The 2024 edition of IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show welcomed more than 89,000 attendees to Chicago last week. While only a portion of the show’s 1,500 exhibitors were offering additive manufacturing equipment or services, AM nevertheless had a significant footprint at this show. Conversations with speakers, exhibitors and attendees revealed insights about where additive is finding traction now, and where it is heading next. In this episode of AM Radio, I talk with Pete Zelinski about equipment launches during the show, advances in usability and accessibility, AM’s role in the casting supply chain, the increased presence of service providers, and how the next “phase” of AM will look different.
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Mentioned in this episode:
- LinkedIn feeds: Stephanie | Pete
- Videos from the show:
- Robot Machining and Robot DED
- Video: Scanning for Fast Model Capture and Validation of AM Parts
- More to come — subscribe to The BuildUp
- Markforged FX10 Metal Kit
- 3D Systems Titan EXT 800 pellet printer
- Formalloy, developer of the DED Smart Path scanning module
- Stratasys F3300 and Origin 2
- One Click Metal (video to come)
- EOS dual setup system for laser powder bed fusion
- Mazak hot wire hybrid deposition machine
- Würth Additive Group’s DIS platform (video to come)
- How DIS integrates with Raise3D's resin 3D printers
- A test of Spee3D's cold spray technology in expeditionary manufacturing
- Meltio M600 DED machine
- Colibrium Additive (formerly GE Additive) and the impact of binder strength for production
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory integrated machining/DED system
- Perspective on hybrid manufacturing from Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies, which showcased its 45° deposition head
- More on service providers 3DEO and Forecast 3D/GKN Additive
- Desktop Metal Studio System
- Nikon SLM Solutions on continuing adoption: Here is an example (valves)
- HP 3D printing