Articles

Mold Tooling 3 Feb 2014

Sand Printing’s Side Benefit

A pattern maker is now able to skip the pattern by printing foundry mold components directly in sand. This figurine is a byproduct of the way the company batches the sand-printing jobs for greater efficiency

Sand 20 Jan 2014

3D Printing As an Alternative to Patternmaking

Hoosier Pattern has changed its business in a way that dramatically expands the design freedom available to its customers. Historically, the company has machined foundry patterns. Today, it uses 3D printing to create molds and cores directly from sand.

Production 20 Jan 2014

Smoothing the Way for Production 3D Printing

In additive manufacturing of end-use parts, attention turns to the secondary steps.

20 Jan 2014

Practicality & Possibility

Some of the technologies and applications on display at Euromold 2013 illustrated the possibilities for using additive manufacturing to manufacture functional parts.

Production 20 Jan 2014

Enabling Factors for Additive Manufacturing

In an interview with GE Capital, GE Global Research Center technology director Christine Furstoss was asked what factors will determine the speed of adoption of additive manufacturing into mass production applications. She described four.

Machining 20 Jan 2014

Reimagining Implants

A medical-industry contract manufacturer that built its reputation on CNC machining is now helping its customers realize the advantages of additive manufacturing.

Postprocessing 8 Jan 2014

MC Machinery Systems to Offer Matsuura Lumex Additive Mfr. Machine

MC Machinery Systems, the Wood Dale, Illinois-based supplier of EDM machines, machining centers, press brakes, and laser and waterjet machines, has announced a partnership with Matsuura Machinery Corp. to introduce Matsuura’s Lumex Avance-25 additive manufacturing machine to the North American marketplace.