With the launch of two new 3D printing technologies, plastics machinery manufacturer KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH is adding a fourth pillar to its current portfolio of plastics production options.

If Redwire Corp.'s work using plastics to 3D print tools and components sounds otherworldly, that's because it is. Or at least the company expects it will be. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based company has ...

As with any other type of manufacturing process for medical devices, additive manufacturing (AM) requires a specific and careful approach during the design and production-approval phases. When the ...

Challenges when dealing with high-power-density designs. Utilizing cloud manufacturing platforms (CMPs). Power packaging using additive manufacturing. Today’s designers are now more equipped to ...

With 400 million tons of plastic produced annually, landfills are overflowing. Oceans are choking on microplastics. And global plastic production is on pace to triple by 2060. But a new wave of ...

Spain’s nonprofit plastics technology center Aimplas and the German injection molding machine manufacturer Arburg have been collaborating since July of this year qualifying new materials for additive ...

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

How—and why—GM prints parts for its new halo car from aluminum, stainless steel, and plastic. Additive manufacturing, the engineer's version of what everyone else calls 3D printing, is too slow and ...

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