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Video: Reality Redesigned and Modern Machine Shop at Rapid Event

At last week’s Rapid conference and expo in Atlanta, "The Edge Factor" producer Jeremy Bout unveiled the three winners of the reality show/design contest, “Reality Redesigned.”

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Mold Tooling

Additive Manufacturing Adds to Amerimold

Amerimold 2012 (June 13-14) is the trade show and conference for tool and mold making, molding AND additive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing is highly complementary to conventional mold-related manufacturing processes. Technical sessions on additive technologies will coincide with those focused on mold manufacturing during the 2012 conference program.

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Additive Manufacturing or Low-Volume Injection Molding?

Learn about the comparison between additive manufacturing and low-volume injection molding in this video presentation.

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Metal

Large-Part Additive Manufacturing

These articles sample possibilities for additive manufacturing of large metal parts.

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Machining

Molten Spray Moldmaking

Rapid solidification creates mold and die tooling that is harder than heat treated components, within build times that are faster than machining.

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Production

Desktop Additive Manufacturing

The number of manufacturers seriously considering additive manufacturing is large. Stratasys has lowered the threshold for adopting this technology in an effort to entice these companies to add direct digital production to their capabilities.

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LFAM

High-Frequency Production

The additive process that grew out of ultrasonic welding provides an efficient way to produce complex work, including parts with embedded components and even parts made from dissimilar metals.

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Production

Electron Beam Direct Manufacturing As an Alternative to Forging

Lockheed Martin expects to reduce titanium part-production costs for the F-35 fighter by applying this additive manufacturing technology in place of forging.

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Additive Manufacturing Companies to Merge

3D printing technology suppliers Stratasys and Objet have announced an agreement to merge.

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Add Additive Manufacturing to your Capabilities

Although additive manufacturing has been around for several years, the process is gaining more and more interest and applications every year.

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Mold Tooling

3D Printing for Better Customer Communication

Additive technology helps a mold manufacturer establish better customer communication and create a more productive design process.

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Production

The Aircraft Imperative

Reduce cost, reduce weight—to the extent that additive manufacturing can do these things, it represents a promising method for making aircraft parts. While important constraints currently prevent additive manufacturing from seeing more widespread use in aircraft production, these constraints might not be what you think. Here is a look at additive manufacturing within Boeing.

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