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Additive Manufacturing and Sustainability Go Together — Here Is Why
3D printing enables sustainable production through recycled materials, end-of-product-life-cycle solutions, and helping to realize eco-friendly products.
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Video: Carpenter Technology’s Company-Wide Response to COVID-19
Here are tactics the company has put in place to keep its team members safe as production continues despite the threat of the coronavirus. (Sponsored)
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Additive Manufacturing in the Age of COVID-19: Ramping Up for a Fight
Reporting from the front lines of the fight against Coronavirus.
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Shoe Manufacturing at Flowbuilt Is Reshored and Reimagined
The shoe store of the future is more like a digitized tailor’s shop than a warehouse. Flowbuilt Manufacturing is the flexible contract manufacturer that can serve this vision, using both 3D printing and injection molding.
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We Answer Your Questions About The Cool Parts Show #16
In this bonus episode of The Cool Parts Show, hosts Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson answer your questions, including: What makes something a Cool Part?
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Choosing the Best Abrasive Finishing Process for 3D Printed Parts
Studies have shown that abrasive finishing is flexible enough to finish 3D printed parts with complex geometries and difficult-to-machine materials, although the best process depends on a number of factors.
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Generative Design to Bring Weight and Cost Savings for Micromobility FUV
The “Fun Utility Vehicle” from Arcimoto is already in production, and already lightweight. But after just 30 days of redesign for additive manufacturing, the company discovered major components could be made lighter still, and production could be made simpler.
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Concrete Facade Made with 3D Printed Tooling Now Complete
The One South First building in Brooklyn features a concrete facade fully covering its 45 stories. 3D printed tooling played a key part.
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The New Normal? Resilient Supply Chains with 3D Printing
We were already headed toward expanded adoption of 3D printing, in HP’s view, when the coronavirus hit. The pandemic’s disruption will only get us there faster.
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AM’s 2020 Advance: How the Crisis Created Conditions for Additive Manufacturing to Leap Ahead
Stories we’ve found within the pandemic period reveal 3D printing’s promise for scalable, flexible production and rapid product development.
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Breaking News: IMTS 2020 Canceled in Compliance With Coronavirus Precautions
IMTS has been canceled for the first time since WWII. The show will continue to offer digital experiences to foster connections, networking and technical learning opportunities.
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The Future of Jewelry Manufacturing Is Custom, On Demand and Perfectly Sized
The Melvin sisters launched their startup, The Future of Jewelry, when they couldn’t find matching signet rings. Now, customers can design exactly the ring they want, to be produced affordably through 3D printing and/or lost wax casting.
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