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Direct Metal Printing Rapidly Delivers Innovative Faucet
A faucet that would be difficult to manufacture conventionally was developed and produced within weeks using Direct Metal Printing (DMP).
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Video: Smith & Nephew on 3D Printing Patient-Specific Surgical Instruments
Using MRI and additive manufacturing to produce a cutting block customized to the patient aids the precision of the surgery.
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How Machine Learning Is Moving AM Beyond Trial and Error
A Colorado alliance has found the link between AM and AI. Using machine learning to map the formula for successful metal 3D printing, researchers aim to know the right parameters for any new part with few or no test builds.
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Lightweighting with Lattices
Building components as a network of unit cells may improve material utilization and performance.
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Software Streamlines Metal Additive Manufacturing Workflows
Replacing three software packages with 3DXpert from 3D Systems reduced one company’s file processing time and increased its productivity.
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What GE’s Machine Learning Ecosystem Will Mean for Additive Manufacturing
At GE’s Global Research Center in upstate New York, engineers join forces to build a digital library of additive research.
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Video: Moldmaker Succeeding with Conformal Cooling
B&J Specialty now complements its machining capabilities with metal 3D printing for making mold inserts with cooling channels that follow the contours of the mold. The shop is even revisiting challenging molds from the past.
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Video: 3 Roles for Computer Vision in Metal 3D Printing
Carnegie Mellon University professor Elizabeth Holm explains three ways computer vision can advance powder-bed metal 3D printing.
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With Machine Learning, We Will Skip Ahead 100 Years
Machine learning or AI will prove vital to the advance of AM. Computational power will enable additive to advance much faster than if it had been invented in an earlier time.
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Computer Vision System Automates Characterization of Metal Powder
A computer vision system that has learned to classify metal powders could speed material qualification and advance machine learning in additive manufacturing.
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Video: 3D Printing at Local Motors
3D printing plays multiple roles at the company’s Knoxville microfactory, from prototyping to the production of parts for autonomous vehicles.
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GE and Concept Laser Aim to Lead Digital Transformation of Industrial Production
European correspondent Barbara Schulz spoke to Concept Laser founder Frank Herzog to find out how the dynamic between the German company and U.S.-based GE forms the perfect symbiosis to grow a global AM business.
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