The Zelinski Report

What Kind of Production Is Best Suited to U.S. Manufacturing? (The Z Axis first episode!)

From carbon dreams to machining reality. Getting real about reshoring with Allied Cycle Works.

19 hrs ago • Peter Zelinski

In Additive (Particularly SLS), Strength Is a Design Decision

Conventional processes have trained us to think of it as a material property, but the design freedom of additive includes freedom to tailor the part for…

Jul 8 • Peter Zelinski

More on the 3D Printer System for Repeatable Production from Plastic Shreds

How do you get consistent 3D printing from inconsistent feedstock? Watch this video to see the extruder screw.

Jul 1 • Peter Zelinski

June 2026

Precision is Planar: How to Hold the Tightest Tolerances in SLS

For a cylindrical part made through selective laser sintering (SLS), how should the part orient within the build?

Jun 22 • Peter Zelinski

How 3D Printing Turns Plastic Waste into Local Production (Manufacturing Unlimited latest episode)

Advances in extrusion and path programming make additive manufacturing from recycled material easy to locate wherever the plastic waste is accumulating.

Jun 18 • Peter Zelinski

CNC Interconnection and the Future of Machining Expertise

To expand capacity, Orizon is making the machine shop self-controlling and setting its machining experts free of data mining.

Jun 4 • Peter Zelinski

Demonstrations of Black and White PA-12 Antistatic Performance

Not scientific, despite the lab coats. Still, a look at how the property differences go beyond appearance.

Jun 3 • Peter Zelinski

May 2026

Introducing "The SLS Mindset"

Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a special additive manufacturing process. An SLS expert and I have developed a video series all about its…

May 26 • Peter Zelinski

Where Will AI-Enabled Autonomy Make Sense in Manufacturing?

Optimization is suboptimal if the price in unpredictability is too high. But where we already have high human dependence, autonomy is automation’s next…

May 13 • Peter Zelinski

April 2026

Antistatic Performance Is the Other Benefit of the New Black SLS Material

Because the PA-12 is both antistatic and biocompatible, one promising area is medical devices working with fine powders or atomized fluids.

Apr 21 • Peter Zelinski

March 2026

Inside High-Volume EV Motor Manufacturing

Feintool's production of BMW electric vehicle rotors and stators is a picture of the future. Manufacturing precision determines motor capability, and…

Mar 19 • Peter Zelinski

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3 Ways Measuring a Laser Powder Bed Fusion Part Is Unlike Measuring a Part from Another Process

Additive manufacturing is the one industrial part-making process invented after modern quality systems thinking was fully embraced by industry.

Mar 17 • Peter Zelinski