MT Magazine January/February 2025

THE BIG PICTURE

Embracing new technologies can be challenging, but it often leads to rewarding outcomes and increased competitiveness. For certain industries, manufacturing complex parts encourages the use of advanced manufacturing technologies and processes. Explore some of the circumstances helping and hindering widespread adoption.

Sustainability: Growth in powder reclamation and reduction processes

Growth of end-use markets, such as: Space, Defense, and Medical

Simplified human-machine interfaces enable more programming methods

Flexible lines – able to handle multiple parts and setups

Ease of use for notes, summarization, and data queries.

Proliferation and reduction in cost for AI-enabling hardware

Faster metrology capabilities for capture, processing, and post-processing 3D scans

AI-bolstered modeling and programming