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CRP USA Creates Lighter, More Durable Paralympic Racing Gloves for Improved Performance

Paralympic champion with 20 medals, including eight golds and 24 World Major Marathon wins, looked to 3D printing service provider to create wheelchair racing gloves that can withstand the intense stress of wheelchair racing while providing the necessary precision and comfort.

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Tooling

The Connector Conundrum: 3D Printed Mold Tooling’s Role in Innovation

ReelView Fishing faced an electronics obstacle in the development of its new technology for underwater video. Additive manufacturing for moldmaking allowed for the speed necessary to iterate to a solution. How inventors and invention will benefit from new ways of obtaining production-ready tooling.

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Mold Tooling

Video: Mold Base for Product Development With 3D Printed Molds

Alba Enterprises created a mold base to match the needs and pacing of product iteration using mold tooling made via additive manufacturing

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Sustainability

Enabling Sustainable Production Through Measuring Energy Data

Airbus subsidiary CTC’s mobile technology measures machine energy use on new machines and helps optimize for sustainability and efficiency. Valuable for AM applications targeting sustainability.

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Get to Know the Neighborhood

Pittsburgh’s Neighborhood 91 is a first-of-its-kind additive manufacturing campus. Get to know the tenants and learn more about this initiative in our explainer. 

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DED

Video: Machining and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Aid One Another and Work Together

DED parts made by a machine tool provider illustrate various ways the strategic consideration of either metal 3D printing or machining helps the other process.

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What Material Needs Are on the Horizon for Polymer AM?

A recent conversation with a materials expert indicates coming advances in 3D printing polymers related to sustainability, affordability and productivity as well as functionality. Read the full list (and add your take).  

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Metal

What Is the Role of Directed Energy Deposition (DED)? We Are Still Discovering It

The applications go well beyond repair. Recently posted articles find many different use cases for DED, including its expanded application for production parts.

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LPBF

EOS Additive Minds Academy Opens Space for Hands-On AM Training

The engineering, consulting and education arm of EOS has offered training in various capacities before now, but a new physical footprint at the company’s Novi, Michigan, facility will make AM training more accessible and affordable.

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Production

Alquist 3D Looks Toward a Carbon-Sequestering Future with 3D Printed Infrastructure

The Colorado startup aims to reduce the carbon footprint of new buildings, homes and city infrastructure with robotic 3D printing and a specialized geopolymer material.

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Automation

Video: Construction 3D Printing with Robotics, Geopolymer

Alquist 3D is aiming to revolutionize construction and infrastructure with large-format robotic 3D printing using a carbon-neutral material.

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Carnegie Mellon Helps Industry, Students Prepare for a Manufacturing Future with AM and AI

Work underway at the university’s Next Manufacturing Center and Manufacturing Futures Institute is helping industrial additive manufacturers achieve success today, while applying artificial intelligence, surrogate modeling and more to solve the problems of the future.

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