AM Radio

Dec 03 2024 58 ep. 33 mins 20
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AM Radio talks about what's really going on in additive manufacturing. Produced by Additive Manufacturing Media, editors Stephanie Hendrixson, Julia Hider, and Peter Zelinski discuss the places they've been, the applications they've seen, and the trends in additive manufacturing they think they are seeing. And sometimes, they'll even pull back the curtain and bring you the story behind the story.

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56 - Applications Reaching the Tipping Point, Semiconductors and Tungsten on the Rise, Costs Coming Down and More From Formnext 2024

Dec 03 2024 62 mins  
Formnext 2024 lived up to its reputation as additive manufacturing’s largest trade show, attracting more than 34,000 attendees to 54,000 m2 of exhibit space. It was also large in the sense of showcasing just how big 3D printing can go, with plenty of showpieces and demos running to illustrate the current scale of large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) technology. But beneath

55 - How 3D Printing Aids Automation, and How Additive Will Reach Farther With Robots

Oct 10 2024 40 mins  
Additive manufacturing and robots are parallel technologies, both digitally enabled tools for manufacturing that are advancing in adoption. But they also enable each other. 3D printing can provide the grippers, end effectors and other specialized tooling that robots require to serve production. And robots are driving AM forward as well. Collaborative robots or cobots are being use

54 - New Equipment, Additive Manufacturing for Casting Replacement, and AM's Next Phase at IMTS 2024

Sep 19 2024 53 mins  
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 abou

53 - Steel Mills and Spatter: AM and Advanced Manufacturing Research at Carnegie Mellon University

Aug 12 2024 18 mins  
Stephanie Hendrixson shares observations from her visit to learn more about two different manufacturing institutes under the umbrella of Carnegie Mellon University. First, she visited the lab facilities at Mill 19, a refurbished steel mill site, used by the Manufacturing Futures Institute. The MFI aims to accelerate the digital transformation of manufacturing, through work that in

52 - Additive Manufacturing at NASA (PART 2)

Jul 02 2024 31 mins  
In this follow-up to episode #51 of AM Radio, Dr. Tim Simpson joins Stephanie Hendrixson and Pete Zelinski in the studio to talk more about how NASA is implementing and shaping additive manufacturing. As part of an intergovernmental personnel act (IPA) assignment, Dr. Simpson has spent the last two years deployed within NASA helping to advance additive use cases and connect AM user

51 - Additive Manufacturing at NASA (PART 1)

Jun 27 2024 31 mins  
Additive Manufacturing Media editors have had the chance to visit three different NASA facilities: the Goddard Space Flight Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Marshall Space Flight Center. Pete Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson learned and reported on how 3D printing is being used to fulfill NASA missions through parts like a generatively designed bracket, lightweight titanium

50 - How Model No. Manufactures Sustainable Furniture with 3D Printed Polymers

May 22 2024 20 mins  
When we first covered Model No. in 2020, the company was manufacturing furniture on its own large-format 3D printers, built to designs directly manipulated by customers through parametric options available on its website. Four years later, production looks a bit different. Gone is the user-facing design tool, as the company has discovered that conversation with customers is the mo

49 - Trip Report from Innovative 3D Manufacturing

Apr 15 2024 30 mins  
We are trying something new on the podcast! Whenever one of us on Additive Manufacturing Media pays a visit to a manufacturer for the first time, we want to talk about the trip as soon as we return. Why keep this recap to ourselves? In this episode of AM Radio, here is Stephanie Hendrixson getting the full download just after I paid a visit to Innovative 3D Manufacturing in Frankli

48 - Making Sense of Qualification, Certification and Standards in Additive Manufacturing

Feb 13 2024 49 mins  
What is qualification, and what does it entail for additive manufacturing applications? In this episode of AM Radio, Dr. Tim Simpson joins Additive Manufacturing Media editors Pete Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson to talk about various issues around qualification in AM, including: the difference between qualification and certification; the expense of qualification activities; how

47 - The Rise of AM Factories, Metal 3D Printing, Machining Synergy and Our Favorite Stories from 2023

Dec 18 2023 45 mins  
In the last episode of AM Radio for 2023, hosts Pete Zelinski, Stephanie Hendrixson and Fiona Lawler look back on Additive Manufacturing Media's top 10 stories by pageviews for the year. The list reveals some interesting trends including the ramp up in additive manufacturing "factories," additive adoption that necessitates more sophisticated downstream processing, and a heavy empha