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Metal 3D Printing in the Office: Studio System 2 Webinar
Metal additive manufacturing—once reserved for only the most specialized applications (and affluent of companies)—is now easier and more accessible than ever. Join this Desktop Metal webinar.
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How Prototyping Addresses Unknowns and Reduces Risks
One benefit of metal AM is the capability to create functional prototypes in less time, enabling you to rapidly iterate on design alternatives during development.
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Lessons from Animals and Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #6B
In this week’s episode of the AM Radio podcast, Stephanie Hendrixson and Julia Hider discuss how 3D printing applications connected to animals mirror and can advance those related to humans and industry.
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3D Printing at the Turn of Iten’s Century
This specialist in laminates, composites and plastics manufacturing will turn 100 years old in 2022. 3D printing in polymer will be part of the company’s next hundred years, leadership says.
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Rounding Out the Circular Economy With Material Take-Back Programs: AM Radio #6A
One of the most difficult steps in the circular economy is going from product back to new material. On this episode of AM Radio, Julia Hider and Stephanie Hendrixson discuss how material take-back programs can help solve this challenge.
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Video: What is the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory?
This industry-focused organization within the Department of Energy helps manufacturers make use of advanced technology, particularly 3D printing. One of the group’s leaders describes how companies work with the MDF.
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3D Printed Turbine Blades for More Efficient Power Generation: The Cool Parts Show #35
Blades made through additive manufacturing promise to let turbines run hotter, and therefore generate more power without increasing in size.
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AM for Production: Where Conventional Lessons Do and Do Not Apply
As RMS has grown its additive manufacturing division, it has discovered which principles of subtractive manufacturing apply to additive, and which do not.
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Precision LPBF Improves Watch Component Part Performances
Partnering with AddUp has enabled watch part maker Kif Parechoc to use laser powder bed fusion to manufacture parts with improved mechanical performance using less material.
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Platform Solution Supports 3D Printing's Pivot into Additive Manufacturing Production
The GrabCAD Additive Manufacturing Platform introduced by Stratasys integrates design, print preparation, order management and third-party software to help bring about AM for production.
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Getting to a Circular Model for Metal Powders Makes AM More Sustainable
6K’s UniMelt process offers efficiency and control in the production of metal powders for additive manufacturing. But more than that, it is a home for unused and oversized powder, metal scrap and more that can close the loop on metals.
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Recapping the 2021 Additive Manufacturing Conference + Expo: AM Radio #5
The program covered everything from tooling to personnel challenges involved in implementing additive. Peter Zelinski, Stephanie Hendrixson and Julia Hider recap the event.
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