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Highlighting Hybrid Manufacturing
The winner of the first International Additive Manufacturing Award is a company that developed a head for adding metal additive manufacturing to an existing machine tool.
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FAA Clears First Additive Manufactured Part for Flight in a GE Commercial Jet Engine
A cobalt-chrome temperature sensor housing is being retrofit to GE90 engines used by Boeing.
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3D Printing and the Promise of Custom Fit
Can additive processes be used to customize wearable products to give a perfect fit to each individual? It works for ear buds….
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Validating and Qualifying
X-ray technology can validate the internal geometry of additively-manufactured parts in 3D without destroying the part.
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6 Things You Might Not Know about Making Metal Parts through Additive Manufacturing
Like any other manufacturing process, additive manufacturing has process considerations all its own.
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Material Differences in Metal Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing entails material considerations so subtle as to be, well, granular.
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Will Additive Manufacturing Play a Major Role in Aircraft Production?
One answer: It already does. Lockheed Martin discusses the challenges and promise of producing parts through 3D printing.
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Winner Named in First-Ever International Additive Manufacturing Award
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Ltd. will receive the inaugural International Additive Manufacturing Award (IAMA) for its innovative methodology that enables metal deposition (via laser cladding) to be integrated on a multi-axis CNC machine.
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Interest in Additive Manufacturing Enters Phase Two
How long until we see acceptance of additive manufacturing for full-scale production of a wide variety of metal parts? Three to five years, says this AM researcher.
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The Changing Shape of Manufacturing
Topology optimization and additive manufacturing go together. The complex, organic form that might be the most material-efficient choice for a part generally cannot be produced conventionally. However, additive manufacturing puts optimal forms within reach.
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Additive Manufacturing Applications Today and Tomorrow
CECIMO, the European Association of Machine Tool Industries sees opportunities for its members with current and potential future applications for additive manufacturing in various industry sectors.
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Additive Manufacturing Is the New Normal
A company founded on the principle of individualized manufacturing puts AM to work right out front, in its retail lobby.
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