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Data: The Dark (and Light) Side of Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #41
Additive manufacturing relies on and creates large amounts of data. On AM Radio, Stephanie Hendrixson and Dr. Tim Simpson discuss concerns around protecting AM data, plus how data security can bring greater opportunities for this technology.
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Velo3D Founder on the 3 Biggest Challenges of 3D Printing Metal Parts
Velo3D CEO and founder Benny Buller offers this perspective on cost, qualification and ease of development as they apply to the progress of AM adoption in the future.
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The Arrival of the AM Factory: How Proprietary Processes Deliver Production 3D Printing
Various recent articles report on companies using internally developed technology to equip factories and deliver on the promise of AM for production.
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User-Friendly Mass Spectrometry Tool to Enable AM
The Massbox is a technology designed to simplify mass spectrometry by bypassing the need to send samples to the lab for characterization and testing purposes. Exum Instruments’ debut tool is suitable for AM as it can assist with quality assurance, material characterization and failure analysis.
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The DOE-Funded Institute Working to Make Manufacturing More Secure
National research institute CyManII is working to protect U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, with efforts that touch on training, energy efficiency and cybersecurity.
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3D Printed "Evolved Structures" for NASA Exoplanet Balloon Mission: The Cool Parts Show #61
Generative design creates stiff, lightweight brackets for EXCITE mission monitoring planets orbiting other stars. The Cool Parts Show visits Goddard Space Flight Center.
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How Norsk Titanium Is Scaling Up AM Production — and Employment — in New York State
New opportunities for part production via the company’s forging-like additive process are coming from the aerospace industry as well as a different sector, the semiconductor industry.
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VOTE in The Cool Parts Showcase!
Your votes will decide the winners of our contest for the coolest 3D printed parts. Learn about the finalists and then cast your vote in each category: Best Bespoke Solution, Best Production Part and Best Proof of Concept.
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Platform Backed by Blockchain Provides Data Assurance for Additive Manufacturing
VeriTX’s Fortis platform offers “data assurance as a service” to protect digital information from tampering. The product is launching with an initial focus on files intended for 3D printing.
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MoldMaking Conference Session Spotlight: 3D Printing
Want to learn about hybrid tooling inserts or the current state of 3D metal printing?
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To Improve Performance of Compression Molded Composites, Add 3D Printed Preforms
9T Labs' Additive Fusion Technology enables the manufacture of composite structures with as much or as little reinforcement as is necessary, using 3D printed continuous fiber preforms to add strength just where needed.
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How Acquisition and Investment Activity Affects AM Users and Adopters: AM Radio #40
Stephanie Hendrixson and Peter Zelinski discuss how the corporate and financial developments in additive manufacturing play out for current and prospective users of AM technology, and where this activity is likely to lead.
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