Kate
Found on the Expo Floor - RAPID +TCT Edition
I had the opportunity to spend four days in Detroit exploring the latest and greatest tech in Additive Manufacturing.
Kate
- Feb 15
Build to Learn
No matter how brilliant the mind, or simple the idea, successful products are not launched fully formed from concept into reality.
Kate
- Apr 14, 2020
Emergency Local 3D Printing: Often Missed Key Features of Facial Masks
A remarkable variety of 3D printed (and sewn) mask designs have flooded the internet in the last couple of weeks...
Kate
- Mar 27, 2020
Local Emergency Manufacture of Medical Supplies via 3D Printing
Given my background in both medical device design and manufacturing AND 3D printing, I have been approached by a number of groups asking abo
Kate
- Feb 18, 2020
Event Recap: 7 Things I learned at the 3D Printing Summit at MD&M West
I had the opportunity to chair a 2-day 3D printing summit at MD&M West last week with some incredibly knowledgeable people. Here are a few t
Kate
- Dec 5, 2019
Event Recap - 5 Cool Things I Saw at BIOMEDevice in San Jose
Some highlights from my visit to BIOMEDevice's Expo Floor On December 5th in San Jose
Kate
- Sep 25, 2019
3D Printing in Glass, Wood, Concrete & More
While plastic, followed by metal, have been the materials of choice for commercial printing systems, the basic concepts behind 3D...
Kate
- Sep 18, 2019
3D Printing in Metal: The Heavier Side of 3D Printing
Metal 3D printing lies on the far opposite side of the 3D printing spectrum of the MakerBot and its brightly colored tchotchkes. All 3D pri
Kate
- Aug 30, 2019
It starts with a Design File: Intro to Modeling for 3D Printing
Before you can print, you need a 3-dimensional design file. The last twenty years has seen ongoing evolution in the sophistication of the co
Kate
- Jul 22, 2019
Should you Print it? Risk & Common Sense
In educating clients and students about 3D printing, before I launch into the technology, the design guidelines and all the amazing stuff...
Kate
- Jul 12, 2019
A Process by Any other Name – Is it really called 3D Printing?
For the complete novice entering this field, I have to give you fair warning: you may encounter snobbery, eye rolling, corrections and...