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Production 13 Oct 2017

Automated AM System Looks Toward Future of Industrial Production

A partnership between 3D printer manufacturer BigRep and Dutch research organization TNO is creating an automated additive manufacturing system.

Basics 26 Jul 2023

Installing a Metal 3D Printer, Part 4: Prevention and Mitigation

PADT’s fourth blog entry in a five-part series about their experience installing a Concept Laser Mlab Cusing R metal 3D printer tackles safety risks with a focus on prevention.

Mold Tooling 9 Oct 2017

3D-Printed Prototypes Become the Parts with Carbon Fiber Filled Filament

Utah Trikes, a retailer and manufacturer of trikes and quads, has grown its custom business using FDM Nylon 12CF to produce end-use composite parts that formerly would have required moldmaking.

Metal 6 Oct 2017

Real-Time, High-Res Monitoring of Structural Defects in Metal AM

A team at Argonne National Laboratory has, for the first time, captured below-surface measurements of laser-metal reactions.

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Repair 4 Oct 2017

Using Hybrid AM, GE Leverages Turbine Blade Repair into Efficiency Improvement

An engineering modification that would have been impractical or cost-prohibitive in the past is realized on a machine tool performing metal 3D printing and machining in the same cycle.

Design 29 Sep 2017

Additive Manufacturing at EMO 2017

Here are some of the AM technologies Editor-in-Chief Peter Zelinski saw at the world’s largest metalworking show.

Metal 26 Jul 2023

Installing a Metal 3D Printer, Part 3: Safety Risks

PADT’s third blog entry in a five-part series about their experience installing a Concept Laser Mlab Cusing R metal 3D printer tackles safety risks and ways to mitigate them.