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Reducing Valve Cavitation with AM

Two different valve equipment manufacturers are finding success with 3D printed products designed to mitigate cavitation, in which vapor bubbles form and burst, potentially causing damage. Designs enabled by laser powder bed fusion counter this downstream effect. 

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Video: 3D Printed Hand Tools in Action on Pella Corporation Factory Tour

Examples include an invention for quickly installing window and door weather stripping, a fitting for giving the proper angle to a nail gun, and a clip for which the color is an important feature.

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Video: AM for Product Development at Pella Corporation

Speed to market is a critical advantage 3D printing can enable. For its new product innovations, Pella iterates quickly using prototypes and tooling produced via AM.

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Medical Molder Relies on 3D Printing to Speed Development of Inspection Fixtures

Medical molder Medbio uses FFF and SLA 3D printers in designing (and sometimes producing) its inspection fixtures.

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The Connector Conundrum: 3D Printed Mold Tooling’s Role in Innovation

ReelView Fishing faced an electronics obstacle in the development of its new technology for underwater video. Additive manufacturing for moldmaking allowed for the speed necessary to iterate to a solution. How inventors and invention will benefit from new ways of obtaining production-ready tooling.

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Repair

Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Improves Debarking Knife Tip Strength and Production Efficiency

Nicholson Manufacturing chose the Mastercam APlus specialized add-on to unlock hybrid manufacturing for making its debarker knife tips, enabling it to add durable layers to the wear surfaces of the tips to make them more resilient while also making the production process more efficient.

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Metal

6 Ways Additive Affects Machining

Machining is part of additive manufacturing, but the problems, pacing and possibilities of machining are all affected by their interaction with AM. Here are some of the ways machining changes when metal 3D printing is one of its drivers. 

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Custom Molder Applies Polymer, Metal 3D Printing for Productivity Gains

Custom injection molder Westec Plastics Corp. uses 3D printed end-of-arm tooling for automation as well as inserts printed in metal.

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Video: Hybrid Manufacturing Without Melting: Hermle’s Metal Powder Application (MPA) Process

The Metal Powder Application (MPA) process uses cold spray to apply metal to an existing workpiece. Because the material deforms rather than melts, MPA opens new possibilities for functional grading and other multimaterial applications. 

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Beehive Industries Is Going Big on Small-Scale Engines Made Through Additive Manufacturing

Backed by decades of experience in both aviation and additive, the company is now laser-focused on a single goal: developing, proving and scaling production of engines providing 5,000 lbs of thrust or less.

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7 Takeaways on 3D Printing As a Pathway to Polymer’s Future

The Cleveland section of SPE hosted “Additive Manufacturing: Printing the Path for the Future” on October 17, 2024. Speakers signaled where AM is and where it is headed with session topics ranging from pellet-based 3D printing to qualification and commercialization of additively manufactured products.

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Automation

Forerunner 3D Supports Automation with 3D Printed EOAT

The custom 3D printing company uses 3D printing in combination with other technologies to deliver end of arm tooling for part handling.

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3D Printed Polymer EOAT Increases Safety of Cobots

Contract manufacturer Anubis 3D applies polymer 3D printing processes to manufacture cobot tooling that is lightweight, smooth and safer for human interaction.

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Composites

3 Unique Elements of LFAM to Consider in Design

While similar to desktop fused filament fabrication (FFF), large format additive manufacturing (LFAM) in polymer composite poses several unique challenges as a result of its scale. 

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Lightweighting

CRP USA Creates Lighter, More Durable Paralympic Racing Gloves for Improved Performance

Paralympic champion with 20 medals, including eight golds and 24 World Major Marathon wins, looked to 3D printing service provider to create wheelchair racing gloves that can withstand the intense stress of wheelchair racing while providing the necessary precision and comfort.

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Robot Vs. Gantry for Large-Format Additive Manufacturing (Includes Video)

Additive Engineering Solutions, specialist at 3D printing very large parts and tools on gantry machines, now also uses a robot for large-format AM. Here is how the robot compares.

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Ultra-Complex 3D Printed Scaffolds Enable Cell Growth: The Cool Parts Show #70

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Video: Enabling the Digital Inventory with 3D Printing

Video: Enabling the Digital Inventory with 3D Printing

Video: Robot Machining Will Complement Robot DED

Video: Robot Machining Will Complement Robot DED

Video: Scanning for Fast Model Capture and Validation of AM Parts

Video: Scanning for Fast Model Capture and Validation of AM Parts

Video: Mold Base for Product Development With 3D Printed Molds

Video: Mold Base for Product Development With 3D Printed Molds

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Video: Construction 3D Printing with Robotics, Geopolymer

Alquist 3D is aiming to revolutionize construction and infrastructure with large-format robotic 3D printing using a carbon-neutral material.

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Robot Vs. Gantry for Large-Format Additive Manufacturing (Includes Video)

Additive Engineering Solutions, specialist at 3D printing very large parts and tools on gantry machines, now also uses a robot for large-format AM. Here is how the robot compares.

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Robots

Video: 5" Diameter Navy Artillery Rounds Made Through Robot Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Instead of Forging

Big Metal Additive conceives additive manufacturing production factory making hundreds of Navy projectile housings per day.

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