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3D-printed jet engine model
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Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace and Defense: Process Selection, Materials Qualification and the Engineering Path to Flight-Ready Hardware
Understanding which AM processes are achieving flight qualification, and why, requires engineers to think simultaneously about process physics, material microstructure, certification...
July 20, 2026
Courtesy Steve Sterling
Additive manufacturing creates internal channels, lattice structures, and complex geometries impossible with traditional machining or molding. The tradeoff is longer production time.
Additive/3D Printing
Five Design Tradeoffs When Using Additive Manufacturing for Production
June 1, 2026
Made with Adobe Express
Digital Manufacturing + MedTech
Medical
Protolabs Highlights a Digital Manufacturing Playbook for MedTech
April 16, 2026
Made with Adobe Express
Dial-in Radiopacity
Medical Design
Advancing Medical Device Design with Tunable Radiopaque 3D Printing
April 1, 2026
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EDGE Awards call for entries
Community
2026 EDGE Awards Call for Submissions
March 24, 2026
391753023 © Oleg Doroshin | Dreamstime.com
Producing complex aerospace parts, like the turbine blades on this jet engine, requires a hybrid approach, combining additive manufacturing’s design freedom with the tight tolerances, controlled surface finishes and consistent geometric accuracy that subtractive manufacturing (e.g., CNC) provides.
Additive/3D Printing
From Printer to Spindle: How Aerospace Components Actually Get Made
Feb. 27, 2026
Courtesy Mike McLeod
Mike McLeod
Community
Mike McLeod Named Senior Editor at Machine Design
Feb. 2, 2026
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3D printer at work
Additive/3D Printing
Setting the Stage at MD&M West 2026: Additive Manufacturing on Demand
Feb. 2, 2026
Jakks Paciic
Jakks Toys team uses a comprehensive design software, Hexagon’s Geomagic Freeform, which lets us design toys the way kids interact with them, organically, intuitively, and with real-world physics in mind.
CAD/CAM Software++
Why This Season’s Playtime Might Be Sparking Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Talent
Dec. 23, 2025
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