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Is Direct-Metal Manufacturing Ready for Production?
Not yet, says one manufacturer—but almost. This company is getting its customers ready for the day when additive manufacturing will be much more mainstream.
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Addressing the Design Issues of Rapid Manufacturing
This white paper from a manufacturer that added an in-house rapid manufacturing center describes how additive technologies both complement and differ from manufacturing processes relying on CNC machining.
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Rapid Tooling: Faster, Better, and Less Expensive
Don’t think of rapid tooling purely for prototyping or short runs. Additive tech is making it possible to produce steel tools that have decided benefits for injection molding and die casting.
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Direct Manufacturing Gets a High-Flying Boost
A consortium of companies is working with a German university to advance the state of additive manufacturing processes.
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Is Direct-Digital Manufacturing Right For You?
Additive fabrication technology has moved beyond prototyping. These four indicators can help manufacturers decide whether to consider direct-digital manufacturing (DDM) for their operations.
Read MoreThe Rapid Manufacturing You Didn’t Know About
Despite its anticipated success, rapid manufacturing’s (RM) use is well below most predictions. While RM applications may be short of expectations, additive fabrication technologies and indirect rapid manufacturing have quietly been adopted and found solid acceptance in the manufacture of a number of products.
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Taking Rapid Prototyping To The Next Level
The rapid prototyping industry has been around a couple of decades. Historically applied for one-offs, it is seeing increased use as a method of direct digital manufacturing (DDM).
Read MoreDirect Versus Indirect Tooling and Beyond
As new materials are introduced to the RP industry, it may be worthwhile to revisit processes that have been previously dismissed as not being viable.
Read MoreElectron Beam Melting (EBM) Offers a New Alternative for Producing Titanium Parts and Prototypes
EBM promises to deliver fully dense parts with properties equal to wrought materials faster than other metal-based additive-fabrication methods.
Read MoreBlending Rapid Tooling with Conventional Moldmaking
Rapid tooling is a good fit for a many prototype tools and a growing number of production tools.
Read MoreLaser Consolidation -- One-Step Manufacturing of Metal Parts and Tools
Laser-based direct manufacturing process allows parts to be built directly from digital data using a wide variety of metallic powders.
Read MoreObstacles to Rapid Manufacturing
Will material cost, processing issues and company culture stifle growth?
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