Timothy W. Simpson Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing

Dr. Timothy W. Simpson is the Paul Morrow Professor of Engineering Design & Manufacturing at Penn State University, as well as the co-director of the Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition (CIMP-3D). He is a regular contributor to Additive Manufacturing, and writes the monthly Additive Insights column for Modern Machine Shop.

A Fond Farewell to My Additive Friends

In his final “Additive Insights” column, Tim Simpson reflects on how additive manufacturing has progressed in the last six years. Standards and software are two examples. 

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Go Digital: How to Succeed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution With Additive Manufacturing

The digitalization of manufacturing is set to transform production and global supply chains as we know them, and additive manufacturing has been leading the way in many industries.

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Saving Time and Money on the Shop Floor with AM

The ways additive manufacturing is presented sometimes miss the most practical and valuable ways it can be used.

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Little Wins Create Value in Additive Manufacturing

How to create value with a multi-level approach to additive manufacturing.

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Examining Productivity Gains Set to Transform Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing is in its second hype cycle, with companies weighing its endless design capabilities against cost and production output.

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How Additive Manufacturing Could Reach its Next 'Plateau of Productivity'

Integrated digital production set to transform additive manufacturing.

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Additive Mindset Can Aid Machinists

The mindset for additive flips subtractive thinking inside out.

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Using Topology Optimization to Lightweight: A Paradox for Machining

Today’s computer software can just as easily generate lightweight shapes for subtractive processes as it can for additive ones, but it increases cost and waste to make them.

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Is Additive Freeing Designers or Aiding Manufacturers?

A shift toward maximizing AM benefits for manufacturers, not only product designers and process engineers, will help AM take off.

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Additive Manufacturing to the Rescue — Again

AM is the perfect candidate to solve production problems that began during the pandemic.

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Does Manufacturing Need Additive?

If a subtractive manufacturing operation is going smoothly, AM need not replace it. So what is AM good for, and why do we need it in the first place?

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Updated Definition Makes Way for AM Part Production

Additive manufacturing is finding its footing, and a new standard definition in ISO/ASTM 52900:2021 shows that AM is for more than prototyping. 

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