When evaluating industrial 3D printer equipment, it is easy to get seduced by the machine before ever looking at the…
Robert Smith
Sep 23
Robert Smith writes about industrial technology and manufacturing for reprappro.com, covering 3D printing, automation, and the tools shaping modern production.…
It usually starts with a phone call about 3D printing safety standards. A plant manager has just added a second…
Robert Smith
Sep 23
A few years back, I sat in a quarterly operations review where a plant manager held up a small bronze…
Robert Smith
Sep 23
Almost every plant I visit asks me how to successfully integrate 3D printing in industrial operations. Someone from the floor…
Robert Smith
Sep 23
I get one phone call more often than any other. On the other end is a maintenance manager, a line…
Robert Smith
Sep 23
A plant manager once called me on a Friday afternoon with a simple question about whether industrial 3D printing technology…
Robert Smith
Sep 23
I have spent most of my working life standing next to printers, specifically resin tanks, powder beds, and filament machines…
Robert Smith
Sep 23
I still remember the first time a plant manager asked me, half joking, whether my printers were “toys for the…
Robert Smith
Sep 23