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Aircraft Ducts 3D Printed in Composite Instead of Metal: The Cool Parts Show #68
Eaton’s new reinforced PEKK, tailored to aircraft applications, provides a cheaper and faster way to make ducts compared to formed aluminum.
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More on 3D Printed Ducts: Optimizing for Airflow
Once air ducts transition to AM, the next step is using the physics of airflow to optimize the design.
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How 3D Printers Will Change for Production: The Cool Parts Show All Access
As Eaton advances toward production of aircraft ducts now made via 3D printed composite instead of metal, a team member involved with this work considers the machine features that will make them more capable for this role.
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Making Sense of Qualification, Certification and Standards in Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #48
AM needs standards and processes for qualification and certification just like any other process. In this conversation with Dr. Tim Simpson, AM editors dive into the distinctions between these terms, and explore how they are influencing additive adoption and advancement.
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NIOSH Publishes 3D Printing Safety Guide for Nonindustrial Settings
NIOSH has published a 3D printing safety guide for small businesses and other additive manufacturing users such as makerspace users, schools, libraries and small businesses.
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Insight Masterbatches Improve Appearance of PLA, PETG FDM Systems, and More News of Note
America Makes names winners of EARTH Project totaling $1.2 million | The Virtual Foundry developed its M300 Tool Steel Filamet material for fused filament fabrication, offering compatibility with a variety of 3D printers.
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At General Atomics, Do Unmanned Aerial Systems Reveal the Future of Aircraft Manufacturing?
The maker of the Predator and SkyGuardian remote aircraft can implement additive manufacturing more rapidly and widely than the makers of other types of planes. The role of 3D printing in current and future UAS components hints at how far AM can go to save cost and time in aircraft production and design.
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7 Lessons From General Atomics on AM for Aircraft Part Production
A manufacturing leader overseeing the way additive manufacturing is transforming unmanned aerial systems (UASs) offers observations about succeeding with 3D printing as an aircraft production process.
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What Is Neighborhood 91?
With its first building completely occupied, the N91 campus is on its way to becoming an end-to-end ecosystem for production additive manufacturing. Updates from the Pittsburgh initiative.
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4 Ways Augmented Reality and 3D Printing Intersect
Augmented reality (AR) is bringing benefits to additive manufacturing, and vice-versa.
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Video: Intelligent Layering Metal 3D Printing at 3DEO
Contract manufacturer 3DEO delivers metal parts using Intelligent Layering, a binder jetting-like 3D printing process the company developed and operates internally. Here’s how it works.
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From Parts to Problem-Solving: 3DEO's Evolution with Intelligent Layering Metal 3D Printing
The technology developer and parts provider is moving beyond transactional 3D printing, in favor of holistic solutions where its AM process can have the greatest impact.
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