Additive Insight

Amnovis CEO Ruben Wauthle: "We want to redefine the state of the art in additive manufacturing."

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Amnovis CEO Ruben Wauthle. Amnovis is a manufacturing production service that supplies parts to the medical and industrial sectors. Having first established itself in the medical sector, Amnovis last year produced and delivered its 100,000th implant, with the company increasingly looking to expand its offering to industrial markets. Joining the Additive Insight podcast, Ruben explains the growth of the company over the last five years, shares how it has scaled up its manufacturing operations to produce 60,000 implants a year, and provides details on an ongoing R&D effort to print with multiple materials via metal powder bed fusion technology. He also opens up on his vision for the company moving forward.

#240 General Atomics' Steve Fournier on 3D printing thousands of aircraft parts

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Steve Fournier, Senior Manager, Additive Manufacturing at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI). Fournier speaks to TCT ahead of a joint keynote presentation at this year's Additive Manufacturing Users Group Conference, which, together with Divergent Aerospace and Defense's Scott Sawyer, will share how General Atomics and Divergent struck up a valuable partnership at this very event. We dive into this story of AM knowledge exchange, plus how Fournier helped to establish GA-ASI's Center of Excellence for its Additive Design and Manufacturing, and General Atomics thousands of flying 3D printed parts. Fournier also teases that AMUG attendees will have a chance to see some hardware up close.

NexusAM CTO Sebastian Larsen on enabling 'better functionality & economics' with in-situ monitoring

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by NexusAM CTO Sebastian Larsen. NexusAM is in the process of developing an AI-powered in-situ monitoring capability for metal additive manufacturing. Larsen, a member of the co-founding team, joins the podcast to discuss the engineering challenges Nexus AM is working to solve and the progress the company has made so far. He shares details on the proprietary AI stack that underpins much of the platform’s capability, how the company is making additive manufacturing more economical, and how it is leveraging industry feedback to further develop its flagship product. Larsen also reveals when the in-situ monitoring platform will be commercialised and his vision for the company.

#238 Firestorm Labs CTO Ian Muceus: "Additive has been a huge part of everything we've done."

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Firestorm Labs CTO Ian Muceus. Firestorm Labs is a manufacturer of mission-adaptable unmanned aerial systems and is a big proponent of additive manufacturing technology. The company has a portfolio of additive-enabled drone products, including its flagship Tempest UAS, and has also developed the semi-automated xCell manufacturing platform which utilises Multi Jet Fusion technology within 20-foot containers. As he joins the Additive Insight podcast, Muceus provides detail on the capabilities of both Firestorm’s drones and xCell platform, while sharing his perspective on the impact AM is having within the drone space. Muceus also explains how the company will utilise the funds raised in its recent Series A round and tells us how Firestorm’s application of AM may evolve moving forward.

Foundation Alloy CEO: "MetalsFirst allows us to make compositions that otherwise aren't possible."

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we are joined by Foundation Alloy CEO Jake Guglin. Foundation Alloy is taking solid-state metallurgy developed at MIT and UC Irvine and using it to produce next-generation alloys capable of performing in the most extreme environments. With its proprietary MetalsFIRST technology, the company officially launched a series of molybdenum alloys in November of last year. These alloys are said to exhibit significant increases in strength compared to competitor products, with Foundation Alloy confident they can meet the needs of manufacturers in aerospace, defence and energy. Joining the Additive Insight podcast, Guglin explains how the MetalsFIRST technology works, shares how much progress has been made with customers so far, and outlines the application opportunities for molybdenum alloys moving forward.