This is the first article in a two-part series exploring additive manufacturing. The Pentagon has poured unprecedented funds ...

“Additive manufacturing” describes a range of technologies that convert CAD models into 3D forms, including stereolithography and fused deposition modeling, for polymers and other non-metallic ...

This is the second in a series exploring the modernization of defense manufacturing. Please also read the first: “The ...

Velo3D, Inc. (NASDAQ: VELO), a leading additive manufacturing technology company for mission-critical metal parts has entered into an Other Transition Agreement (OTA) contract with the U.S. Department ...

Mazak’s Integrex i-400AM “fuses” fiber-laser sintering with full five-axis milling “Done-in-one” production Generate/clad near-net-shape features Process prismatic parts from billets or castings The ...

In the early 1980s, machine tool builders added milling spindles to turning machines, and Multi-Tasking was born. Within a decade, the concept quickly progressed to machines that not only combined ...

Since his postdoctoral days at MIT, Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been wrestling ...

Design For Manufacturing (DFM) approaches aim to integrate manufacturability aspects during the design stage. Most of DFM approaches usually consider only one manufacturing process, but products ...

Robots are great tools for manufacturing and assembly processes that require motion, such as cutting, welding, dispensing, sanding and painting. They are less good at machining solid steel or ...

Additive nanomanufacturing applies 3D printing at the nanoscale, enabling precise fabrication for electronics, energy, ...