Additive Insight

As the fifth TCT Asia came to a close, Head of Content, Daniel O'Connor sat down with Assistant Editor, Sam Davies to discuss some of the exhibitors they had spent time with over the course of the show. With a focus on polymer technologies, Dan covers the latest developments at Farsoon and tells the story of a Chinese company forced to reinvent itself after Apple stole its thunder, and Sam talks P...

From the show floor at the first TCT Japan, Dan and Laura discuss some of the show highlights so far, and are joined part-way through by a special guest who is among the best placed to give the lowdown on additive manufacturing in Japan.

Part 2 of the Additive Insight 2018 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing retrospective. In part two the TCT Editorial team of Daniel O'Connor, Laura Griffiths and Samuel Davies talk through the months July to December, with a quiz on tctmagazine.com's most read story from each month.

The latest episode of the Additive Insight Podcast - we've opted for a slight name change as the new year beckons - is the first of a two-part series in which the TCT Magazine editorial team sit down to discuss the biggest stories, some trips across the globe, and some of their favourite articles of the past 12 months. From Solidworks to Formnext, from Desktop Metal and Markforged's court battle t...

In this episode of the TCT Podcast, Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths speaks to bestselling author and Dartmouth Tuck School of Business Professor, Richard D’Aveni, following the release of his new book, The Pan-Industrial Revolution. D’Aveni discusses the impact of additive manufacturing on the world economy, current challenges and how a small number of pan-industrial companies, will capture t...

At this year's TCT Show, we were pleased to welcome back Women in 3D Printing and Cyant to co-host another #3DTalk panel session on 3D printing and smart factories. Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths and Hobs 3D Tech Lead, Kadine James were joined by panellists Stephanie DePalma, AddWorks Lead Engineer at GE Additive, Katy Milne, Chief Engineer for DRAMA at The Manufacturing Technology Centre, a...

On the 26th September 2018, during the TCT Awards three more maestros of manufacturing were inducted into the TCT Hall of Fame. Earlier that day Head of Content, Daniel O’Connor hosted a panel session at the TCT Show, in which two of the inductees, Greg Morris and Professor Ely Sachs discussed how their pasts are shaping the future of manufacturing.

TCT Show has closed its doors for 2018 where, across three packed days, we saw over 250 exhibiting companies showcase the latest and greatest in design-to-manufacturing technology. But before we left the NEC for another year, the TCT editorial team got together to discuss what we found on the show floor and of course, the previous evening's prestigious TCT Awards ceremony.

Sam Davies, Laura Griffiths and Daniel O'Connor gather around the microphone to discuss what was hot on day two at the TCT Show. Dan and Laura both hosted panel sessions today and Sam saw some interesting applications from a service bureau.

The doors have now closed to the public after a successful first day at TCT Show 2018 and the exhibitor party is just getting started. Before the celebrations get into full swing, the TCT editorial team grabbed a few quiet minutes to chat about some of the launches, announcements and keynotes we’ve seen on the show floor so far.

In this episode of the TCT Podcast, Deputy Group Editor, Laura Griffiths speaks to TCT Head of Content, Dan O'Connor live from the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago where the likes of HP, Stratasys and 3D Systems have been showcasing their latest additive manufacturing technologies.

TCT Show 2018 is just around the corner and for this week’s episode, the editorial team preview some of the highlights from the conference, the show floor and the finalists in TCT Awards.

Our final inductee to the TCT Hall of Fame for 2018, is a man that many feel should have made the cut last year. Fortunately, those protestors got their act together and voted for Dr Carl Deckard, inventor of Selective Laser Sintering, in their droves. After being inspired by a visit to the Henry Ford Museum as a child Carl dreamed of becoming an inventor. Whilst working at an iron-based machine s...

After the inventor of binder-jet printing, Professor Ely Sachs became the first inductee into the TCT Hall of Fame in 2018, our next inductee is much more famed for his applications over inventions. Greg Morris established Morris Technologies in 1994, it became one of the leading providers of specialist AM services in the US before being bought, along with sister company Rapid Quality Manufacturin...

On the 26th September, at the TCT Awards, three more people will join the illustrious crowd that is Chuck Hull, Scott Crump, Hans Langer, Adrian Bowyer and Fried Vancraen. Proceeding the gala dinner will be three in-depth conversations with the inductees who were nominated by their peers and then voted in by the general public. In no particular order, our first inductee for 2018 is Professor Emanu...

On September 26th, three more industry pioneers will be inducted into the TCT Hall of Fame at the second TCT Awards ceremony. Dr Carl Deckard; Prof Phil Dickens; Todd Grimm; Greg Morris; Prof Emanuel 'Ely' Sachs; and Graham Tromans were the nominated six by the TCT Expert Advisory Board. The public have now voted, the results are in... and in the coming weeks the lucky three will be announced one...

At this year's TCT Show, Samira Gruber, Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS, took to the Main Stage to give an overview of the different metal additive manufacturing (AM) technologies at the Fraunhofer’s Center of Additive Manufacturing in Dresden and compared the capabilities and limitations concerning material, part size, geometry and costs. Selecting the...

In this week’s episode we bring you our super closing session from this year’s TCT Show featuring Vynce Paradise, Head of Advanced Manufacturing at Siemens PLM Software. In this talk Vynce discusses how partnerships are key to driving the industrialisation of 3D printing. We saw this in the recent partnership between Stratasys and Siemens on the huge Robotic Composite 3D Demonstrator which combine...

In his TCT Show 2016 talk, Chris Connery, VP of Global Analysis & Research at CONTEXT, offers new insights, data and market trends on the 3D printing market. He also highlights the performance of vendors, looking at emerging players, their strategies as well as new market segments that are being created. All of this is backed up by factual data from CONTEXT, which has been tracking the IT industry...

GE has well and truly dominated industry headlines over the last few months since it announced plans to acquire two metal 3D printing companies, Concept Laser and Arcam, and most recently with the launch of a new business, GE Additive, which sets GE on a path to becoming a leading supplier of additive machines, materials and software. In this keynote talk recorded live at formnext powered by tct i...

The day two keynote at this year’s TCT Show Conference came from a true stalwart of the additive manufacturing industry and one of only a few reoccurring speakers in the TCT Show conference calendar – it is of course Todd Grimm. Todd has held positions at some of the additive industry’s biggest names and as well as being a fountain of 3D printing knowledge is currently the AM industry advisor with...

The second keynote at this year’s TCT Show Conference came form David Burns, a longstanding figure in the additive manufacturing community and someone who has spent his entire career in the wider manufacturing industry. Previously serving as CEO for the Gleason Corporation and then as President at ExOne, he’s currently the Principal and Founder at Global Business Advisory Services LLC and Senior A...

The 2016 edition of TCT Show was opened with one of THE most awe-inspiring stories ever to be told in 3D printing. Alex Berry founder of Sutrue and Mr Richard Trimlett, Adult Cardiac Consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital took to the Main Stage to discuss the developments of a device that will improve keyhole surgery and the potential of the additive technologies that made it to completely revo...

This week the big 3D Printing news surrounded the launch of the new file format 3MF. The format launched by the 3MF Consortium consisting of Microsoft, Autodesk, HP, netfabb, SLM Solutions and Shapeways aims to bridge the gap that exists between STLs and features like 3D printing in multi-materials and full colour. The last property, colour, was an issue we explored in the latest issue of TCT maga...

The TCT sponsored 3D Printing Marketplace at the 2015 International CES doubled in size this year as over 40 companies competed to show off the best of what's new in the 3D printing industry. Laura talked to the likes of MakerBot, Formlabs, Autodesk, 3DPUnlimited, Materialise and more.