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Registration Is Open for the 2023 TIPE Conference

Virtual and free to attend, Women in 3D Printing’s annual event has an all-women lineup of speakers presenting on Technology, Industry, People and Economics in 3D printing.

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Medical & Dental

Stryker Using Additive for Implants

Using its “AMagine” process, Stryker creates components with a titanium alloy that mimics bone.

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Cool Parts

3D Printed Conveyor Mat Aids Automation: The Cool Parts Show #55

Additive manufacturing for long, flexible sections of brush material? On this episode of The Cool Parts Show, how a continuous DLP system provides the answer for a component critical to vibratory automation systems.

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Why This Photopolymer Developer Wants Prototyping to Go “Massless”

High-performance materials supplier polySpectra is embracing augmented reality (AR) with a new tool called Massless intended to reduce unnecessary 3D printing.

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Sustainability

3D Printed Heat Exchanger Illustrates Siemens' CATCH and Release Approach

Solutions for energy efficiency, sustainability, part repair and more are developing at Siemens’ Charlotte Advanced Technology Collaboration Hub (CATCH) in North Carolina.

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Heat treating

AM 101: What Is Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP)? (Includes Video)

Hot isostatic pressing has long been used for metal castings, but is now being applied as a valuable method for closing porosity in metal 3D printed parts.

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Machining

3D Printed Spares, Electrification and Cool Parts: Top 10 Stories of 2022: AM Radio #31

Our top articles and videos from 2022 reflect increasing use of additive manufacturing for replacement parts; growing applications for electric motors; and a maturing user base. Read through the top 10 list or listen to the AM Radio podcast episode all about these stories. 

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Heat treating

It’s HIP to Be Additive: Advancing 3D Printed Metals with Hot Isostatic Pressing

Aalberts Surface Technologies-Accurate Brazing is preparing to serve additive manufacturing tomorrow by proving out HIPing recipes at its Center of Excellence today.

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Polymer

3D Printed Replacement Clamp for an F-16 Aircraft: The Cool Parts Show #54

3D printing is a valuable addition to sustainment programs, but only if printed parts can be qualified as fast and flexibly as they can be made. In this episode of The Cool Parts Show, we look at the clamp that won the Air Force’s Approval Sprint Challenge designed to address this need. 

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Production

Large-Format “Cold” 3D Printing With Polypropylene and Polyethylene

Israeli startup Largix has developed a production solution that can 3D print PP and PE without melting them. Its first test? Custom tanks for chemical storage.

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Repair

Video: Additive Manufacturing for Aircraft Blade Repair

Optomec machines use directed energy deposition guided by optical measurement and automatic programming to repair aircraft engine blades. Here is a look at the 3D printing repair operation.

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Automation

Formnext 2022: Ceramics, Robots and Other Perspectives From Near and Far: AM Radio #30

The 2022 edition of Formnext revealed more options and applications for 3D printed ceramics, anticipation of coming automation, established companies entering AM and more. Two editors — one present at the show, and one observing from a distance — compare notes in this episode of AM Radio. 

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