3DPOD: Insight from 3D Printing Pros

3DPOD: Insight from 3D Printing Pros


Latest Episodes

3DPOD Episode 139: 3D Printer Farms with Gabe Bentz, Slant 3D CEO
February 06, 2023

Slant 3D CEO Gabe Bentz only wanted to design and market 3D printed parts, but found existing service bureaus too expensive. So, he made a pivot and Slant 3D deployed the world's largest 3D printer fa

3DPOD Episode 138: Point-of-Care Medical Device 3D Printing with Dr. Steven Kurtz, Drexel University
January 30, 2023

In this episode of the 3DPOD, we speak to Dr. Steven Kurtz, director of the Implant Research Center at Drexel Universitys School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems and also acts a

3DPOD Episode 137: From RepRap to Government Supplier, MatterHackers CEO Lars Brubaker
January 18, 2023

Coming from the world of gaming, Lars Brubaker started MatterHackers to take part in the 3D printing revolution. Due to his background, he has good war stories: trying to find filament when no one was

3DPOD Episode 136: Exploring the Boundaries of 3D Printing with Fergal Coulter, ETH Zurich
January 01, 2023

Fergal Coulter, a postdoctoral research fellow at ETH Zurich, is one of the most interesting scientists working in 3D printing today. His work spans from 3D printing on balloon shapes to heart valves,

3DPOD Episode 135: Performance 3D Printing Services with Bob Markley, ADDMAN Group
December 26, 2022

Bob Markley, Executive Vice President at additive manufacturing provider ADDMAN Group, has had an eventful journey in 3D printing. In this episode of the 3DPOD, he discusses the route to starting a 3D

3DPOD Episode 134: 3D Printing for New Space with Maxi Strixner, The Exploration Company
December 16, 2022

Maxi Strixner has worked in engineering positions and leading firms such as EOS, AMCM, AP Works and now The Exploration Company. We talk to him about designing for additive, engineering for additive a

3DPOD Episode 133: Space 3D Printing with Paul Gradl, NASA Principal Engineer
December 12, 2022

In this week's episode of the 3DPOD, we have Paul Gradl, a principal engineer in the Combustion Devices Design and Development Branch at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. This is an episode that we'v

3DPOD Episode 132: Metal Slurry SLA with Arian Aghababaie, Co-Founder and President, Holo AM
December 05, 2022

Prior to establishing precision metal 3D printing firm Holo, Inc., Arian Aghababaie founded a firm dedicated to building a digital light processing (DLP) 3D printer. That startup was quickly acquired

3DPOD Episode 131: 3D Printing Auto Parts with GM’s Andrew Cunningham
December 01, 2022

Andrew Cunningham is an additive manufacturing (AM) process engineer at General Motors (GM). He candidly tells us about how GM is using 3D printing across the organization. We get some tidbits on ever

3DPOD Episode 130: Automation with Tim Bell, Siemens Digital Industries USA
November 24, 2022

Tim Bell started off as a machinist, working a lot of jobs in engineering, program management, and more before going to Siemens Digital Industries, where he is now Additive Manufacturing Business Mana