Additive Insight

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Aug 2026

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Welcome to Additive Insight, the original additive manufacturing industry podcast, your source for news, interviews and comment on the latest 3D printing and AM intelligence, brought to you by the TCT content team.

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August 17, 202638 min

#253 Intrepid Automation CEO Ben Wynne: 'I want to make AM a foundation for mass manufacturing.'

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies is joined by Intrepid Automation CEO Ben Wynne. Intrepid Automation is a vertically integrated additive manufacturing solutions provider, which harnesses a proprietary digital light processing technology to produce digital casting tools. The company serves a range of customers in markets like aerospace, defence, and healthcare, supporting them with application development and production, and in some cases, deploying its proprietary tech within their facilities. As Wynne joins the Additive Insight podcast, he explains the company’s business model, shares the key capabilities of Intrepid’s modular DLP technology, and outlines why the company’s focus is primarily on casting applications. We also discuss the reasons manufacturing companies might develop their own AM technology in-house, and explore how Intrepid’s offering might evolve moving forward.

August 3, 202629 min

#252 'It all starts with materials' – CEO Maximilian Eils on Spectroplast's approach to silicone AM

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager is joined by Spectroplast CEO Maximillian Eils. Spectroplast is a silicone 3D printing service provider, with the company supporting customers with an offering that spans materials development, application development, and prototyping and production. Eils joined the company as CEO in late 2025 as Spectroplast moved its headquarters from Zurich to Munich. Throughout our discussion, he explains what prompted the move to Munich, in what areas silicone 3D printing is opening up application opportunities, and the materials properties the company is looking to deliver for its customer base. He also shares his vision for the company moving forward.

July 20, 202639 min

#251 'How can I trust it faster?' Additive Assurance CCO David Menzies on enabling confidence in AM

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies is joined by Additive Assurance Chief Commercial Officer David Menzies. Additive Assurance is a provider of in-situ monitoring and quality assurance technology for metal additive manufacturing, and recently partnered with Nikon SLM Solutions. In recent years, the company has commercialised its AMiRIS product, with its technology adopted in industries such as aerospace, defence, energy, and healthcare. Throughout our discussion, Menzies details the core capabilities of AMiRIS, the motivation behind its partnership with Nikon SLM Solutions, and how the company hopes to keep pace with metal AM hardware providers as they scale their technology.

July 6, 202631 min

#250 Hyliion CEO Thomas Healy: "We don't have a product without additive manufacturing."

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies is joined by Hyliion CEO Thomas Healey. Hyliion is a publicly listed manufacturer of clean modular power generation systems, best known for the KARNO Generator technology it acquired out of GE Aerospace in 2022. When Hyliion made that investment, it also inherited a significant metal additive manufacturing capacity that facilitated the early development of the KARNO technology and is now deployed to manufacture commercial products like the KARNO 200 kilowatt power module. Throughout our discussion, Healy shares more on the capabilities of KARNO, the company's AM workflow and why Hyliion wouldn't have a product without additive. We also discuss how the company has scaled to a fleet of three dozen Metal AM systems and how he expects Hyliion's application of the technology to evolve.

June 22, 202621 min

#249 Engineering VP Jack Adams on Norsk Titanium's supply of AM parts to Airbus, Boeing & more

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies is joined by Norsk Titanium VP of Engineering Jack Adams. Norsk Titanium is an FAA-approved and OEM-qualified supplier for structural titanium parts made with its high deposition rate additive manufacturing technology. The company utilises its Rapid Plasma Deposition process to produce commercial aerospace and defence components, with Airbus, Boeing and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems among its publicly announced partners. Throughout the conversation, Adams discusses the fundamentals of the RPD process, the evolution of its Merke machine series, and the applications Norsk is enabling. He also discusses the company’s R&D activity, emerging application opportunities, and what comes next for the company.

June 8, 202631 min

#248 amsight CEO Tim Wischeropp: ‘We want to be number 1 in production quality management software.'

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, TCT Group Content Manager Sam Davies is joined by amsight CEO Tim Wischeropp. amsight spun out Fraunhofer IAPT in 2023 and has since brought to market a software platform that is designed to support additive manufacturing users with quality management. Joining the Additive Insight podcast, Wischeropp explains the foundational research that led to the creation of the company, provides his definition for what quality management really is, and shares the key features of the software platform. He also details the impact amsight has had on existing customers, and looks ahead to how the capabilities of the platform might evolve moving forward.

May 26, 202627 min

#247 Lynxter founder on 10 years at the forefront of silicone 3D printing

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we sit down with Thomas Batigne, co-founder and President of Lynxter to mark a decade of pioneering silicone 3D printing. From taking big risks to building machines used in hospitals, aerospace, and beyond, Thomas reflects on the journey, the challenges around printing in silicone, and shares what's coming next, including a new development that will allow productivity to "skyrocket". On the application possibilities for silicone additive manufacturing, like producing thousands of visors during the pandemic or handbags that ended up on Netflix, Batigne said, "Every part is a story and that I think that's why we do this job and why all of this complexity is worth it."---

May 11, 202639 min

#246 ATI's Alex Hickson & Matthew Bailey on the 'fantastic economic opportunity' for AM in aerospace

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, we're joined by Alex Hickson and Matt Bailey of the Aerospace Technology Institute. Hickson and Bailey are both part of the ATI’s Structures, Manufacturing & Materials team, with Hickson serving as Head of Technology and Bailey as a Lead Technologist. Through their roles, Hickson and Bailey have contributed to the development of additive manufacturing and wider technology strategies that seek to support the adoption and application of advanced design and manufacturing techniques. As they join the Additive Insight podcast, the pair provide their perspective on the challenges and opportunities around AM implementation in civil aerospace, while sharing the progress made since the release of its AM strategy in 2024. We also discuss what will be needed to meet net-zero targets by 2050 and how those in industry can support the organisation moving forward.

April 27, 202626 min

#245 How Additive Companion is bringing clarity to the complexity of 3D printing

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Jonathan Rowley joins us to talk about Additive Companion, a new platform designed to help navigate the complex world and parlance of additive manufacturing (AM). Rowley, a qualified architect and Associate Lecturer in MA Design for Industry 5.0 at Central Saint Martins, UAL, shares his 'Raider of the Lost Ark' lightbulb moment with 3D printing, why bringing 'objects' to the forefront of the AM conversation is crucial to successful adoption, and how eight years running a London-based 3D printing bureau equipped him with the tools to help cut through the noise and launch a resource built on purposeful case studies.

April 13, 202635 min

#244 TCT Hall of Fame: Joe Allison on a life in 3D printing

On this episode of the Additive Insight podcast, Joe Allison, a 3D printing veteran and the latest inductee to the TCT Hall of Fame, joins us for a conversation spanning over three decades in additive manufacturing. As co-founder of one of the largest suppliers of 3D printed parts back in 1991, Solid Concepts, Allison's contributions to the AM space include the development of industry‑first software tools, such as automated support‑generation software for stereolithography and a universal CAD viewer, right the way through to securing the first third party certified SLS parts for Boeing to taking on 'the funnest job in the industry'. During this conversation, Allison takes us back to 1988 and starting out in the 3D printing Wild West, the brutal process of getting those first Boeing parts certified, and the 'moments of brilliance' that have captured his attention throughout his AM career.