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Ford is Saving Millions through 3D Printing (But Maybe Not How You Think)
Two longtime workers at Ford’s Sharonville Transmission Plant near Cincinnati grew tired of experiencing the delays and downtime resulting from expensive and hard-to-get replacement parts. The solution? Learn additive manufacturing and save the company time and money.
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Oil Collector Upgrade for Legacy Helicopters Is a 3D Printed Pathfinder Part
The lightweight part was delivered faster and made more easily via electron beam melting (EBM) than a conventionally manufactured alternative could be produced, while also illuminating a way forward for upgrading other existing systems.
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Polymer AM Cuts Costs of Small-Batch Replacement Components
Producing replacement parts through polymer AM has cut Mosca’s lead times and component costs to small fractions of their original size, even when producing small batches of parts.
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After Years in China, 3D Printing Lets Vacuum Accessory Maker Develop U.S. Production
The costs of injection molding had Dustless Technologies making tooling and many parts offshore. Additive manufacturing promises an alternative, as in the case of the company's newest product, which is entirely U.S.-made.
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Job Shop’s AM Journey Takes It from Production to Tooling
Despite the fact that RPG was prepared to start with production metal additive manufacturing, the job shop couldn’t ignore the benefits of 3D-printed tooling.
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Thermoplastic Composites Facilitate DED of Electric Scooter
The Scotsman scooter’s creators say it is the first fully custom, 3D printed electric scooter. The company uses Arevo’s Aqua DED system to print the carbon-fiber thermoplastic composite body.
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Meet the LSAM Additive Printer
Thermwood Corporation, manufacturer of some of the largest composite thermoplastic additive manufacturing systems operating in industry today, has announced the availability of a new line of lower cost "print only" LSAM systems, called LSAM Additive Printers. (Sponsored)
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Metal 3D Printing in the CNC Machining Job Shop
For metalworking businesses looking for a metal 3D printing option free of the concerns of handling metal powder, metal fused filament fabrication provides additive capabilities with easy implementation and material flexibility.
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LEO Lane Partnership with HP to Advance Trust in Digital Manufacturing
The arrangement integrates LEO Lane’s Limited Edition Object (LEO) solution with HP’s 3D printing technology, enabling IP owners to decide how and where their parts are produced and building trust in a new, digital workflow.
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Freeformer Enables Tailored Pharmaceutical Production
A 3D printer for polymer part production has enabled researchers from the University of East Anglia to develop individually tailored pharmaceuticals that better support patient needs and outcomes.
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Cool Parts In Space!
The Cool Parts Show has long had a fascination with AM for space. Revisit some of our episodes to find out what AM brings to the final frontier.
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