14 - Are We Underappreciating Bridge Production? Plus, When to Drink the Kool-Aid

Mar 21, 2022

3D printing is valuable as a means of bridge production—that is, manufacturing that is less than scale production, and likely temporary, but nonetheless filling a production need. Sometimes it comes between prototyping and serial production, or to cover a supply chain gap. Pete Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson discuss several examples where manufacturers are performing 3D printed bridge production to great advantage, as well as the cases where it makes sense to fully embrace AM for production instead.

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Mentioned in this episode:

• Our 2018 story on Resolution Medical
• Subscribe to our newsletter here to receive the 2022 Resolution Medical update and our article on Smith Metal Products when they are published
• Tangible Solutions, an Ohio manufacturer of spine implants through 3D printing
• 3D printed foam pads for Wilson baseball mitts
• Adam Clark on stage at the 2017 Additive Manufacturing Conference
• (Be there for the next quotable moment at our 2022 event in September) 
• The GE fuel nozzle
• Fitz Frames, maker of custom 3D printed glasses frames
• Aetrex, footwear company with a line of 3D printed custom insoles
• Our previous podcast episode on 3D printing and inventors
• Maxwell June, a producer of razor accessories with desktop 3D printers
• The Periscope case, a niche phone accessory
• Pengraff, a UK-based manufacturer of mounting brackets for routers, modems and other consumer electronics
• Behind the scenes on our March/April cover shot and the full story on Aerosport Additive