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Additive Manufacturing Award Website Now Live
Submit your additive manufacturing innovation by December 31. Winner of cash and promotional package to be announced early next year at MFG Meeting in Florida.
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Two Heads Better Than One in Hybrid Additive/Subtractive Machine
New Mazak Integrex capable of additive manufacturing includes heads for both high speed and high precision metal deposition. “Natural extension of multitasking,” the company says.
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Multiplying Options
Additive manufacturing’s greatest impact for this company is the versatility that has allowed it to offer different solutions than other manufacturers.
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Nothing But Design Intent
The way to save cost through additive manufacturing is not only to use it to eliminate unnecessary material, but also to apply it within a process that avoids unnecessary effort and interpretation by keeping all manufacturing information within the digital realm. Lockheed Martin is pursuing this ideal.
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Where Do 3D-Printed Molds Make Sense?
Stratasys describes the capabilities and limitations of 3D “digital ABS” molds for making plastic parts through injection molding or blow molding.
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Video: Miniature Jet Engine Made with Additive Manufacturing
GE engineers started with a radio-controlled engine and redesigned it for additive manufacturing. This model manufacturing exercise illustrates important real points about additive manufacturing as a production option.
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Video: Additive Manufacturing of Metal Matrix Composites for High-Hardness Parts
Combining a ductile phase with a hard phase in a single build generates hard ferrous parts without cracking. Possibilities now include additive manufacturing of cutting tools, dies, bearings and downhole hardware.
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Video: Racing Engine Oil Pump Gear Produced through Additive Manufacturing
High complexity and low quantity made this critical part a candidate for 3D printing.
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Rebuild, Don't Replace
If you could rebuild a damaged or worn-out mold insert instead of replacing it with a new one, wouldn’t you?
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3DRV Road Tour Visits ITAMCO
Although we have written about ITAMCO several times, it’s good to see this precision machining company getting positive mention in a recent article posted online by Forbes. The author, TJ McCue, visited ITAMCO as part of his eight-month, cross country tour to investigate the impact of 3D digital technology and advanced manufacturing.
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Where 3D Printing Fits In
Baklund R&D, a tool and die and CNC machining job shop in Hutchinson, Minnesota, has an unusual philosophy for how to cultivate, encourage and develop manufacturing employees.
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Numbers Describe Additive Manufacturing’s Advantage
Airbus quantifies the material and energy savings it will realize on parts that are 3D printed.
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