Additive Manufacturing Magazine

Additive Manufacturing is a magazine focused on the industrial uses of 3D printing technology. We examine how manufacturers are utilizing this innovative approach to create tooling, molds, functional prototypes, and final production parts. Our content is tailored for leaders in the manufacturing sector. Some are currently thriving with additive manufacturing, while others see it as a key method for future production. For decision-makers in both categories, we provide insights into the potential of additive manufacturing, its existing applications, technological advancements, the challenges of effective implementation, and how it interacts with traditional manufacturing processes.

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DMG MORI Highlights US-Built Powder Bed 3D Printer at 2025 Innovation Days

3 days ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Stephanie Hendrixson

Additive manufacturing equipment (such as the Lasertec 30 SLM US to the right) represents versatility needed in the next wave of manufacturing technology. Source: Additive Manufacturing Media“Every 10 years we are working very hard to shift to new technologies,” said Dr. Masahiko Mori, president of machine tool builder DMG MORI Co. Ltd., in a press event during the company’s Chicago Innovation Days in April.
3D Printed Replacement Lever Arm Keeps Critical Waterway Open: The Cool Parts Show #83

1 week ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Stephanie Hendrixson

The Soo Locks system, which connects Great Lakes Huron and Superior, is a critical piece of U.S. infrastructure. Approximately 95% of the iron ore entering the United States passes through these locks, not to mention many other raw materials. The Poe Lock is the largest of the Soo Locks, and features a ship arrestor system (including a 3.5-inch-diameter rope lifted into place by a 12-foot-long lever arm) to protect its watertight miter doors from damage.
Continuum Powders’ New Houston Facility Will Support Circular Economy for Metals

1 week ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Stephanie Hendrixson

Steve Beard, director of operations at Continuum Powders in Houston, describes the steps to atomize metal powders using the Greyhound system. The company’s Houston facility is dedicated to production of nickel alloys and titanium for advanced manufacturing — but it plans to go farther both in terms of material selection and powder production locations.
How This 3D Printed Spine Implant Manufacturer Competes on Cost Against Machining, and What’s Next

2 weeks ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Stephanie Hendrixson

When Tangible Solutions launched just over a decade ago, the founders anticipated that there would be demand for additive manufactured spine implants largely for their design possibilities. Design is still a driver for adoption (including engineered surface roughness as shown here in nTop) but these days, Marle Tangible is much more likely to win based on cost.
Video: Engineered Surface Roughness for Medical Implants

2 weeks ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Stephanie Hendrixson

3D printed implants commonly employ open structures such as lattices and gyroids to enable surgeons to pack bone graft into the device and encourage osseointegration. However, the finish of an implant’s surfaces may be just as important for encouraging healing and bone in-growth. At contract medical manufacturer Marle Tangible, implants are 3D printed in titanium using laser powder bed fusion (LPBF).
Making Materials for Additive, Conventional Manufacturing More Sustainable - by Producing Them Together

2 weeks ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Stephanie Hendrixson

How can additive manufacturing source more sustainable metal powders, made in an efficient way? The answer might be to find those powders within a process for producing a more conventional feedstock: semi-finished steel ingots.
AM’s Best Applications Involve Products and Companies That Could Not Exist Without It

3 weeks ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Peter Zelinski

Is additive manufacturing for parts or products? I am more than five years and more than 80 episodes into my involvement with a video series that, in its very name, The Cool Parts Show, offers a case for the former. And yet, a number of stories we have posted recently present a different take: AM is for products.
The Postprocessing Episode: AM Radio #58

3 weeks ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Stephanie Hendrixson

This episode of the AM Radio podcast is brought to you by The BuildUp.Subscribe to the AM Radio podcast. Postprocessing is a necessary part of the additive manufacturing (AM) workflow in almost every instance, because 3D printing alone rarely yields a finished part ready for use.
Video: Prepping the Machine for Laser Powder Bed Fusion

1 month ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Peter Zelinski

What does it look like to begin a build in laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing? That is, what is involved in loading powder metal and setting up the machine? During a visit to Eplus3D’s North American headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, we asked the team to walk through the setup steps. The resulting video shows loading powder, leveling the build plate and bed, and other pre-build steps on the company’s EP-M300 dual-laser metal AM system.
Video: Why This Part’s Injection Molding Relies on 3D Printing

1 month ago | additivemanufacturing.media | Peter Zelinski

Machine tool maker Matsuura recently aided the developer of a new medical device in getting to production of a critical injection-molded plastic component. The part was hampered by injection molding cycle times that were too long due to inadequate cooling, as well as inconsistent success in injection molding because of the difficulty filling the nylon 66 material into the deepest features of the mold.