Obstacles and opportunities in the promising field of additive manufacturing (AM), or industrial 3D printing, are outlined in a lengthy feature story by Waterloo Engineering professor Ehsan Toyserkani in the latest issue of Industry Today.
Toyserkani’s newly expanded research facility, the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Laboratory, is the largest AM facility in Canada and one of the top 10 academic AM facilities in the world.
![Metal objects that were 3D printed at the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing (MSAM) Laboratory at the University of Waterloo.](/engineering/sites/default/files/uploads/images/sphere1_0.jpg)
This complex sphere and other metal objects were 3D printed at the Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Laboratory.
“And while we are fully aware of the considerable challenges – including the need to coordinate expertise in different areas so AM can be applied to make specific parts – we are confident it is only a matter of ‘when,’ not ‘if,’ they will be conquered,” Toyserkani wrote in the glossy trade magazine.
Click here for the full Industry Today story.