A lot is happening in Design for Manufacturability (DFM) these days. The body of DFM knowledge originated in the early 1970s and has been growing steadily ever since. Hitachi, Westinghouse, and Stuart ...

Additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) performs well in prototyping, where speed and flexibility outweigh cost and throughput constraints. Problems begin when those same designs move into production.

Challenges when dealing with high-power-density designs. Utilizing cloud manufacturing platforms (CMPs). Power packaging using additive manufacturing. Today’s designers are now more equipped to ...

Researchers from the University of West Attica have introduced a comprehensive framework that redefines how products are designed for additive manufacturing (3D printing). Published in Advanced ...

Injection molding has long been the workhorse for producing plastic parts. It’s economical for high volumes and offers reliable and repeatable methods for most designs. Additive manufacturing, also ...

An updated edition of the May 7, 2026 article. 3D Printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has revolutionized the way products are designed, developed and manufactured. Since its emergence in ...

Additive manufacturing isn’t new. But as technologies have developed, users have been analyzing how additive compares to traditional processes, explains Sherri Monroe, executive director of the ...

According to the consultancy MarketsandMarkets, aerospace firms will be using additive manufacturing (AM) to make more than $3 billion in parts by 2022, up from a bit over $700 million in 2017.

A five‑meter aircraft fuselage, manufactured completely without molds, rivets, or conventional tooling, is destined to be one ...