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Automotive

Metal Matrix Composite Demonstrates Additive Manufacturing’s Promise for New Materials

The co-founder of a materials-development firm seeks to aid manufacturers in pursuing the material freedom of AM.

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Supply Chain

HP Partners with Deloitte to Bring Additive Manufacturing to the Enterprise Level

HP’s Multi Jet Fusion process is being used as a production technology today, but now the company has its sights set on enterprise-level (and industry-wide) disruption enabled by partnerships and spanning the entire supply chain.

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Metal

Installing a Metal 3D Printer, Part 1: Equipment

When PADT installed a Concept Laser Mlab Cusing R metal 3D printer, the company documented the process from beginning to end. The first in a five-part series.

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Basics

Easing into AM

A layered approach to learning the technology behind additive manufacturing (AM) will help lessen the headaches.

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Design

Geometry Toolkits Play Complementary Roles in AM

Integrating data types in modeling and preparing the model for 3D printing are strengths of separate systems.

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Production

August Issue Explores Additive Manufacturing for Production

What’s the best way to bring AM into production? The August issue of Additive Manufacturing magazine features three companies that have come to manufacture parts additively through different strategies.

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Production

Optimizing the Additive Manufacturing Workflow with PLM

Product lifecycle management (PLM) plays an essential role when adopting additive manufacturing within mainstream production.

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Production

The Logistical Value of AM

3D printing can permit a radical change in the geometry of a part. Have we yet seen the extent to which it might change that part’s point of production?

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Production

Large-Format 3D Printer Builds Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Submarine

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has teamed up with the U.S. Navy to 3D print a demonstrator submarine hull for Navy SEALs application.

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Defense

An AM Voyage: Seeking Additive Manufacturing’s Next-Gen Metals for Ship-Based Repair

A research team at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering is using computational materials design to create new high-strength steels for the United States Navy.

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Production

Building an Additive Manufacturing Business for Production

What does it look like to build a business based on AM production from the ground up? An Ohio medical device contractor is finding out.

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Basics

Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Are Two Different Things

And as AM continues to advance, the differences are becoming more pronounced and more important. 

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