Exclusive Interviews
The Book “Metallic Microlattice Structures: Manufacture, Materials, and Application” by Robert Mines Available
Robert Mines has written twenty papers on 3D printed microlattice structures and has been doing research into 3D printed microlattice structures for over 15 years. He has now bundled his knowledge into a book, “Metallic Microlattice Structures: Manufacture,...
Interview with Ross Stevens on How He Uses 3D Printing to Go Beyond the Surface of Things
With indisputable expertise in digital filmmaking, New Zealand is leading the way into some of the most evolved new techniques in 3D printing. One place, in particular, is pushing the boundaries of innovation, Victoria University of Wellington’s School of...
3D Printing Industry Experts Interview With Bill Fienup
Bill Fienup This was a fun and in depth interview done with industry expert Bill Fienup. Bill Fienup, director and innovation services and co-founder of mHUB. He is a mechanical engineer, product developer and serial entrepreneur who has designed toys for Hasbro and...
3D Printing Pioneer Interview With Lars Brouwers on 3D Printing for Complex Fractures and Helping in Sierra Leone
Lars Brouwers is a surgeon in training and a researcher at the Radboudumc and the Elisabeth-Tweesteden hospital. He investigates the value of 3D printing and Virtual Reality in the treatment of complex fractures. With his research he received the AOTrauma Europe...
Creatz3D Medical Service Bureau To Offer Medical 3D Printed Models
We’ve written about the enterprising Singapore based Creatz3D before. They made a robot arm, we interviewed them on their expansion in the region and we’ve mentioned their work in News Briefs before. We’re interested in them because they are a...
Interview With 3DInductors About 3D Printing Pure Copper Induction Coils With EBM
Recently we told you about 3DInductors. This is a new service that lets you 3D print pure copper induction coils. 3DInductors was developed by GH Induction which is a part of GH Group, based in Valencia Spain and one of the market leaders in induction heating. The...
3D Printing Pioneer Interview with PADT Co-Founder Eric Miller
In the primordial soup of 3D printing, in the the 1990’s a group of Allied Signal engineers were using simulation and 3D printing to design turbine engines. This group saw the potential that 3D printing had, only a few years after the technology had been...
3DPrint.com Interviews 3D Printing Pioneer, Professor Ian Gibson of the University of Twente
I’ve been reading Ian Gibson‘s papers for years now. He has written many insightful articles delving deep into metal, polymers, sintering, concrete, welding, medical applications and the industrialization of 3D printing. This 2016 paper on Design for...
3D Printing Industry Expert Interview: Danny Jackson Levy
Danny Jackson Levy is a cross-functional design engineer, providing turnkey solutions using additive manufacturing hardware and design methodologies. He has special interests direct digital manufacturing technologies, medical and dental applications, Addictive...
Interview With Steve Moran of Stereolithography Company RPS Limited
When I first heard from an F1 team that they were using an SLA machine made in the UK I was a bit confused. What was this mysterious RPS company? What did they do? How were they able to make and deliver specialized resins? Tucked away in Buckinghamshire in a 53,000...
3D Printing Industry Experts Interview: Mike Vasquez
3Degrees This is part of a series of interviews of people who are active within the additive manufacturing space in Chicago. Today we will be highlighting Dr. Mike Vasquez. Dr. Vasquez is a 3D Printing expert specializing in pushing the boundaries of advanced 3D...
Interview with Srinivas Garigipati of Tata Consultancy Services on Mass Customization and 3D Printing
Tata Consultancy Services is one of the largest IT services and consulting companies on earth. Widely known as TCS, they are the firm that powers your banks and insurance companies. TCS has offices in 46 countries, has over 400,000 employees and annual revenues over...
TextileLab and Fabricademy: Interview with Anastasia Pistofidou on Sustainably 3D Printing Fashion
Fashion and sustainability are two words that feel as antonyms nowadays. The mass production of clothing and ethically doubtful methods of manufacture give one of the biggest economic forces one of the top rankings of the most polluting sectors. This creates a...
Interview With Honeywell’s Dave Dietrich on Implementing Additive Manufacturing for Businesses
Dave Dietrich is an Engineering Fellow at Honeywell Aerospace. There he was involved with the systems and defense firm’s 3D printing effort. His job is to guide, help and train his fellow engineers in adopting 3D printing for aerospace in the firm. He advocates...
3D Printing and Product Liability: Interview with James Beck of Reed Smith
James Beck is the senior life sciences policy analyst at Reed Smith. James is specialized in product liability, personal injury, especially in very large and very complex cases. Active in law for over thirty years he has been involved in cases U.S. District Court for...
Interview with Dr. Vahid Serpooshan, Who Created a ‘Heart Attack Patch’ With the Help of 3D Printing
According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally. An estimated 17.9 million people died from cardiovascular disease in 2016, representing 31% of all global deaths. Treatments for all manner of cardiovascular...
Interview With Michael Steinbach on 3D Printing Technical Ceramics
Of all the materials that are currently underused but have high potential none are more exciting to me than ceramics. Ceramics itself as an age old material can give us access to many quotidian product categories through a noble material. Technical ceramics have...
Interview with Alexander Oster of Autodesk
Alexander Oster is an extremely knowledgeable 3D printing person. If we’re looking at mesh repair or 3D printing files & software I’d consider Alexander the number one person worldwide. He also has a lot of manufacturing experience and this combined...
Interview with Dr. Albert Woo: How can Hospitals and Surgeons Harness 3D Printing Today?
Dr. Albert Woo is the Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery and Director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Center at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and also an Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics & Neurosurgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University....
Dan Wellers, Digital Futures Lead at SAP “3D Printing will Expand into 4D Printing”
We’re seeing an increased focus by software firms in our teeny tiny industry. Simulation, PLM, CAD, the Digital Twin, Industry 4.0 have some very large and influential firms salivating about that peanut butter and jelly sandwich that is the combination of the...
Interview With Greg Haye of Local Motors About Co-Creation and 3D Printing
Local Motors burst onto the scene in 2007 using crowdsourcing and cooperative design to develop cars. Their visionary and bold approach lead them to become a nexus for designers, engineers, and gearheads who wish to work together on making vehicles. The Local Motors...
Raja Sekhar Upputuri of think3D On 3D Printing’s Potential in India
Raja Sekhar Upputuri co-founded think3D with classmate Prudhvi Reddy in 2014. They now have a full-service 3D printing firm that sells hardware, is a 3D printing service bureau, offers 3D scanning services and does 3D printing design services. The company is a...
Interview with Ken Welch of Altair on SimSolid Simulation Software for 3D Printing
Ken Welch became the manager of Product Marketing of AutoCAD in 1995. He then rose through the ranks to CEO at the Moldflow Corporation, a simulation software package for injection molding which was acquired by Autodesk. Later he worked at MSC the company that makes...
Twikit’s Twikbot Brings Mass Customization Using 3D Printing To Prosthetics and Orthotics
Twikit is a Belgium based startup that makes mass customization software. The firm created parametric software that can be used to, within well-defined parameters, make unique 3D printed products. For BMW, for example, the company created a tool that would let Mini...
Interview with Sean Looi of Creatz3D on 3D Printing in Singapore and Vietnam
We’re doing a series of interviews with 3D printing resellers worldwide. Resellers thrive when an industry is doing well, in charge of distributing and supporting products overseas they are a key health indicator of any industry. In 3D printing, many people have...
