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Reverse Engineering and 3D Printing: A Practical Solution
A contract manufacturer routinely reverse engineers and 3D prints prototypes of aerospace legacy parts for more confident production.
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High-Throughput Cell Segregates Additive, Subtractive Processes
The real value of building parts layer by layer isn't the potential to replace conventional, subractive machining, but to complement it.
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EOS Opens New Location in Texas
Located near Austin, the facility is to be the first of several additions to the company's presence in North America, its fastest-growing market.
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Continuing to Champion AM
Colorado manufacturer Faustson Tool has received the Manufacturer’s Edge Manufacturing Innovation Award for efforts in support of a metal AM research center.
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AM’s Getting "Bigger" In More Than Just Cars
Large-scale additive manufacturing is disrupting the (already disruptive) 3D printing field.
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Caterpillar Lays the Groundwork
A new Additive Manufacturing Factory focuses on aftermarket parts today in preparation for production parts in the future.
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Hybrid Manufacturing in the Spotlight at Canadian AM Forum
PTooling's hybrid machining center became the centerpiece of an AM forum and open house held at the company's Ontario facility.
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3D Printing Resolution: High or Low?
When does it make sense to opt for a high- or low-resolution print? An example from Creat3D illustrates the difference.
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Plasma Spheroidization Improves Quality of Metal Powder for AM
Plasma technology produces metal powders that are more spherical and provide better properties for additive manufacturing.
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Topological Analysis Predicts That a Hollow Mold Insert Will Succeed
Mathematical analysis performed for a mold shop reveals that almost all of the metal in a mold core insert was unnecessary to that tool’s function.
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Michigan Plastics Molder Experiments with Mold Inserts that are Hollow
PTI Engineered Plastics sees open possibilities in an alternate method of making mold tooling through AM.
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AMUG Presents the Pains, Potential and Power of AM
The exhibits and presentations at AMUG 2016 afforded insights into where additive is, and where it is going.
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