Talking Additive

**Season Four finale!** Join host Matt Griffin for a conversation with two of the Magigoo creators, Edward Borg and Andy Linnas, as they explore how Thought3D set out to address key challenges of the 3D printing process. In order to improve printing success with a broad range of printing materials, from everyday to advanced performance materials, they have launched their unique Magigoo bed adhesives and Drywise in-line filament dryer.

Join Talking Additive host Matt Griffin and Dylan George, UltiMaker’s Application Engineer Manager, Americas, as they sit down to talk about Metal FFF and 3D printing with Jeremy Robinson, Motocross Racing Technologist at Kawasaki Motors Corp., USA. 

Jeremy is responsible for the mechanical design of many of the specific components for Kawasaki Motocross Racing motorcycles. Jeremy and his team have been leveraging 3D printing for several years for custom parts, tool management, and fast design iteration. But it is only in the past year or so that they have taken the leap into Metal FFF...

Just in time for SEMA 2022 in Las Vegas, the largest aftermarket auto show in the world, join us to hear from hot-rod builder and designer Dom Tucci who designs custom vehicles at Tucci Hot Rods, his family-owned auto garage in Marcy, NY. In this episode, Dom shares his approach to incorporating 3D printing into their auto garage’s traditional fabrication equipment for creating custom parts and supporting other processes. He discusses in detail several recent projects such as his SEMA-award winning 2022 Ford Maverick custom race-styled vehicle from last year. 

Additive manufacturing and materials science innovator Dr. Jeffrey Cernohous shares the story of Infinite Material Solutions, and the highly unique support and build materials for 3D printing that they offer such as Aquasys and Caverna. He also discusses the launch of EMPOWR3D, an innovation center for additive manufacturing (AM) services. PLUS BONUS INTERVIEW: includes a follow-up conversation that took place at TCT Rapid 2022. 

Ole von Seelen shares the story of the Berlin-based 3D printing software company trinckle, the company that created the software platform paramate. Their software solutions bring together trinckle’s team’s leading expertise in executing AM applications with their client’s clear understanding of parts requirements – resulting in a best-in-class design automation experience that unlocks AM for companies (and more stakeholders within those companies) for creating custom 3D printed parts for industrial, medical orthoses, and other targeted segments.  

Robert Joyce, Founder of FibreTuff, shares the story of this unusual biocompatible material with "bone-like" qualities for 3D printing, and its current and potential impact on medicine and research. While the full range of properties will be unlocked by additional research exploration and regulatory approvals, already the radiopacity and bone-like qualities have revealed a number of medical, medical research, education, and bio-research opportunities. 

Alex Smilansky , Co-Founder & CEO, shares how the Mayku team, both inspired by and leveraging the 3D printing revolution, has reinvented 3D forming manufacturing processes such as thermoforming as accessible, desktop fabrication technologies. So far, they have launched the Mayku FormBox (vacuum forming) and Mayku Multiplier (pressure forming), with more 3D forming platforms on the way. Their approach to reimagining industrial 3D forming methods has offered new routes for their users to quickly duplicate parts and produce molding/casting components, meeting a wide range of needs from prototyping to product design to medical parts to educational experiences to producing custom...

Alex Mueller, Founder of CITYFRAMES, shares how he and his team capture the essence of the most amazing cities in the world via the topography of its land and buildings, and the reflects this character back in 3D-printed cityscape models that customers all around the world purchase to display on walls, tables, and other unique contexts.

Alex: “The goal is basically to represent what the city represents. You get a kind of feeling for the city by just looking at the model. And that is something that is quite difficult to achieve, but also comes with the pr...

Joshua Sacris shares his experiences leveraging 3D printing towards race car development while participating in his university’s Formula SAE team, RMIT Racing. He outlines how his initial impulse to join the Formula SAE team in order to get hands-on experience then led to a profound dedication to the racing industry and automotive, changing the trajectory of his career after university. Joshua is introduced to Talking Additive by Kae Woei Lim, Creative Director, Imaginables. 

In the first half of the episode, Kae Woei notes: “A lot of young engineers are getting access to 3D printing at an early...

In this week’s episode, host Matt Griffin sits down with Erik Richardson, Continuous Improvement and Quality Manager from Intertape Polymer Group. Erik shares how he and his team leverage professional desktop 3D printing in their fast-paced manufacturing facility in Tremonton, UT, to solve challenges in a few dollars and hours that would otherwise have taken weeks and thousands of dollars. 

“I like to think of it as compound interest,” Erik says. “I can create the idea now, I can put in the work on the frontend so that I can empower people down the road. I do...

In Episode 32, we meet Douglas Krone, Founder and CEO of Dynamism, a key online reseller of 3D printers founded in 1997 in Chicago, and now with a global footprint and a commitment to bringing the most transformative and innovative technologies to their customers. Douglas introduces Chris Bensen, Oracle Experience Labs Engineer, who among other fascinating projects for largescale conference experiences has created the world's largest Raspberry Pi cluster. 

Welcome to Season Four!  We sit down with Jeremy Simon, Co-Founder and CEO of longterm Ultimaker partner 3D Universe. Jeremy shares his personal passion for 3D printing and e-NABLE, and his company's commitment to a consultative rather than sales-focused approach.

Jeremy introduces his customer Jason Enders, Owner of key racing parts supplier RE Suspension Inc. Jason shares his journey with 3DP from prototypes for custom install tools, to fixtures and brackets, to printed items for sale in his popular racing parts shop based out of Mooresville, NC -- the hometown of NASCAR and the epicenter of...

Hello and welcome to an Ultimaker turns 10 - Bonus episode - a miniature portrait of one of our "Year One" staff members, who -- along with our co-founders and some of their early collaborators -- help paint a portrait of Ultimaker in its earliest years.   

This bonus episode features Bart Konings! 
  
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Episode 30 is the Talking Additive Season Three finale! This episode -- continuing from "The Story of Ultimaker Cura" from Episode 29 – host Matt Griffin looks at the role Ultimaker Cura currently plays, both in toolchains and with software packages such as Ultimaker Marketplace and Ultimaker Digital Factory. First, Matt speaks with Arjen Dirks, Product Owner, Software, and then Roger Bergs, Product Manager, Software, about new announcements and upcoming opportunities for Ultimaker Cura users. He’ll then speak with researcher Tim Kuipers about the Arachne Library, which aims to introduce new capabilities for slicing into Ultimaker Cura.  See you later this fall...

Hello and welcome to an Ultimaker turns 10 - Bonus episode - a miniature portrait of one of our "Year One" staff members, who -- along with our co-founders and some of their early collaborators -- help paint a portrait of Ultimaker in its earliest years.   

This bonus episode features Coen de Boer! 
  
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As part of Ultimaker’s 10th anniversary celebration, Matt Griffin dives into the history of Ultimaker Cura, the open-source slicing application for 3D printers initially created by David Braam, and continually developed by a dedicated team at Ultimaker, together with its community. 

Through interviews with Ultimaker Cura’s core developers and product leads, this episode will give listeners an inside look at its rise to becoming one the most widely adopted software tools in the additive manufacturing space, where it is used by 1 million users worldwide and handles 1.4 million weekly print jobs. This is the first o...

Hello and welcome to an Ultimaker turns 10 - Bonus episode - a miniature portrait of one of our "Year One" staff members, who -- along with our co-founders and some of their early collaborators -- help paint a portrait of Ultimaker in its earliest years.   

This bonus episode features Sander van Geelen ! 
  
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**TEASER TRAILER! Check back soon!** As part of our “Future of Work” series, host Matt Griffin explores the evolution of the modern workplace in the wake of the COVID-19 era – and how 3D printing is blending “concrete and carpet floor” working environments to bring design, engineering, problem-solving, and fabrication into the same arena. 

For this episode, the spotlight is on the Autodesk Technology Centers – a case study showcasing how this community functions, and the role additive manufacturing plays as an enabling technology with unique capabilities to serve a global network of participants. 

As part of our “Future of Work” series, host Matt Griffin explores the evolution of the modern workplace in the wake of the COVID-19 era – and how 3D printing is blending “concrete and carpet floor” working environments to bring design, engineering, problem-solving, and fabrication into the same arena. 

For this episode, the spotlight is on the Autodesk Technology Centers – a case study showcasing how this community functions, and the role additive manufacturing plays as an enabling technology with unique capabilities to serve a global network of participants. 

Hello and welcome to an Ultimaker turns 10 - Bonus episode - a miniature portrait of one of our "Year One" staff members, who -- along with our co-founders and some of their early collaborators -- help paint a portrait of Ultimaker in its earliest years.   

This bonus episode features Martijn van Gils ! 
  
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In the latest episode of Talking Additive – and another addition to the podcast’s “Future of Work” series – host Matt Griffin sits with three 3D printing professionals to discuss how additive manufacturing is changing the game for functional prototyping and industrial parts -– enabling engineers to design, iterate, and create prototypes and jigs/fixtures that streamline manufacturing workflows for maximum return on investment.  

Guests this week include Chris Peters, co-founder and CIO of Quad Lock; Ole von Seelen, Head of Business Development, Marketing and Sales from Trinckle 3D; and Alexander Pluke, co-founder and CEO of Additive Flow. 

Hello and welcome to an Ultimaker turns 10 - Bonus episode - a miniature portrait of one of our "Year One" staff members, who -- along with our co-founders and some of their early collaborators -- help paint a portrait of Ultimaker in its earliest years. 

This bonus episode features the great Harma Woldhuis!

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This week’s Talking Additive is the first of the “Future of Work” miniseries. As the world begins to thaw from the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, we find that the nature of the workplace and the flow of work within companies has changed forever. Additive Manufacturing played a unique role in addressing some of the painful vulnerabilities revealed by the fragility of supply chains, trade relations, and the complexity of the products of today.

In this episode, Matt Griffin examines the evolving role of 3D printing in education – and the disruption caused by COVID-19. He’ll speak with university...

The Ultimaker Turns 10 series of 10 bonus mini-episodes are coming, very soon, to this very channel, however you stumbled across it. We cannot wait to share these with you. In other news, episode 26, on 3D printing in Education, in the Post COVID Era, launches in our usual slot. Don't forget to sign up as subscribers, so you find out FIRST when the bonus mini-episodes begin flowing your direction.

As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we kick off a miniseries of Ultimaker-focused Talking Additive episodes. Throughout seasons three and four, certain episodes will focus on Ultimaker’s journey through the past decade, as well as FFF 3D printing’s evolution during that time. 

First up: the company’s early years. Join host Matt Griffin and Ultimaker co-founder Siert Wijnia in conversation as they look back at Ultimaker’s foundation, and several stories of its early transformation. Together, they will explore 2010-2014, traveling through the evolution of the business from the Protobox and Ultimaker Original, to the major lea...

In a new episode of Talking Additive, host Matt Griffin examines three unique software solutions for 3D printing for manufacturing. The episode highlights three guests, each with unique approaches to the role that 3D printing software can play in manufacturing objects: Omer Blaier, co-founder and CEO of CASTOR; Florian de Boeck, cofounder of Spentys; and Duann Scott, VP of Partnerships nTopology. 

In the latest episode of Talking Additive, Matt Griffin sits with educator Caroline Keep, director of Spark Penketh at Penketh High School, in Liverpool, the UK, to discuss the country’s first in-school makerspace. 

In addition to playing a key role in creating and directing the makerspace, Caroline has also worked closely with UK policymakers to develop a response to COVID-19 in education, advocating for the return of hands-on, project-based learning – with the right safety mechanisms in place. Matt has spoken with Caroline several times in 2020 and 2021 – including meeting with her remotely within her reopened makerspac...

As a reminder, no Talking Additive on April 20th. Our next episode with the inspiring educator Caroline Keep, Director of Spark Penketh and co-founder of MakeFest in Liverpool in the UK, will launch on Tuesday, April 27th! This week, the team for Talking Additive are producing/hosting the conference at the Ultimaker Transformation Summit at ultimaker.com/summit. To experience the technology of tomorrow, today -- and to spend time with the Talking Additive team live in chat and on screen -- register for your spot. Right now. Don't wait!

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This week, host Matt Griffin sits with Doug Kenik, VP of Product at Teton Simulation, to speak about the company and its flagship product, SmartSlice for Cura. SmartSlice, which was launched in 2020, embeds as a plugin into Ultimaker Cura, automatically assigning slicing parameters that make it possible to highly optimize printing time without sacrificing functional requirements. As Teton Simulation promises on its home page: “Better parts, printed faster, and with less material.” 

Matt and Doug will also delve into Doug’s extensive professional background as a "classically trained FEA engineer," his expertise in researching the performan...

In the latest episode of Talking Additive, Matt Griffin sits with Ultimaker’s new CEO, Jürgen von Hollen. 

Together, the pair will discuss Jürgen’s previous roles in industry and emerging tech, the core philosophy that shapes his leadership and management style, and what it was like for him to join the Ultimaker team in the middle of a pandemic.  

They’ll also discuss the evolution of the 3D printing industry, while Jürgen shapes his vision for the future of the company, which focuses on driving the adoption of profession...

Matt Griffin sits with Senior Product Line Manager for Autodesk Tinkercad and Fusion 360, Guillermo Melantoni, to highlight the evolution of Tinkercad, Autodesk’s groundbreaking software that has introduced 3D design to over 30 million users (and counting). Guillermo has worked with Autodesk since 2006, evangelizing, implementing, and training on most of the disciplines covered by Autodesk. In this episode, Guillermo reveals how 3D printing is playing new and expanded roles in how students, designers, and engineers solve problems, create prototypes, and develop stronger skills. Matt is joined by two other guests as well: Autodesk Fusion 360 community manager Jonathan Odom, followed by Ad...

Matt Griffin explores the methods by which several individuals and organizations have adopted 3D printing.  

Drawing from the first two seasons of Talking Additive – and including a few follow-up calls with past guests – this episode will look at what it really takes for companies around the world to introduce, embed, and regularly use additive manufacturing technology to achieve the previously impossible.  

Matt Griffin speaks with members of the 2020 Ultimaker Innovators list and their nominators about their initiatives and ideas. 

The 2020 Ultimaker Innovators list is the first in what will become a yearly celebration of the 3D printing industry, placing the spotlight on individuals or teams around the world using the technology to transform the ways people work, think, and live. It is a showcase of 3D printing technology and the innovative results that can be achieved through its use.  

From architecture to manufacturing, from automotive to healthcare – and everywhere in between – we believe...

Matt Griffin draws insights about the application engineering role from Ultimaker colleagues and allies concerning identifying and implementing opportunities for 3D printing. Whether it’s holding workshops, growing capabilities within a team, or undertaking site scans in a factory, application engineers often play a key role as champions for the adoption of additive manufacturing. 

Episode 17 of Talking Additive creates a group portrait of the diverse ways in which these experts make a difference in organizations around the world, as well as showcases trends in the growing catalogue of challenges well-suited to a 3D printed solution. 

Matt Griffin sits virtually with Roger Sijlbing and Tobias Rödlmeier of BASF 3D Printing Solutions to discuss the company’s role in additive manufacturing, which includes divisions for metal FFF as well as thermoplastic filaments, along with other 3D printing technologies.  

Roger is BASF’s Head of Sales Additive Extrusion Solutions. He joined BASF with the acquisition of Innofil3D in the Netherlands to expand BASF's role in additive manufacturing. Tobias serves as a Project Manager focused on the company’s metal FFF strategy.  

Matt Griffin and Cody Cochran, General Manager of Azoth discuss the creation of “digital inventory” items, a method for preparing projects for immediate, on-demand part production. Azoth is a recent additive manufacturing service launched within the EWIE Group of Companies (EGC), a family of manufacturing brands headquartered in Ann Abor, Michigan. Azoth 3D’s Center of Excellence is said to have grown from “an empty warehouse into an impressive lab of the industry’s highest-performing technology in less than two years.” 

Matt Griffin speaks with Steve Serpe of Arkema about the company’s high-performance materials development, including FFF 3D printing materials made with engineering-grade polymers capable of resisting harsh chemicals, high temperatures, and UV exposure. 

Steve works within Arkema’s North American presence, at its research center in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, the site that also contains Arkema’s global center of excellence for FFF extrusion technologies. 

In the third episode of Talking Additive’s second season, Matt Griffin speaks with Job van de Sande, manager of Engineering and Design for ERIKS, the Netherlands, about co-engineering certified parts and 3D printing in a “clean” facility – changing the way additive manufacturing is used to meet business and logistical needs of organizations around the world. 

In the latest episode of Talking Additive, Matt Griffin sits down with Haleyanne Freedman of M. Holland Co. to discuss the evolving role of additive manufacturing in the injection molding industry. M.Holland, one of the industry’s leading resins distributors, was founded in Illinois in 1950. In the past few years, it has created a team dedicated to offering cross-industry knowledge, advice, and expertise to help its customers compete in the world of 3D printing.

**SPECIAL PRO-BUNDLE-LENGTH EPISODE!** In the first episode of Talking Additive’s second season, Jabil Additive’s Director of Product Management, Matt Torosian, discusses how Jabil produces engineering-grade polymer filaments for manufacturing processes and end-use parts. 

Jabil’s factory ecosystem has deployed these solutions for its own print cells for several years, and continues to introduce new materials to the Ultimaker Materials Alliance that help manufacturers increase the capabilities for jigs, fixtures, tooling – and eventually end-use parts. And stay with this special Pro Bundle-Length episode as Matt Torosian draws on his thirty plus year experience in the polyme...