Additive/3D Printing

Cost/Part Scaling 3D Printing for Manufacturing

How AI, Automation and Design Could Expand Additive Manufacturing

HP’s François Minec discusses the production economics, software integration and design capabilities needed to scale polymer 3D printing, with examples ranging from cranial helmets...

Oct. 19, 2026

HP Multi Jet Fusion Targets Production as Demand Grows and Service Bureaus Scale

Oct. 14, 2026

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EDGE Awards 2026 Winners And Honorees

Sept. 18, 2026

Additive Manufacturing in Aerospace and Defense: Process Selection, Materials Qualification and the Engineering Path to Flight-Ready Hardware

July 20, 2026

Additive manufacturing creates internal channels, lattice structures, and complex geometries impossible with traditional machining or molding. The tradeoff is longer production time.

Five Design Tradeoffs When Using Additive Manufacturing for Production

June 1, 2026

Medical

Protolabs Highlights a Digital Manufacturing Playbook for MedTech

April 16, 2026

Medical Design

Advancing Medical Device Design with Tunable Radiopaque 3D Printing

April 1, 2026

Community

2026 EDGE Awards Call for Submissions

March 24, 2026

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.

From Printer to Spindle: How Aerospace Components Actually Get Made

Feb. 27, 2026