Additive Insight

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

This week we’ve got a talk from Samira Gruber, Researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology. In one of the most popular talks from our TCT Show 2016 Conference video series, Samira gives an overview of the different metal additive manufacturing technologies at the Fraunhofer’s Center of Additive Manufacturing in Dresden, Germany […]

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 […]

In this 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 […]

TCT Podcast Episode 7 – 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 […]

TCT Podcast Episode 6 – 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 […]

TCT Podcast Episode 5 – 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 […]

TCT Podcast Episode 4 – TCT Podcast is back! 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 […]

TCT Podcast Episode 3 – As Microsoft, HP, Autodesk, netfabb & Shapeways launch the new 3MF file format, TCT interviews Mcor Technologies, Shapeways, Spectrom, Adobe and Faberdashery posing the question; does full colour 3D printing need a new file format?  https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/1qzcqp1bfvxccv6xix07nnrkomkr7r9d.mp3

TCT Podcast #2 – The TCT + Personalize 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 industry. Laura reports live from the showfloor. https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/2qb2rikcd2qdpco0htqh7dco06w8tpep.mp3

TCT Podcast #1 – A Legend is Born: The debut of the TCT Podcast features host Laura Griffiths interviewing three of the creators of the Netflix exclusive 3D Printing documentary Print the Legend. Click play below or subscribe via the links. Enjoy. https://rapidnews.box.com/shared/static/jzj0v76nrenwi9ikzt4jgg2z2y4r7wd9.mp3