In the first quarter, China's 3D printer exports surged 119 percent year on year. In Guangdong Province in southern China, where Shenzhen is located, the increase was even sharper at nearly 137 ...

Kurtis Wilde, parts manager at Murray Honda in Chilliwack, British Columbia, envisions the day dealerships use 3D printers to fabricate their own parts — small, plastic, non-safety-related ones within ...

Additive manufacturing (AM), often known as 3D printing, is a disruptive invention that will have a significant influence on global supply chains and procedures. Manufacturers are confronted with ...

Issues with the global supply chain have impacted the power generation sector, in much the same way those problems have affected other industries. Sourcing of materials, including spare parts for ...

Production of the 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe was about to begin late last summer in Arlington, Texas, when engineers made a last-minute design change to the tailgate-mounted spoiler. The move threatened to ...

Schneider Electric is already using the new tech to produce components too complex for normal manufacturing processes. HP Inc. on Monday introduced a new metal 3D printer that could help industries ...

In the midst of the pandemic, Pantheon Design, a maker of industrial 3D printers from Vancouver, BC, suddenly found itself getting orders from factories in the Midwest, the center of heavy industries.

A Firestorm xCell micro 3D printing factory loading onto a C-130 to print Tempest UAV systems at a U.S. Air Force base. Inside a standard shipping container, a "factory-in-a-box" hums to life. It is ...

My first visit to a 3D printing lab was back in the fall of 2014. On a trip to Kentucky, I toured a lab at the University of Louisville, where among other things, a team was working with GE Aerospace ...

3D printing is playing a special role in the development of hypersonic vehicles. Credit: 3D Systems The U.S. Air Force (USAF) awarded 3D Systems Corp. a $7.65 million contract to continue development ...