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Bike Manufacturer Uses Additive Manufacturing to Create Lighter, More Complex, Customized Parts

Titanium bike frame manufacturer Hanglun Technology mixes precision casting with 3D printing to create bikes that offer increased speed and reduced turbulence during long-distance rides, offering a smoother, faster and more efficient cycling experience.

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3D Printed Calibration Fixtures for Ultrasonic Flowmeters

Calibrating industrial flowmeters requires temporarily attaching equipment to pipes to check the flow and make adjustments. Emerson shares how 3D printed fixtures can simplify the connection and make calibration faster, easier and more accurate.

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LFAM

LFAM Phase Two: How Companies Are Going Farther With Large-Part 3D Printing

The freedom to produce very large components more easily is an underappreciated AM advantage, but one that is now established. Recently posted articles show the way forward for large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM) in contract and in-house production, as well as in construction.

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From the Podcast Library: Qualification, Certification and Standards

In episode #48 of the AM Radio podcast, we talked with Dr. Tim Simpson about the distinction between qualification and certification, and how AM users can navigate the various standards around their parts and processes. 

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5 Things You Get With Your Additive Manufacturing Subscription

A subscription to Additive Manufacturing is available to you at no cost. Here are five benefits of starting (or renewing) your Additive Manufacturing subscription.

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Formnext

Registration Opens for Formnext Chicago: US Version of World’s Largest AM Trade Show

Additive manufacturing (AM) industry leaders are making plans to participate in the 2025 U.S. version of Formnext — the most successful additive show in the world, which brings together the whole industrial process of AM.

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DED

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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Machining

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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Production

Lessons in Personalized Production From the 3D Systems Surgical Guide Process

Tailor-made manufacturing is one of AM’s richest possibilities, but the success factors inevitably draw on more than AM.

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Inventors

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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Polymer

How Avid Product Development Creates Efficiencies in High-Mix, Low-Volume Additive Manufacturing

Contract manufacturer Avid Product Development (a Lubrizol company) has developed strategies to streamline part production through 3D printing so its engineering team can focus on development, design, assembly and other services. 

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Production

Why Customization at Mass-Market Scale Is Finally Possible With 3D Printing

Printer speed and materials coupled with scanning technologies are contributing to more affordable and accessible 3D printed, personalized goods.

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Casting

3D Printing Solutions to Support Investment, Sand Casting

3D Systems is highlighting a design strategy for better investment casting patterns, as well as a new machine suitable for the production of patterns for sand casting. 

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Composite

Materials

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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Composites

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

Savage Automation Delivers 3D Printed Commercial Manufacturing Aids

The company's approach to designing end-of-arm tooling and other devices has evolved over the years to support longevity and repairs.

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

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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

Video: Machining and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Aid One Another and Work Together

Video: Machining and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Aid One Another and Work Together

Sustainability

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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Software

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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