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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

There is a potential solution, however: additive manufacturing. and the cloud are enabling a vast digital manufacturing network in which a print job can be initiated in one part of the world and finished in another, exactly where the part is needed. Sometimes these production delays can be in the range of months.

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3D Printing in Medical Devices: Leveraging a Digital Manufacturing Partner

iBASEt

And why do manufacturers need digital tools like a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to be successful? The Advantages of Additive. 3D printing in manufacturing, also called additive manufacturing, is becoming a key component of agile production in life sciences.

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ESAB Partners with EWI to Develop Innovative Solutions for Arc-DED Additive Manufacturing and Saw Processes

Fabricating & Metal Work

“Using advanced pulsed-GMAW equipment, EWI can work with end users to develop custom waveforms for the arc DED and the alloys associated with additive manufacturing,” says Michael Carney, Senior Engineer at EWI. It is faster than other methods of additive manufacturing, extremely accurate, and can fabricate large-scale parts.

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Modern Manufacturing Expo: Collaboration hub for real-life implementation

Manufacturer's Monthly

The program for the Smart Manufacturing Conference on 20 September includes thought-provoking presentations from experts on future-thinking and practical topics such as: . Smart-sourcing new technologies and equipment; . Real advice to give manufacturers a clear path forward .

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IDTechEx Asks If Electronics Manufacturing Can Join the Digital Age

i4.0 today

Asked whether electronics is a ‘digital technology’, almost everyone would reply in the affirmative. However, while printed circuit boards (PCBs) enable digital technologies, the manufacturing processes used to produce them are still largely analog. Why Do We Need Digital Electronics Manufacturing?

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Large Hybrid Steel Insert Solves Deformation, Dimensionality, Cycle Time Problems

Mold Making Technology

From the start, the company embraced the benefits of metal additive manufacturing (AM). “One advantage our team brings to each project is that we have deep experience in both conventional and additive manufacturing and we recognize that additive is only one tool in a moldmaker’s toolbox."

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MTA Expands Support for Engineering-based Manufacturers with the Launch of a New Cluster of Trade Associations and Events

i4.0 today

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has expanded its support to the engineering-based manufacturing sector with the formation of a new cluster of trade associations and events. AMUK is the UK’s only trade association for Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing businesses.