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How Additive Manufacturing Can Help Fix the Supply Chain

Fastener News Desk

This has taken the form of long lead times, as well as stalling of production when parts needed for manufacturing fail. The nature of AM can shorten lead times, too. This opens new doors for faster and more localized manufacture of parts in these and other industries. Industry 4.0

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Precision ADM partners with Tecomet

Canadian Manufacturing

More specifically, the companies anticipate the partnership will allow for the following: Expansion of Precision ADM’s Advanced Digital Manufacturing (ADM ) proprietary set of processes, which has reportedly produced millions of additive manufactured implants and instruments in the medical market.

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MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

Mold Making Technology

However, with MIAD which employs the additive manufacturing (AM) process, Next Chapter is said to be able to slash that timeline from weeks or months to hours, while maintaining the same high quality and tolerance standards of conventional molds. New Metal 3D Printing System Accelerates Mold Insert Production.