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One Small Step for Metals, One Giant Leap for AM
Eliminating support structures for metal parts expands pathways to profitable AM.
Read MoreWhy Self-Supervised Deep Learning May Be Additive Manufacturing's AI Solution
In collaboration with equipment supplier EOS, artificial intelligence experts at NNAISENSE have created a self-taught “deep digital twin” to advance additive manufacturing, starting with direct metal laser sintering of titanium.
Read MoreWith Binder Jet Aluminum, Ford Prepares for Production 3D Printing at Automotive Scale
Component for popular car will be the first case of continuing applications of additive manufacturing to automotive-quantity metal part production.
Read MoreImproving AM’s Efficiency with Generative Design
By engineering parts as opposed to designing them, MSC Apex Generative Design improves the efficiency of not only the final parts, but of the design and manufacturing processes as well.
Read MoreUntangling the Promise of Carbon Nanotubes for 3D Printing
Recently emerged from stealth mode, Mechnano is bringing the promise of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to life within various modalities of 3D printing. How these tiny additives deliver macro-level material improvements.
Read More3D Printed Cooling Bars Will Improve Observability of Antimatter
An experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be better able to detect the paths of particles thanks to efficient cooling delivered by metal 3D printed tubes.
Read MoreIs AM in Competition With Conventional Manufacturing? Tooling Is on Conventional’s Side
Recent articles consider the other way additive manufacturing is advancing production: not by 3D printing parts, but in the ways 3D printed tooling makes casting, machining, molding and other processes better.
Read MoreMore Examples of How 3D Printed Tooling Is Transforming Part Production
Illustrations of successes with tooling made through additive manufacturing in applications involving composite parts, robots, metal coating, die casting and construction.
Read MoreMetal and Composite AM Grant US Army Significant Savings
Markforged’s printers and proprietary Eiger software have enabled the U.S. Army to save over $9,000 per part for some critical training components.
Read MoreFord is Saving Millions through 3D Printing (But Maybe Not How You Think)
Two longtime workers at Ford’s Sharonville Transmission Plant near Cincinnati grew tired of experiencing the delays and downtime resulting from expensive and hard-to-get replacement parts. The solution? Learn additive manufacturing and save the company time and money.
Read MoreOil Collector Upgrade for Legacy Helicopters Is a 3D Printed Pathfinder Part
The lightweight part was delivered faster and made more easily via electron beam melting (EBM) than a conventionally manufactured alternative could be produced, while also illuminating a way forward for upgrading other existing systems.
Read MorePolymer AM Cuts Costs of Small-Batch Replacement Components
Producing replacement parts through polymer AM has cut Mosca’s lead times and component costs to small fractions of their original size, even when producing small batches of parts.
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