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Lighter, Better-Performing Brake Rotor From 3D Printing: The Cool Parts Show #27
Additive manufacturing with an aluminum/ceramic composite enables a brake rotor with one-third the weight and five times the heat transfer of a typical rotor. We talk to the inventor on this episode of The Cool Parts Show.
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10 Examples of 3D Printed Tooling
Additive manufacturing can aid conventional manufacturing through the production of tooling. This article showcases 10 clever uses of 3D printed tooling.
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Enter Your 3D Printed Parts in The Cool Parts Showcase
The first-ever contest from The Cool Parts Show seeks innovative parts made through additive manufacturing. Enter by August 13.
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Carbon Offers Lattice-Generating Design Tech
The design software is said to accelerate the time from "idea to design."
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3D Printed Air Duct Based on Fluid Dynamics: The Cool Parts Show #26
Air ducts are ubiquitous, but are they all as efficient as they need to be? Computational fluid dynamics informed the redesign of this 3D printed air duct — made to serve a 3D printer.
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For Stratasys, Acquisition of Origin Part of Strategy Focused on Production and Polymer Materials
Americas president Rich Garrity describes how the two additive manufacturing technology companies came together (COVID-19 helped), along with the value of protecting one culture while allowing another to change.
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When to Use Additive Manufacturing? One Part Begins the Path
Identifying the right part to begin your AM path can demonstrate and validate the AM workflow, provide a benchmark for future work and more.
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Metal 3D Printed Part Should Be Flat, Has Bubble — AM: Why the Failure? #1
What should have been a straightforward application of laser powder bed fusion to make a simple component in 316L stainless steel turned into a printing fail. See why the failure happened.
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Fiber-Reinforced 3D Printing Expands Control, Applications for Composites
9T Labs’ deposition process places continuous carbon fiber only where necessary to save material, reduce waste, and more precisely control the structure of preform composites.
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The Link Between 3D Printing, Surface Finish and Mold Tools
Surface finish for 3D printed mold tooling has a direct effect on the pull-out force needed to remove the final part. Why molders should consider tool roughness along with geometry and materials.
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3D Printed Scapula Customized for Patient: The Cool Parts Show #25
A patient treated for a tumor of the shoulder blade was able to preserve full use of the arm thanks to an implant tailored to the precise form of the original scapula and made through electron beam melting.
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Is a Gel Bath the Key to Scalable, Affordable 3D Printed Ceramics?
3D printed polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) could find wider application through a process developed at the University of Texas at Dallas that extrudes preceramic material in a self-healing bath for support through printing and curing.
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