Since the 19th century, the power loom has enabled significant improvements in textile and fabric production. Novel technologies like non-stop shuttle changing devices and thread replenishment systems made quality cloth available to a mass market. Developing automation in additive manufacturing (AM) can have similar benefits and one way to reduce cost per part is to optimise in-machine processes, says David Beeby, New Product Development Manager at global engineering technologies company, Renishaw. Read more
