Materials
America Awards Research Funding to Colorado School of Mines
The project team will investigate cross-platform consistency in laser powder bed fusion technologies.
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3D Printed Lattices Replace Foam for Customized Helmet Padding: The Cool Parts Show #62
“Digital materials” resulting from engineered flexible polymer structures made through additive manufacturing are tunable to the application and can be tailored to the head of the wearer.
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Overcoming Challenges with 3D Printing Nitinol (and Other Oxygen-Sensitive Alloys) Through Atmospheric Control
3D printed nitinol has potential applications in dental, medical and more but oxygen pickup can make this material challenging to process. Linde shares how atmospheric monitoring and the use of special gas mixtures can help maintain the correct atmosphere for printing this shape alloy and other metals.
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Formlabs Develops Tough Elastomer Powder for Strong, Functional, Skin-Safe Parts
The TPU 90A powder is the first elastomer material for its Fuse Series 3D printers and which enables durable, skin-safe parts at a low cost for a variety of industries, including health care, consumer goods, manufacturing and engineering.
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3D Printed Preforms Improve Strength of Composite Brackets: The Cool Parts Show Bonus
On this episode, we look at a pin bracket for the overhead bin of an airplane made in two composite versions: one with continuous fiber 3D printed reinforcements plus chopped fiber material, and one molded from chopped fiber alone.
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Velo3D Founder on the 3 Biggest Challenges of 3D Printing Metal Parts
Velo3D CEO and founder Benny Buller offers this perspective on cost, qualification and ease of development as they apply to the progress of AM adoption in the future.
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User-Friendly Mass Spectrometry Tool to Enable AM
The Massbox is a technology designed to simplify mass spectrometry by bypassing the need to send samples to the lab for characterization and testing purposes. Exum Instruments’ debut tool is suitable for AM as it can assist with quality assurance, material characterization and failure analysis.
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Xtellar Offers Flexible Bio-Based EVA Pellets for Large Format 3D Printing
Bio-based flexible EVA (Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) pellets offer sustainable, lightweight, flexible capabilities for large-format additive manufacturing.
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Farsoon, Evonik Collaborate on INFINAM Thermoplastic Copolyester
INFINAM TPC (thermoplastic copolyester) is a ready-to-use, elastomer-grade material for powder bed fusion 3D printing that can enable customers to unlock new markets and applications.
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Depowdering Station Automatically Cleans Unused Metal Powder from 3D Printed Build Jobs
The Volkmann additive manufacturing technology is designed to safeguard workers from toxic materials and boost efficiency.
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