Episode 143 - Eric Utley, Applications Engineering Manager at Protolabs

About this episode

Eric Utley discusses the evolution and current state of 3D printing in the manufacturing industry.

"Computational design and 3D printing go together like peanut butter and chocolate." For most of its history, 3D printing was considered speculative, risky, even fringe. Today, says Eric Utley, 3D printing applications engineering manager at Protolabs, it's boring, and that's exactly the point. In this episode of Manufacturing Matters, TECH B2B Marketing's Jimmy Carroll sits down with Utley, a 16-year veteran of the additive manufacturing industry, to explore how 3D printing has quie...

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Carroll

Guest: Eric Utley

Topics covered

• 3D printing
• computational design
• additive manufacturing
• engineering
• technology

Keywords

• 3D printing
• computational design
• additive manufacturing
• Protolabs
• engineering

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Protolabs

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