive Manufacturing for Research & Advanced Engineering | Ford Motor Company
Candice Majewski, Senior Lecturer in...
2022-02-1447 min
Additive Insight#80 2021's biggest 3D printing news stories (Part 2)In part two of our final Additive Insight editorial roundtable of the year, Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies gather around the mic to discuss the biggest 3D printing news stories from the last 12 months.
On this episode, we reflect on another acquisition from Desktop Metal, Team GB racing to seven medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with a little help from 3D printing, and our first trade show outings in almost two years as TCT 3Sixty and Formnext returned live and in-person.
Learn more about Long-term Resin Performance and Industrial-Scale Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) Workflow Solu...
2021-12-2735 min
Additive Insight#77 The biggest 3D printing announcements from FormnextOn 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/
2021-12-0545 min
Additive Insight#75 Women in 3D Printing @ TCT 3Sixty - AM & sustainability panelThis 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 Cent...
2021-11-0544 min
Additive Insight#72 Reflecting on TCT 3SixtyOn 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.
2021-10-0348 min
Additive Insight#71 6K Additive President on making metal AM more sustainableOn 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 bel...
2021-09-2424 min
Additive Insight#69 Desktop Metal to acquire ExOne & Xerox backs CASTORFor 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...
2021-08-2736 min
Additive Insight#68 SLM Solutions CEO discusses Free Float 3D printingOn this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths is joined by Sam O’Leary, CEO at metal additive manufacturing company SLM Solutions.
With around 650 machines installed globally, the selective laser melting pioneer’s technology has been adopted everywhere from optimised metal components at Bugatti to landing gear at bizjet. But for this episode, we caught up with Sam to chat about SLM’s latest development – Free Float – a new technology that promises to deliver on the design freedom’s afforded by additive through “support-free” 3D printing.
We also talk about the NXG XII 600 machine, a huge system lau...
2021-08-1319 min
Additive Insight#66 Desktop Metal acquires Aerosint & Fast Radius goes publicFor July's 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.
The trend for AM acquisitions continues as Desktop Metal, a company which has already brought a number of technologies into the fold over the last year, has acquired multi-material 3D printing firm Aerosint, a technology that Ric Fulop, founder and CEO of Desktop Metal called “the next frontier in AM." It wouldn’t be an episode of Additive Insight without at least one mention of a company going public. This t...
2021-07-3030 min
Additive Insight#65 Digital Manufacturing Centre founder on 3D printing & UK innovationOn today’s episode we have a conversation with Kieron Salter, founder of the UK’s Digital Manufacturing Centre, which officially opens its doors at Silverstone Park this week.
The engineering-led facility promises to be a real hub of additive and digital manufacturing, delivering industrial scale production, and education, for industries such as motorsport, aerospace and more.
Here, Salter talks to TCT about solving manufacturing challenges with digital solutions, the opportunities for advanced engineering in the UK, and how he hopes the DMC can be a reference site for what’s possible with new manufacturing technologies.
TCT also took an exclus...
2021-07-2618 min
Additive Insight#64 SLM Solutions introduces Free Float + Markforged teases new 3D printerOn this 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.
We kick things off with Markforged and perhaps the most organised Formnext announcement to date with a teaser for a new composite 3D printer that's been described by CEO Shai Terem as a "beast of a machine". We also have news from SLM Solutions which just launched its new Free Float software solution and promises high productivity, reduced costs and post-processing, and previously unachievable designs. Elsewhere, we discuss how Volkswa...
2021-07-0232 min
Additive Insight#63 Adidas' latest application of Carbon 3D printing + Daimler, Forust & Wayland AdditiveOn this month's Additive Insight Editorial Roundtable, TCT's Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies discuss May's biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news.
Kicking things off, Adidas has launched its latest 3D printed midsole, the 4DFWD, using Carbon's Digital Light Synthesis technology, and Daimler Buses has set up a 36m-squared mobile 3D printing centre for the decentralised additive manufacture of spare parts. We also discuss Desktop Metal's new Forust venture which is turning waste sawdust and lignin into sustainably manufactured custom wood products, and Wayland Additive's first sale of its Calibur3 metal additive manufacturing system.
2021-05-2830 min
Additive Insight#62 Innovators on Innovators: EOS founder Hans Langer & Hyperganic CEO Lin KayserFor the first episode of our new Additive Insight "Innovators on Innovators" series, we have a conversation with Hans Langer, founder of industrial 3D printing company EOS and TCT Hall of Fame inductee whose early work in the laser industry has had a profound influence on today's laser-based AM technology; and Lin Kayser, a serial entrepreneur and CEO of AI-based design software company Hyperganic that's leading a ‘paradigm shift’ in design for AM.
Throughout, Langer and Kayser discuss their backstories, first experiences with 3D printing, what the future of design and manufacturing will look like and how AM technology will play a huge
2021-05-0742 min
Additive Insight#61 Stratasys & Fortify machine launches + the latest AM M&AFor the April edition of TCT's Additive Insight editorial roundtable, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies discuss the month's biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news.
Starting with two sets of major machine launches, we discuss Stratasys' three new 3D printers including the first products from its Origin acquisition and Selective Absorption Fusion announcements, and Fortify's latest composite additive manufacturing systems. Continuing the trend for mergers and acquisitions within AM, we also cover Materialise's potential takeover of Link3D and Shapeways listing on the New York Stock Exchange via merger with special purpose acquisition compa...
2021-04-3048 min
Additive Insight#60 MakerBot CEO talks metal 3D printing on the desktop, accessibility + moreFor this week's episode of Additive Insight, MakerBot CEO Nadav Goshen joins TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths as our latest Executive Interview guest.
The Brooklyn based 3D printing company is perhaps one of the most recognisable brands in the AM industry, known for its desktop 3D printers which have evolved from hobbyist devices to professional manufacturing tools and adopted for industrial applications from users like KUKA Robotics to NASCAR race teams.
Nadav talks about recent applications, how during the pandemic, MakerBot sent its engineers home with their own MakerBot Method printers so they could continue remote development of their ne...
2021-04-1639 min
Additive Insight#59 Industry Roundtable - 3D Printing & Supply ChainAfter a year which saw countless examples of 3D printing used to plug supply chain gaps and manufacture emergency components amid disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, there was no question around what the subject of our first Additive Insight Industry Roundtable would be.
Kicking off our new podcast series, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths is joined by three experts from across the additive manufacturing gamut to discuss the challenges and opportunities for 3D printing in supply chain.
Our panelists are Dr Jennifer Johns, Reader in International Business, School of Management, University of Bristol, Ramon Pastor, HP’s World Wide Gener...
2021-04-0945 min
Additive Insight#58 VELO3D goes public + Stratasys enters powder bed fusion marketOn this month's Additive Insight editorial roundtable, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies discuss March's biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories.
Following similar moves by Desktop Metal and Markforged over the last few months, we discuss VELO3D's announcement it is to go public with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) JAWS Spitfire, Stratasys launching a line of powder bed fusion systems based on High Speed Sintering, Carbon making its Design Engine software available to all subscribers in a '10x type product launch', and DyeMansion unveiling its next-generation post-processing technology.
2021-03-2643 min
Additive Insight#57 Desktop Metal CTO on Additive Manufacturing 2.0On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Laura Griffiths, TCT Head of Content is joined by Jonah Myerberg, Co-founder and CTO at Desktop Metal.
The additive manufacturing company first made a name for itself as a pioneer of office friendly metal 3D printing with its compact Studio System, and, on the other end of the adoption curve, a Production System aimed at, you guessed it, serial production.
Since then, Desktop Metal has secured household names like Ford, Google and BMW as customers and expanded its portfolio with more metal platforms, carbon fibre and most recently, polymers, in a huge dea...
2021-03-1929 min
Additive Insight#55 Stratasys acquires RPS + office-friendly metal 3D printing developmentsOn this month's Additive Insight editorial roundtable, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths and Senior Content Producer Sam Davies discuss February's biggest 3D printing and additive manufacturing news stories.
Continuing the trend for consolidation, we discuss Stratasys's acquisition of RPS as it ramps up its ambition to be "the first choice for polymer 3D printing", the launch of ExOne's new office-friendly metal 3D printer based on Rapidia's water-based technology, Desktop Metal eliminating the debinding step with its upgraded Studio 2 system, and the Digital Manufacturing Centre's integration of Enable Manufacturing's Additive Casting technology.
Thank you to our AI sponsor Ultimaker. Considering...
2021-02-2634 min
Additive Insight#54 Xerox's Tali Rosman on 3D printing, workflows and supply chainOn this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Head of Content Laura Griffiths is joined by Tali Rosman, Xerox Vice President and General Manager for 3D Printing.
The well-known 2D print giant made its play for the additive manufacturing market back in 2019 with the acquisition of start-up Vader Systems and its Liquid Metal 3D printing technology. Since then, Xerox has gone on to introduce its first metal system, the Xerox ElemX, and recently announced the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) as its first installation.
We spoke to Rosman about Xerox’s history with 3D printing, which began long before that 2019 acquisition, Xerox’s co...
2021-02-1927 min
Additive Insight#53 AM-Flow talks demand for additive manufacturing workflow automationOn this week's episode of Additive Insight, our Executive Interview series continues with a conversation with Carlos Zwikker, Chief Commercial Officer at AM-Flow.
The Netherlands-based start-up is a developer of automation technologies which tackle the post-printing parts of the AM production workflow. Combining 3D-shape identification and a mix of hardware and software intelligence, AM Flow addresses those important end-to-end process steps which need to be considered in order to position additive manufacturing as a scalable production technology.
Speaking with TCT Head of Content, Laura Griffiths, Zwikker discusses the company’s latest developments, why these solutions will be necessary for 3D pr...
2021-02-0536 min
TCT Gaming PodcastNew Year, Same TCTHappy new year from TCT! We talk about what we did over our Christmas break and whether our visits from Santa were fruitful. We also welcome Delsin as a new TCT Warlord and hear what it's like having to start a new Warframe clan over from scratch, talk about some of the games we've been playing, and round the new year's first episode off with the new seasonal quest in Destiny 2 and have a heart-to-heart about whether PvP is ACTUALLY broken with the introduction of Stasis, or whether we just need to git gud.
Hosts:
Drew
Delsin
Moose
2021-01-1142 minAdditive Insight#47 3D printing highlights from Formnext ConnectOn this weeks episode of Additive Insight, the TCT content team reflect on a busy week at Formnext Connect including the biggest launches from the virtual floor, interviews with exhibitors and highlights from the TCT Conference @ Formnext Connect.
Expect details on new additive manufacturing hardware from the likes of SLM Solutions, Additive Industries and Wematter, plus insight from conversations with Nexa3D, Solukon and more.
Thank you to our AI sponsor Ultimaker. Considering an in-house 3D printing solution with industrial-grade material options and trusted software employed by 2 million users? Visit: mytct.co/ultimakerpod
2020-11-1358 minAdditive Insight#46 Dan's 3D printing highlightsOn this week’s episode of Additive Insight, The TCT Group’s outgoing Head of Content Daniel O’Connor gets his turn in the hot seat as the editorial team bid a fond farewell and gather his thoughts on eight years in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry including the biggest trends, changes and technology developments.
From starting out with "Thingi Thursdays" and Buzzfeed-style listicles on TCT Magazine’s Personalize brand amid peak “3D printer in every home” hype to travelling the world covering some of the most prolific adopters of additive for series production, we talk through Dan’s first articles, his...
2020-10-3052 minAdditive Insight#44 nTopology CEO on empowering engineers to make transformative productsThis week, nTopology CEO Bradley Rothenberg joins us on the Additive Insight podcast.
Last year the New York-based software company brought its TCT Award-winning nTop platform to market, promising the next generation of engineering design tools for advanced manufacturing. With hundreds of users already said to be working with the technology and global expansion underway, TCT spoke with Brad shortly after nTopology announced the raise of $40 million in a Series C funding round to help further its growth.
Coming up we discuss the power of optimised workflows, how nTopology’s nTop platform is helping engineers create new and previously impossible pr...
2020-10-0926 minAdditive Insight#42 BCN3D CEO on new era and next-gen 3D printersOn this this episode of Additive Insight, TCT Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths speaks to Xavier Martínez Faneca, CEO of Barcelona-based 3D printing company BCN3D.
BCN3D is manufacturer of polymer extrusion-based desktop 3D printers, which spun out of the Polytechnic university of Catalonia. From automotive to fashion, the company is said to have an install base of around 5,000 machines employed by a wide range of professional and industrial users, and just recently raised €2.8 million in funding to expand its 3D printing hardware and materials portfolio.
On this episode Faneca discusses BCN3D’s origins in the RepRap movem...
2020-09-2526 minAdditive Insight#41 Formlabs CEO on becoming a leader in 3D printingOn this week's episode of Additive Insight, TCT Deputy Group Editor Laura Griffiths is joined by Max Lobovsky, Co-founder and CEO of leading 3D printing company Formlabs.
From its origins as a Kickstarter success story which grew out of the MIT Media Lab back in 2012, Formlabs has gone on to become one of a handful of unicorn status companies in the additive space with its popular desktop stereolithography systems and earn itself an install base of more than 70,000 printers worldwide.
On this episode we discuss the company’s rise an an industrial player against the backdrop of 3D printing’s hype...
2020-09-1828 minAdditive Insight#36 How 3D printing is helping to combat COVID-19In this episode of Additive Insight, Dan, Laura and Sam catch up from the comfort of their spare rooms, hot desks and sheds to discuss the latest features inside TCT Magazine and how the 3D printing industry is responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
In addition to covering the latest in healthcare, post-processing and architecture & construction, Sam explores the growing prevalence of subscription models for additive manufacturing hardware, while Dan recounts another tale of caution from one of our TCT Expert Advisory Board members.
Naturally, our recent healthcare feature was dominated by the AM industry's efforts to provide PPE and vital...
2020-04-1640 minAdditive Insight#34 Arcam, Aerospace and Anaheim for RAPID + TCT 2020In this episode, the editorial team gets together to discuss places they’ve been and conferences they’ve seen before diving into what’s coming up at this year’s RAPID + TCT.
2020-03-0643 minAdditive Insight#31 Live from TCT: Dan, Sam and Sandra on the TCT AwardsOn the final day of this year's TCT Show Dan, Sam and Sandra sat down to discuss the previous night's TCT Awards ceremony.
2019-09-2743 minAdditive Insight#30 Live from TCT Show with Dr Phil ReevesHere at TCT Show 2019, the TCT editorial time sat down with Dr Phil Reeves to discuss the state of the 3D printing and additive manufacturing industry.
2019-09-2542 minAdditive Insight#28 What's new at RAPID + TCT?North America’s biggest additive manufacturing event, RAPID + TCT landed in Detroit last week, bringing over 400 exhibiting companies together to showcase the latest and greatest in 3D technologies. The TCT team was there to get the latest updates first-hand with plenty more interviews and insight to come over the following weeks and in our annual RAPID + TCT Review.
Here, we roundup some of the biggest news and debuts from Origin, Formalloy, Rapidia, nTopology, Markforged and more.
2019-05-2827 minAdditive Insight#26 TCT goes to AMUGTeam TCT spent last week in Chicago at the 31st Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference. Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths and Assistant Editor, Sam Davies sat down to discuss the keynotes, surprising launches and applications that were the talk of the industry’s largest gathering of 3D printing users.
Listen to learn more about Formlabs' new Form 3 series, Stratasys' move into stereolithography with the V650 Flex, software newcomer Dyndrite, and more.
2019-04-0936 minAdditive Insight#25 Live from TCT AsiaAs the fifth TCT Asia came to a close, Head of Content, Daniel O'Connor sat down with Assistant Editor, Sam Davies to discuss some of the exhibitors they had spent time with over the course of the show.
With a focus on polymer technologies, Dan covers the latest developments at Farsoon and tells the story of a Chinese company forced to reinvent itself after Apple stole its thunder, and Sam talks Polymaker and Ultimaker, after both companies made announcements on Day 1.
2019-02-2322 minAdditive Insight#24 Live from TCT JapanFrom the show floor at the first TCT Japan, Dan and Laura discuss some of the show highlights so far, and are joined part-way through by a special guest who is among the best placed to give the lowdown on additive manufacturing in Japan.
2019-01-3127 minAdditive Insight#23 2018 in Additive Manufacturing (Part 1)The latest episode of the Additive Insight Podcast - we've opted for a slight name change as the new year beckons - is the first of a two-part series in which the TCT Magazine editorial team sit down to discuss the biggest stories, some trips across the globe, and some of their favourite articles of the past 12 months.
From Solidworks to Formnext, from Desktop Metal and Markforged's court battle to MakerBot's launch of Method, and everything in between, TCT Magazine delves into the most important developments of the year. Laura and Sam also go head to head in a pop...
2018-12-1441 minAdditive Insight#22 Richard D'Aveni - 3D Printing and the Pan-Industrial RevolutionIn this episode of the TCT Podcast, Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths speaks to bestselling author and Dartmouth Tuck School of Business Professor, Richard D’Aveni, following the release of his new book, The Pan-Industrial Revolution. D’Aveni discusses the impact of additive manufacturing on the world economy, current challenges and how a small number of pan-industrial companies, will capture the market. Listen to the interview in full and subscribe below to receive more from the TCT Podcast.
2018-12-0552 minAdditive Insight#20 Hall of Fame Panel SessionOn the 26th September 2018, during the TCT Awards three more maestros of manufacturing were inducted into the TCT Hall of Fame. Earlier that day Head of Content, Daniel O’Connor hosted a panel session at the TCT Show, in which two of the inductees, Greg Morris and Professor Ely Sachs discussed how their pasts are shaping the future of manufacturing.
2018-11-0659 minAdditive Insight#19 TCT Show Day Three and TCT AwardsTCT Show has closed its doors for 2018 where, across three packed days, we saw over 250 exhibiting companies showcase the latest and greatest in design-to-manufacturing technology. But before we left the NEC for another year, the TCT editorial team got together to discuss what we found on the show floor and of course, the previous evening's prestigious TCT Awards ceremony.
2018-09-2830 minAdditive Insight#18 TCT Show Day Two - A day of 3D printing panelsSam Davies, Laura Griffiths and Daniel O'Connor gather around the microphone to discuss what was hot on day two at the TCT Show. Dan and Laura both hosted panel sessions today and Sam saw some interesting applications from a service bureau.
2018-09-2719 minAdditive Insight#17 TCT Show Day One - 3D printers, partnerships and replacement partsThe doors have now closed to the public after a successful first day at TCT Show 2018 and the exhibitor party is just getting started. Before the celebrations get into full swing, the TCT editorial team grabbed a few quiet minutes to chat about some of the launches, announcements and keynotes we’ve seen on the show floor so far.
2018-09-2615 minAdditive Insight#16 Additive manufacturing at IMTSIn this episode of the TCT Podcast, Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths speaks to TCT Head of Content, Dan O'Connor live from the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago where the likes of HP, Stratasys and 3D Systems have been showcasing their latest additive manufacturing technologies.
2018-09-1831 minAdditive Insight#15 TCT Show 2018 PreviewTCT Show 2018 is just around the corner and for this week’s episode, the editorial team preview some of the highlights from the conference, the show floor and the finalists in TCT Awards.
2018-09-0649 min
Additive Insight#14 TCT Hall of Fame | 2018 Induction | Dr Carl DeckardOur final inductee to the TCT Hall of Fame for 2018, is a man that many feel should have made the cut last year. Fortunately, those protestors got their act together and voted for Dr Carl Deckard, inventor of Selective Laser Sintering, in their droves.
After being inspired by a visit to the Henry Ford Museum as a child Carl dreamed of becoming an inventor. Whilst working at an iron-based machine shop, TRW Mission, Carl had his Eureka moment.
Dr Deckard reminisces about those good times and some challenging times in this refreshingly open interview.
2018-08-2924 min
Additive Insight#13 TCT Hall of Fame | 2018 Induction | Greg MorrisAfter the inventor of binder-jet printing, Professor Ely Sachs became the first inductee into the TCT Hall of Fame in 2018, our next inductee is much more famed for his applications over inventions.
Greg Morris established Morris Technologies in 1994, it became one of the leading providers of specialist AM services in the US before being bought, along with sister company Rapid Quality Manufacturing, by GE Aviation in 2012. Greg’s work in developing metal AM processes and applications has driven the adoption of these technologies and his involvement in the speaking circuit, SME’s RTAM Steering Committee and positions at educational and rese...
2018-08-2236 min
Additive Insight#12 TCT Hall of Fame | 2018 Induction | Professor Emanuel SachsOn the 26th September, at the TCT Awards, three more people will join the illustrious crowd that is Chuck Hull, Scott Crump, Hans Langer, Adrian Bowyer and Fried Vancraen.
Proceeding the gala dinner will be three in-depth conversations with the inductees who were nominated by their peers and then voted in by the general public. In no particular order, our first inductee for 2018 is Professor Emanuel Sachs.
Known to many as Ely he is not only a professor at MIT, co-founder at Desktop Metal, and the inventor of the binder-jetting process, but he is the man that coined the very...
2018-08-1532 minAdditive Insight#11 The 2018 TCT Hall Of Fame NomineesOn September 26th, three more industry pioneers will be inducted into the TCT Hall of Fame at the second TCT Awards ceremony.
Dr Carl Deckard; Prof Phil Dickens; Todd Grimm; Greg Morris; Prof Emanuel 'Ely' Sachs; and Graham Tromans were the nominated six by the TCT Expert Advisory Board. The public have now voted, the results are in... and in the coming weeks the lucky three will be announced one by one.
But before that happens, the TCT Magazine editorial team gathered round a microphone, sat ourselves on a collection of creaky office chairs, and discussed some interesting facts from...
2018-08-1034 minAdditive Insight#6 Justifying 3D printing in an age of false enlightenmentThe day two keynote at this year’s TCT Show Conference came from a true stalwart of the additive manufacturing industry and one of only a few reoccurring speakers in the TCT Show conference calendar – it is of course Todd Grimm.
Todd has held positions at some of the additive industry’s biggest names and as well as being a fountain of 3D printing knowledge is currently the AM industry advisor with the Additive Manufacturing Users Group.
In this keynote talk, Todd presents “Justification in an Age of False Enlightenment” – which addresses the fact that the AM revolution is not as imminent...
2016-11-2328 min