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Video: On-Site Manufacturing in the Future

A team of students in Finland produced this video of their vision of how parts may be produced in the future. This entry won Fastems’ conceptual design competition held in honor of the company’s 30 years of building flexible manufacturing systems.

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Automotive

Landspeed Record with Laser Melting

The very first object to break the landspeed barrier of 1,000 mph is likely to be a part produced through additive manufacturing.

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Brackets

Additive Manufacturing’s Opportunity in One Word

I want to say just one word to you: brackets.

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Additive Manufacturing for In-House Tooling

One of the benefits of having additive manufacturing capability in-house is that it gives the manufacturer an efficient resource for quickly producing custom devices for use in its own processes.

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Latest Issue of AM: Seeing is Believing

A photo essay documents the types of parts that are possible with an additive production process. The parts come from a medical manufacturing company that is now using additive manufacturing to create implants and instruments that would have been impossible or impractical to create by any other means.

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After the Hype, the Promise Remains

I had assumed that writing about manufacturing technology would always mean writing about topics that few people appreciate. Then came additive manufacturing.

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Metal

Obstacles to the Adoption of Additive Manufacturing

Renishaw was a user of additive manufacturing before it became an OEM supplying additive manufacturing technology—specifically, laser melting systems for producing metal parts. For a metrology company to diversify into additive manufacturing machinery in this way indicates the long-term promise the company sees for this method of manufacturing.

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Everyday AM

It’s not just for prototyping. Additive manufacturing can help with the manufacturing side of your business as well.

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Metal

Medical Benefits

Part examples from an established manufacturer of medical implants and instruments illustrate the expanded engineering possibilities that additive manufacturing is making possible.

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Production

Rapid Show Reveals Interest in Additive Manufacturing for Production

Interest in additive manufacturing was evident at last week’s Rapid show in Pittsburgh.

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Polymer

Baklund: Lessons About Additive

Make extras. Make the part before even winning the job. Additive manufacturing encourages atypical strategies such as these.

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Machining

Additive Manufacturing in the Job Shop

This small shop invested in production 3D printing in part because its owner expects other manufacturers to make the same move. He wanted a head start.

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