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Here Is What a Four-Laser Machine Can Do—and Here Is the Hardware Used to Do It
One laser gets you this far. Two lasers get you this much farther. These productivity comparisons with a four-laser machine also show the cooling geometry that brings four lasers together.
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Advantages of Wire Over Powder in Additive Manufacturing
Gefertec says its wire-fed additive manufacturing systems can overcome existing process limitations of powder-fed systems.
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Product Removal Module Is a Multitasking Machine Tool Tailored to AM
An automatic bandsaw removes the parts and a milling cycle refurbishes the plate for the next build.
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Closing Additive Manufacturing’s Skills Gap
Cincinnati State’s new additive manufacturing certificate program offers a lesson in workforce need versus availability.
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Postprocessing System Automates 3D-Printed Part Finishing
The Hybrid Deci Duo system from PostProcess Technologies combines finishing media and chemistry with a PC control to automate support removal and surface finishing.
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Are AM Parts as Strong as Those Made Conventionally?
An additively manufactured flight-critical helicopter part indicates that they are.
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Linear AMS Returns, Retooled and Refocused
After splitting with Moog, the company is getting back to mold tooling and homing in on low-volume plastic part production.
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Can Topography Scans Redraw the Metal Additive Inspection Map?
A new topographical mapping technology aims to detect, record and display flawed metal melt regions as they’re created.
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Can Chemistry Set AM Free of the Cost and Constraints of Support Structures?
Support structure removal is costly and can prevent supports from being used in some areas of the part. This researcher may have found the answer that will make support structures easy.
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The Post-Production Challenge for Additive Manufacturing
The benefits of controlling postprocessing operations for additively produced parts reach beyond cost.
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The Right Design, Material and Machine Combination Takes the Risk Out of 3D Printing Molds
Full-service design and mold delivery, moldmaking materials, and a low-cost, high-precision printer minimize the technical risk of 3D-printed mold tryout.
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Arcing away from Near-Net Forging
An electrical arc process joins a field of additive manufacturing technologies that could one day provide aerospace manufacturers with alternatives to near-net-shape forgings.
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